A red wave of Republicans — and covid cases

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🗓️ 17 November 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

How Republicans are using election wins to justify their approach to the pandemic. The CDC’s latest on why you should wear a mask. And, the coronavirus response in Africa.

GOP leaders flouted warnings from public health officials early on. National political reporter Griff Witte explains how Republicans are now pointing to election wins to justify their approach to the pandemic.

Coronavirus cases are reaching record highs in the United States. “Every two seconds we get another case. Every minute we get another death,” says health reporter Lena Sun. Sun explains the latest science from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on masks, and why they work.

African countries have been largely successful in their response to the pandemic. Global Opinions editor Karen Attiah shares why that shouldn’t be surprising.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post,
0:06.0	Hey, it's Ross Helderman from the Post,
0:08.0	How are you?
0:09.0	He there, it's Simon from the Post.
0:11.0	Hey, it's Dave Farranty.
0:13.0	Have you got a seat?
0:14.0	This is Post Reports.
0:16.0	I'm Martine Powers.
0:19.0	It's Tuesday, November 17th.
0:24.0	Today, how Republicans wrote a wave of COVID cases to victory.
0:28.0	The CDC's latest on why masks work
0:31.0	and Africa's overlooked success.
0:37.0	After the election, what did you see happening across the country?
0:41.0	It was interesting because you had this election where,
0:45.0	at the top of the ticket, of course, Joe Biden won.
0:48.0	He won on a platform of doing the responsible thing on COVID,
0:52.0	of following the science.
0:55.0	Griffwitty is a national correspondent for the Post.
0:58.0	But if you look at what happened in the states
1:00.0	where COVID is growing fastest right now,
1:03.0	which is across the Midwest, across the Great Plains,
1:07.0	there were a lot of Republicans who did very, very well down ballot.
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