Coronomics: is a second wave unavoidable?
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4.4 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
With Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli in Rome, former Italian Correspondent for Politico; Jennifer Creery in Hong Kong, Managing Editor of the Hong Kong Free Press; Nick Gillespie in New York, Editor at Large for Reason magazine; and guest appearance from Cindy Yu, Broadcast Editor at the Spectator.
Presented by Kate Andrews.
Read the articles discussed in the episode here:
Italy: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2020/04/29/italians-angered-by-chaotic-and-confusing-phase-2-lockdown-lift/
Hong Kong: https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/hk-to-repatriate-5200-citizens-from-india-pakistan/
USA: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/business/news-media-federal-aid-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage
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| 0:49.2 | Hello and welcome to Coronomics, the Spectator's six-part series on stories from countries turned upside down by COVID-19. I'm Kate Andrews. This podcast features our panel based around the world, |
| 0:56.5 | who select a story each week that gives you an inside look at what's happening outside their |
| 1:00.9 | windows. Sylvia Cerely Borrelli is reporting from Rome and Milan correspondent for the |
| 1:06.1 | Financial Times. Jennifer Creary is reporting from Hong Kong and managing editor of the Hong Kong Free Press. |
| 1:13.0 | And Nick Gillespie is reporting from New York City, an editor-at-large for Reason magazine. |
| 1:18.0 | And in the last segment of this week's podcast, we're joined by Cindy Yu, the Spectators |
| 1:22.1 | Broadcast Editor and Reporter, to give us an update on China. So a big welcome to you all. Sylvia, let's look to Italy. |
| 1:30.7 | Yesterday was a big day in the country when many of the lockdown restrictions were lifted. |
| 1:35.9 | We've seen factories reopen. You're finally allowed to take part in outdoor exercise. |
| 1:41.3 | And you're even allowed to visit some relatives. But it's not that simple, |
| 1:45.9 | is it. And your article from Forbes is highlighting how Italians certainly don't feel like |
| 1:50.3 | things are back to normal. So tell us about it. Absolutely. That's correct. I mean, on paper, |
| 1:55.4 | it all sounds great. But on the ground, the feeling is that not much has changed. Although Italians are allowed |
| 2:03.5 | to do all these great things that they haven't been allowed to do for the past two months, |
| 2:08.6 | as the Forbes article I picked for this week rightly points out, Italians are both confused and |
| 2:15.0 | frustrated by the vague wording of the new rules and measures that seem |
| 2:19.9 | all too similar to earlier ones. For example, one Twitter user that is quoted in the article |
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