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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 360 - As the coronavirus rages, Trump has quit pretending he cares

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Yesterday more people died from the coronavirus, nearly 1,600 people, than any single day in 6 months. Yesterday set the record for the number of people hospitalized as well with nearly 65,000 people. And it also set the record for people testing positive with nearly 150,000 people in one day. And Trump has quit even pretending to care. Let me unpack and explain what gives me hope about what comes next, but also share with you my single biggest concern. ---- If you listen to The Breakdown and want to help support the work we do, consider becoming a member of our Patreon at www.patreon.com/thebreakdown for exclusive members perks and early access to content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.0

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0:55.6

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1:02.2

Yesterday was the single deadliest day for the coronavirus in the United States in nearly six months.

1:10.0

Not only that, nearly 150,000 people tested positive, also a single day record for the entire

1:17.5

pandemic, not only in the United States, but all over the world. And more people are hospitalized today, now nearly 70,000 people

1:29.7

that have ever been hospitalized in this country in the entire pandemic.

1:34.9

It's deeply disturbing.

1:37.6

Call it the second wave if you need to, but it gives us a glimpse not only into where we are right now, but where we're going to be for a very, very long time.

1:50.0

And not that Trump ever was really taking the pandemic seriously.

1:54.0

But now he has abandoned all pretense.

1:58.0

He's literally not even doing anything about it whatsoever.

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