Covid Hotspots, Promising HIV Vaccine & New Billionaires Record- Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 7 April 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, April 7th, 2021!
We'll tell you about:
- the latest COVID-19 hotspots in the U.S.
- how almost all American adults will be eligible for a vaccine this month
- why the idea of vaccine passports has become a hot-button issue
- the new city hosting the MLB's All-Star Game
- a growing number of billionaires getting even richer
- the industry that has almost too many job openings, so hiring can't keep up
Those stories and more in about 10 minutes!
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Sources:
New COVID-19 Outbreaks: AP, CNBC, NY Times, Johns Hopkins, Helix
White House Moves Up Vaccine Eligibility Deadline: CNN, AP, USA Today
Check Vaccine Eligibility in Your State: NY Times
States Banning Vaccine Passports: NY Times, NBC News, FOX News, TX Ban, FL Ban
AR Lawmakers Override Veto: WaPo, ABC News, WSJ, ACLU
IMF Economy Growth Outlook: NPR, AP, CNN, WSJ, IMF
New HIV Vaccine Being Developed: ABC News, The Hill, Research Data
MLB All-Star Game Moves to Denver: MLB, Denver Post, CBS News
Fallout From MLB All-Star Decision: WaPo, The Hill, AP, WSJ, Sen. McConnell
Starbucks Testing "Borrow a Cup" Program: Starbucks, USA Today, Restaurant Business
Forbes Releases Annual Billionaires List: Forbes, Reuters, WaPo, USA Today
Work Wednesday: Restaurants Struggling to Hire Enough Workers: Reuters, Bloomberg, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, April 7th. |
| 0:01.8 | What you know about the latest COVID-19 hot spots in the U.S., |
| 0:05.2 | how almost all American adults will be eligible for a vaccine this month, |
| 0:09.4 | and why the idea of vaccine passports has now become a hot-button issue. |
| 0:13.7 | Plus, the new city hosting the MLB's All-Star Game, |
| 0:16.4 | a growing number of billionaires getting even richer, |
| 0:19.5 | and the industry that has almost too many job openings that hiring can't keep up. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, |
| 0:28.0 | all-the-days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:30.3 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:32.9 | I'm Air Commandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:35.4 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:41.0 | At this stage in the coronavirus pandemic, |
| 0:42.9 | it looks like progress depends on where in the U.S. you live. |
| 0:46.7 | Over the last week, nearly half of the new COVID-19 cases came from just five states. |
| 0:51.7 | New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. |
| 0:55.5 | The spike has been especially bad in Michigan. |
| 0:58.1 | The seven-day average of daily cases is now more than double what it was two weeks ago. |
| 1:02.6 | And hospitalizations are three times higher than they were a month ago. |
| 1:07.1 | Meanwhile, states like California and Texas that have much larger populations |
| 1:11.1 | are now reporting fewer than half the number of new cases each day compared to Michigan. |
| 1:15.8 | And that's even though a higher percentage of Michigan's population has been fully vaccinated. |
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