Coronavirus: The End of the Beginning Pt. 2

Science Rules! with Bill Nye

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🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Last week on SR! Coronavirus Edition we talked about what it takes to end a pandemic on a global scale. In the second half of this series, we look inward. When could the economy potentially reopen and what does the U.S. look like afterward? For more on the report we reference: https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/national-coronavirus-response-a-road-map-to-reopening/

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0:00.0	Witness Docs from Stitcher
0:07.0	This is in historic time.
0:14.0	This could be the next 1918 pandemic.
0:17.0	Why is it taking so long to get a screening test?
0:19.0	Are you isolating yourself?
0:21.0	You can.
0:22.0	It's actually to protect you.
0:24.0	Wash hands, wash hands, wash hands.
0:27.0	I mean you're the scientist.
0:28.0	You're going to have to tell me.
0:30.0	Welcome, welcome to Science Rules, coronavirus edition.
0:36.0	I'm your host Bill Nye, and this is our special series in which we bring you the latest analysis
0:42.0	and the science of this pandemic to keep you informed, prepared and calm.
0:49.0	We're all in this together, my friends.
0:52.0	As we're recording this on April 20th, 761,000 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 with more than 41,000 deaths in the United States alone.
1:05.0	And it's been about four times that many worldwide.
1:09.0	Last week we talked to epidemiologist Larry Brillian about what it takes to end a pandemic.
1:15.0	The end of the beginning, as Winston Churchill said, the statistics show that physical distancing is working.
1:22.0	But now we have to make some big decisions about when to reopen the economy and get back to a version of normal.
1:30.0	It feels like a delicate balance, one that I'd like to talk with our guest about today.
1:36.0	Dr. Crystal Watson is a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
1:41.0	He recently co-wrote a report for the American Enterprise Institute titled National Coronavirus Response, a road map to reopening.
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