Coronapod: Massive coronavirus outbreak strikes iconic Californian prison after it rejected expert aid
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4.5 • 893 Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In this episode:
01:47 Disaster in San Quentin
San Quentin prison is facing a massive outbreak, we dig into how they got there. The crisis has arisen despite warnings from experts, and offers of free tests, which were declined. We ask why? And what can be done now?
29:51 One good thing
For the last episode of Coronapod, our hosts pick out ways that the pandemic has changed them for the better, including professional flexibility, a renewed focus on the power of reporting and time with family
36:07 Lockdown and children's health
Reporter Stewart asks if lockdowns could have any lasting impact on her young children - what evidence is there on the effect of isolation on young minds?
Survey: Co-Space Study: Supporting Parents, Adolescents and Children during Epidemics
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| 0:00.0 | You might want to step back from your speaker or remove your headphones. |
| 0:04.1 | Yes! I can't. I just can't believe it. |
| 0:08.2 | Marks found out his 11.4 million pounds on Lotto. |
| 0:12.2 | This is just... I don't... |
| 0:14.6 | You know what? I've got tears in my eyes. |
| 0:19.9 | Yep, that's 11.4 million. |
| 0:22.7 | Lotto, will you be the next Christmas millionaire? |
| 0:26.2 | The National Lottery. Rules and procedures apply. |
| 0:28.5 | Players must be 18 or over. |
| 0:32.2 | Welcome to Corona Pod. |
| 0:35.5 | In this show, we're going to bring you nature's take on the latest COVID-19 developments. |
| 0:41.4 | And we'll be speaking to experts around the world about research during the pandemic. |
| 0:47.7 | I really don't know how this plays out. We also don't know a ton about this, you know, virus. |
| 0:52.3 | So there's so many open questions. I just have a really |
| 0:54.6 | hard time making predictions because I don't know how the outbreak's going to change. |
| 1:02.0 | Welcome to episode 17 of CoronaPod. I'm Benjamin Thompson. Once more in the South London basement. |
| 1:08.7 | And as ever, I'm joined by Noah Baker and Amy Maxman. Hi, both. |
| 1:13.8 | Hi. Hi, Ben. Here we are then. Episode 17. We're a few months in. And it's the last in the kind of |
| 1:19.6 | this iteration of Corona pod. It's been quite the journey. But, you know, how are things with you at the |
| 1:24.4 | moment? Where are you? What's going on? I'm in the same room in Cambridge, Massachusetts, accompanied by Dolores the Chihuahua. I'm in a slightly different |
| 1:32.9 | room in the same county with a different family member now, but I'm in the side the same |
| 1:37.6 | makeshift studio that I've always been in. So from Ben and Amy's perspective on this video call |
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