After the Vote

Social Distance

The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC

Health & Fitness, News, Science

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Could the election shape the course of the pandemic? Or is the ship too hard to turn by now? Staff writer Ed Yong joins the show to explain what a new administration can actually change—and what he worries may be built into our response now. Read Ed Yong’s writing about the election, how the pandemic defeated America, and why our “pandemic spiral” have led to the same repeated errors. Support this show and all of The Atlantic’s journalism by becoming a subscriber at www.theatlantic.com/supportus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Jim.
0:05.0	Hey, hey Catherine.
0:07.0	Quick question.
0:08.0	If someone came into your space about 45 minutes ago to fix something and we're in there for a total of maybe 10 minutes and you've
0:19.9	had two windows and a fan open since then,
0:23.2	can you take your mask off?
0:25.5	Yes.
0:26.7	Awesome.
0:28.6	Were they fixing your...
0:29.6	And can you close the window?
0:31.4	Because it's cold outside. Oh yeah. Great. Texas winters man. Well it was
0:37.2	90 degrees the other day and then a cold front came in. I'm so sorry about that. That's cold and rainy, which is not what I came here for.
0:47.6	Was the person there fixing your puppy?
0:51.6	No, my I'm fixing my puppy.
0:56.0	How old is she?
0:59.0	How old is she?
1:00.0	Did you find out they were going she's somewhere between 10 months and a year.
1:09.0	Okay.
1:10.0	So probably fully grown.
1:12.0	Well, maybe.
1:15.0	No.
1:16.0	Oh.
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