Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.

So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.

Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app.

In a crisis that's mostly invisible, it's one of the most striking images so far.

A medic in bright green scrubs stands on a crosswalk in Denver. He's standing in the way of a huge white pickup.

A protester in a Stars and Striped shirt leans out of the window waving a placard.

It says, Land of the Free.

The photo suggests America is as divided

on ending the lockdown as on anything.

But is it really? With a hundred and ninety two days to go, this is checks and balance.

I'm John Prudow, the Economist's US editor, and this is a podcast about the 2020 elections.

Each week we take one big theme shaping American politics and explore it in depth.

Today, can America open up and keep COVID at bay?

The governor of Texas says you can corral the coronavirus. Floridians have returned to the beaches.

Southern states that have avoided the worst of the pandemic are relaxing restrictions on restaurants,

gyms and hair salons.

President Trump is encouraging the reopening, but public support for maintaining restrictions remains strong.

In this episode, we'll hear what people think of relaxing the lockdown in small town Wisconsin

and hear from a medic from the front line in the Bronx.

We'll also find out where ending social distancing might be most risky. As ever I'm joined by John and Charlotte, last week your recommendation for ice cream over pasta took America by storm.

Have you got any more lockdown tips for the nation?

Oh man, you know there's nothing more cliche than a quarantine baker, but I have just bought some

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