A Vaccination Update And The CDC's Latest Guidance On Masks

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🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The rate of vaccination in the U.S. continues to slow. Maddie Sofia talks with NPR health correspondent Allison Aubrey about that and what can be done to get more people vaccinated. Also, making sense of the CDC's latest mask guidance.

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0:00.0	You're listening to shortwave from NPR.
0:04.4	Hey, everyone.
0:06.2	Maddie, Sophia, back from a little bit of vacation here with NPR health correspondent
0:11.6	Alison Aubrey, Hi, Alison.
0:13.2	Hey there, Maddie.
0:14.2	Welcome back from BK.
0:15.2	Hope you had a good break.
0:16.2	It's good to be back.
0:17.2	It's good to be back.
0:18.2	Okay.
0:19.2	So, you are here like you have been these last couple of weeks with a rundown of some of
0:22.8	the latest COVID-19 news.
0:24.4	Yeah.
0:25.4	Today on the show, we're going to talk about the vaccination progress that the country has
0:28.7	made and the science behind some of the CDC's new guidance on masks.
0:33.6	That's coming up on shortwave, the Daily Science podcast from NPR.
0:40.2	Okay, Alison Aubrey.
0:47.6	So before we get to what's happening here in the US, let's briefly acknowledge the
0:52.2	dire situation in India.
0:54.8	Last Friday, India recorded more than 400,000 new cases in a single day, a new global record.
1:01.6	Yeah, it is a terrible situation there, Maddie.
1:04.6	NPR was reported on the shortages of hospital beds, medical oxygen, respirators, vaccine
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