Different Approaches, Same Pain: Georgia And California Struggle To Curb Covid-19

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🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

As Congress stagnates on aid and Biden's convention duties go virtual, states are feeling the pain of the coronavirus. More than 150 thousand Americans have died and that number is growing by more than a thousand a day.

In Georgia, schools are reopening — many in person. In California, disagreements abound about the best path forward. And, what will the election look like under these conditions?

This episode: campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, campaign correspondent Kelsey Snell, Scott Shafer of KQED, and Emma Hurt of WABE.

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Huyujin from South Korea.
0:04.1	I'm recording this to welcome my lovely husband to this amazing part.
0:09.1	After years of boring him with all the details I've learned from the politics team, he's
0:13.9	finally started listening to the part.
0:16.8	This podcast was recorded at 2.12pm on Wednesday, August 5th.
0:22.4	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:24.8	Okay, here's the show!
0:29.4	That's exciting, that is some devoted recruitment efforts.
0:32.2	That's a good word, recruitment.
0:35.1	I was like, are we indoctrinating Neumerside?
0:37.6	You know what?
0:38.6	Whatever it is.
0:39.6	Thank you for joining us.
0:41.2	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:44.2	I'm Asma Kali, I cover the presidential campaign.
0:46.8	I'm Kelsey Snell, I cover Congress.
0:48.9	And today I thought we ought to talk about the coronavirus.
0:51.4	The pandemic continues to grow more dire.
0:54.6	Here in the United States, a thousand or more people die every day, and the total death
0:59.5	toll is now more than 150,000.
1:03.3	President Trump continues to tell the country that the virus will just disappear, but the
1:07.2	truth is it won't.
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