Coronavirus

Why It Matters

Council on Foreign Relations

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4.2 • 876 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The worldwide spread of the new coronavirus has pulled back the curtain on the vulnerabilities of our interconnected world. Now we are left asking some basic questions. What lessons have we learned so far? Guests: Sylvia Burwell, former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Frieden, former Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rana Foroohar, Global Business Columnist and Associate Editor, Financial Times Shannon O’Neil, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

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0:00.0	So at the end of our last episode we mentioned we were taking a break ahead of our second season.
0:08.5	But here we are. Thanks to the coronavirus.
0:12.0	Usually this podcast doesn't do the news.
0:15.0	Our whole thing is to take a step back and paint the big picture
0:18.0	on global problems that affect us at home.
0:21.0	But right now, that's exactly what's in the news. The outbreak has
0:25.0	pulled back the curtain and exposed the vulnerabilities of our interconnected world,
0:29.4	a world in which germs and crises travel quickly.
0:33.6	So today we're going to take a look at what the coronavirus is teaching us in two parts.
0:38.9	First, health.
0:40.4	How is the world handling the coronavirus outbreak?
0:43.0	And second, the economy.
0:45.0	How has a virus led to supply shortages and historic stock market losses?
0:50.0	I'm Gabriel Sierra, and this is why it matters. Today learning the lessons of
0:56.4	coronavirus so far.
1:00.3	Fear is growing that it won't be possible to stop the global spread of
1:07.4	coronavirus. Health experts have warned that the chances of containing it are
1:11.3	diminishing as cases appear in more countries.
1:14.3	China as of Tuesday the new coronavirus has killed at least 425 people and infected over
1:19.7	20,400.
1:21.2	Almost 60,000 people in China are now known to be infected and the number of those killed stands at more than 1,300.
1:28.0	Worldwide cases of the coronavirus have surpassed 100,000 and a top health official warns we are at the beginning of
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