Gavin Newsom - California's COVID-19 Battle & "Ben & Emma's Big Hit"
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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4.4 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Governor Gavin Newsom chats about California's fight against COVID-19 and his children's book "Ben & Emma's Big Hit," which was inspired by his struggle with dyslexia.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Comedy Central. |
| 0:02.5 | Now! |
| 0:03.5 | Kevin Newsom. |
| 0:05.5 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:06.5 | It's good to be back. |
| 0:07.5 | It's really good to see you again, Governor. |
| 0:08.5 | It's been a while. |
| 0:09.5 | The last time we spoke was over Zoom. |
| 0:11.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:12.5 | Was at the heights of the pandemic. |
| 0:13.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:14.5 | Just, I mean, obviously, we're still in it, but just looking at everything that's been |
| 0:18.6 | going on, how do you think California is doing right now in terms of the pandemic? |
| 0:21.4 | Well, we were worried about the winter surge. |
| 0:23.1 | Last year, around this time, we saw a big spike in the Delta cases. |
| 0:26.4 | In fact, we peaked in that first week of January where we were getting body bags from outside |
| 0:31.0 | of the state. |
| 0:32.3 | We had one of the best summers of any state in the country among the lowest positivity |
| 0:35.5 | rate in case rates. |
| 0:37.4 | We started to see an increase, but we're now about the fifth lowest, 2.2% positivity in |
| 0:42.5 | the country. |
| 0:43.5 | And for one reason, at the end of the day, it's that we have led with vaccinations, administered |
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