Fall’s here. So is a rise in coronavirus cases.

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🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Temperatures are dropping, and that could mean a spike in coronavirus cases. How a Supreme Court vacancy — or replacement — could have an impact on the presidential election. And, pandemic-inspired music you can dance to.

The United States reached a grim milestone: 200,000 deaths from covid-19. Health reporter Lenny Bernstein says that young people are behind the spike in cases — and with the temperature dropping, it will probably get even worse.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death has injected uncertainty over voter rights ahead of the election. “Even before her death we saw several lawsuits from various states ending up at the Supreme Court over how voters are going to cast their ballots,” courts reporter Ann Marimow says, “so the question is: What happens as more of those reach the high court?”

In Kenya, small-town singers are hoping to make it big with songs about the pandemic. “We’re talking about songs that you can dance to, songs that you can’t help but dance to,” says Nairobi bureau chief Max Bearak.

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0:00.0	This episode of Post Reports Podcast is brought to you by Facebook.
0:03.4	At Facebook, we've taken critical steps to prepare for the US elections.
0:06.6	We've more than tripled our safety and security teams,
0:08.9	implemented five-step ad verification,
0:10.9	and launched a new voting information center.
0:13.0	Learn more at facebook.com slash about slash elections.
0:19.5	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:23.6	We've talked about releasing and other than Washington Post.
0:26.6	This is Cleveland, so we're the Washington Post.
0:28.8	It's Ellen Nakashima with Washington Post.
0:31.2	This is Post Reports.
0:32.7	I'm Martine Powers.
0:36.2	It's Tuesday, September 22nd.
0:40.7	Today, what colder weather means for COVID?
0:43.9	How an embattled court could play an outsized role in the election?
0:48.0	And the sound of coronavirus.
0:50.8	This week, we hit 200,000 deaths in the United States
0:58.1	from the COVID-19 pandemic.
1:04.0	My name is Lenny Bernstein, and I cover health and medicine for the Washington Post.
1:11.4	We are into the high six millions in terms of the number of infections,
1:16.3	a very major milestone,
1:20.2	an terrible reminder of what this has done to our country.
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