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Checks and Balance from The Economist

Checks and Balance: Out of control

Checks and Balance from The Economist

The Economist

Politics, News & Politics, News, Us Politics

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The United States is home to the world’s most renowned disease-fighting agency, the CDC. Americans might have expected its scientists to coordinate a testing programme, public health messaging and supplies to keep the pandemic under control. That hasn’t happened. America faces a secondary surge of coronavirus cases not seen anywhere else in the world. Can America beat covid-19?


This episode includes excerpts from CDC Director Dr Robert Redfield’s interview with the Economist Asks podcast.


John Prideaux, The Economist’s US editor, hosts with Charlotte Howard, New York bureau chief, and Washington correspondent Jon Fasman. 


For access to The Economist’s print, digital and audio editions subscribe: economist.com/2020electionpod  



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0:00.0

This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.

0:11.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:15.0

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

0:20.0

The stalls at the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival sound as enticing as ever.

0:29.0

Canadian cheddar and bacon soup, Mongolian beef bough, lobster mac and cheese. and

0:33.3

Bédder and bacon soup, Mongolian beef bough, lobster mac and cheese with borsin

0:35.8

are all on offer once you're through the virtual queuing system.

0:39.4

For kids, there's a scavenger hunt based on the characters from the Ratatooey movie.

0:45.0

Orlando's Disney World is back open.

0:48.0

But on the other side of the world, Disneyland Hong Kong closed again this week after a surge in cases.

0:54.4

Hong Kong has reported just 1500 cases since the pandemic began.

0:59.4

Florida, this week, had over 15,000 new cases in a single day, more than New York ever reported when

1:06.2

it was the epicenter of the outbreak in April.

1:10.2

With 108 days to go, this is checks and balance.

1:13.7

I'm John Prado, the Economist's US editor,

1:20.6

and this is a podcast about the 2020 elections. Each week we take one big

1:25.3

theme shaping American politics and explore it in depth. Today, how will America beat COVID-19?

1:35.0

The United States is home to the world's most renowned disease fighting agency, the

1:47.0

CDC.

1:48.0

When the coronavirus emerged, Americans might have expected its scientists to spearhead a national testing program

1:54.9

to coordinate medical supplies and public health messages.

1:58.9

That didn't happen.

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