How Coronavirus Has Impacted The U.K. and Beyond

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🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Tim Evans is a professor of business and political economy at Middlesex University London. He joins the podcast today to talk about coronavirus in England, how nationalized health care has affected the response, and the great economic challenges and opportunities that are now reality due to the crisis. We also cover these stories: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Trump will be “swiftly challenged,” in his decision to stop funding the World Health Organization due to its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. House Democrats introduced legislation Tuesday to send payments of $2,000 to Americans affected by coronavirus, after qualifying Americans started receiving one-time stimulus checks from the coronavirus relief package passed by Congress and signed by Trump on March 27. Governor Andrew Cuomo Announced Wednesday during a press conference that he is issuing an executive order that will require people to wear a face covering when in public. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, April 16th. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.0	And I'm Rachel Del Judas.
0:12.0	Tim Evans is a professor of business and political economy
0:15.9	at Middlesex University London.
0:18.0	He joins me on the podcast to talk about coronavirus
0:20.9	in England, how nationalized health care has affected the response,
0:25.2	and the great economic challenges and opportunities that are now reality due to the crisis.
0:30.6	Don't forget if you're enjoying this podcast please be sure to leave a review or a five-star
0:35.5	rating on Apple Podcast and encourage others to subscribe.
0:39.1	Now, on to our top news.
0:40.3	House Speaker Nancy Pelosi News.
0:43.0	House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Trump will be swiftly challenged in his decision to stop funding the world health organization
0:51.0	due to its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
0:54.8	The President's halting of funding to the WHO as it leads the global fight against the
0:59.6	coronavirus pandemic is senseless.
1:02.4	This decision is dangerous, illegal, and will be swiftly
1:05.2	challenge. Pelosi said in a statement. On Tuesday, Trump announced that he is ending funding for the
1:10.9	WHO while the organization is reviewed for its role in
1:14.7	severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus.
1:19.5	Trump criticized the organization for its relationship with China.
1:24.0	The WHO failed to investigate credible reports in Wu Han that conflicted directly
1:28.8	with the Chinese government's official accounts, Trump said. There was no credible information to suspect human-to-human transmission
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