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American Innovations

Fighting Coronavirus | How We Can Still Win | 16

American Innovations

Wondery

Steven Johnson, History, Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Science

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

When National Geographic science editor Nsikan Akpan began researching his latest article on the coronavirus, he asked every scientist he talked to the same question: Has the U.S. already lost? Every scientist said no – but we need a better game plan.

 

On this week’s episode, Nsikan tells Steven what we’ve been getting wrong – and what the new game plan should look like.

 

You can find Nsikan Akpan’s articles, including “Here’s How To Stop The Coronavirus From Winning,” at natgeo.com/coronavirus.

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0:00.0

Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American Innovations,

0:03.6

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0:17.0

From Wondery, I'm Stephen Johnson, and this is Fighting Coronavirus.

0:31.0

It's been three months since we started this podcast. In pandemic time, it feels like three years.

0:37.0

When we started, the coronavirus was still raging across Europe, and New York City was the epicenter in the United States.

0:44.0

Today, most European countries have begun to slow, but steady, returned to normalcy,

0:49.0

while New York has made extraordinary progress.

0:53.0

But across the United States, the picture continues to be troubling.

0:57.0

New hotspots have emerged in Arizona, Florida, Texas, and California.

1:02.0

Our death toll has passed 130,000, and in a dark twist, last week, the EU banned American travelers,

1:11.0

by opening their borders to many other countries around the world.

1:16.0

I think the question on everybody's mind this week is, how did we get here?

1:21.0

To make sense of this new stage of the pandemic in the US, we're talking to National Geographic Science Editor, Seacon Akpan,

1:28.0

whose latest piece is titled, Here's How to Stop the Coronavirus from Winning.

1:33.0

It's still doable, but Seacon argues we're going to have to change our messaging about the virus, and our mindset.

1:44.0

Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, host of Wondering's Podcast American Scandal.

1:48.0

Our newest series looks at the trial of the Chicago Seven, a case involving protests of the Vietnam War,

1:54.0

and the US War, which is a very important part of the world's history.

1:59.0

The trial of the Chicago Seven, a case involving protests of the Vietnam War, and the legal fight that became a referendum on the soul and future of America.

2:08.0

Listen to American Scandal on Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.

2:13.0

Since his death in 2009, the world has struggled with how Michael Jackson should be remembered, as the King of Pop, or as a monster.

2:21.0

I'm Leon Nefak.

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