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4.6 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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When the pandemic will end; what vaccinated people can safely do; how to overcome vaccine hesitancy; the difference between the drugs; and the clash of two Andrew Cuomos.

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0:00.0	There is always this anxiety that I have of, am I putting myself my loved ones at risk by doing this, and is it really worth it to me?
0:10.4	So when that anxiety lifts, is that when the pandemic is over?
0:15.5	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:18.5	I'm Brooke Ladstone.
0:19.8	And I'm Bob Garfield. Also on this week's show,
0:22.8	sure, Pfizer and Maderna chalked up lofty stats during their trials late last year.
0:28.5	But they were playing on a different playing field than the vaccines that completed their
0:33.1	trials more recently. They were the ones that are still in trials. Plus, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has dueling media personas.
0:41.3	Print readers know him as a bully, but on TV, he's our pandemic hero.
0:47.3	He's not berating anyone. He's joking around with his brother. He's New York's dad.
0:53.3	It's all coming up. After this.
1:01.4	From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media. I'm Bob Garfield. And I'm Brooke Gladstone.
1:08.7	When will it end? When will it all be over?
1:12.5	We all want to know.
1:13.4	We're all wondering.
1:14.5	I mean, seriously.
1:15.9	It's like MSNBC's R.E. Milbur was speaking for the whole country.
1:20.7	Well, most of it.
1:21.7	Breaking news in Texas where Republican Governor Greg Abbott just issued an executive order,
1:27.3	ending, ending the statewide
1:29.2	mask mandate and will now allow all businesses to reopen at 100% capacity on March 10th.
1:35.3	Earlier this week, officials in Texas and Mississippi decided that the pandemic is over,
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