How covid-19 amplified the anti-vaccine movement

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🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

How Amy Coney Barrett would view her role on the court. How anti-vaxxers are using covid-19 to further their agenda. And when mail ballots get counted.

During the first day of questioning in Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing, she told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she has made “no commitment” to the White House or senators on how she would rule on major cases on the Affordable Care Act, abortion and election disputes. Amber Phillips breaks down how Barrett says she would view her role on the court.

The pandemic is amplifying the U.S. anti-vaccine movement — and globalizing it. Foreign affairs reporter Emily Rauhala explains how the movement has weaponized legitimate fears that the vaccine might be rushed, and has leveraged those to further an anti-science agenda.

We’ve been taking your questions about voting this year, and how it will be different because of the pandemic. If you have more questions check out The Washington Post’s guide: How to vote in your state in 2020. And if you want to know exactly when mail-in ballots are processed in your state, here’s a comprehensive guide to that.

More than a week after we learned the president was sick with covid-19, we still don’t know much more than that. Washington Post podcast Can He Do That? looked at why that matters.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:05.0	It's Robert Samuels from the Washington Post.
0:09.0	Post is Sarah Kaplan.
0:10.0	Hi, this is Elaheiz Adi with the Washington Post.
0:13.0	This is Post Reports.
0:15.0	I'm Martine Powers.
0:18.0	It's Tuesday, October 13th.
0:23.0	Today, how Amy Coney Barrett would view her role on the court?
0:27.0	And why anti-vaxxers have gone global?
0:29.0	And a question about counting male ballots.
0:34.0	So today was the first day that we heard judge Amy Coney Barrett taking questions from the Senate.
0:41.0	Can you set the scene for us of the day?
0:43.0	So judge Barrett walked in with a mask on because this is a hearing that is in the middle of a pandemic.
0:49.0	And it's in the middle of a pandemic that has infected a number of Republican senators on the committee as well.
0:57.0	I'm Amber Phillips.
0:59.0	I analyze politics for the fixed blog at the Washington Post.
1:04.0	Good morning, everyone. Welcome back.
1:07.0	Judge, thank you.
1:10.0	Good day.
1:11.0	What we started with was a long, long two days that will begin with 30 minutes of questions per senator on the committee.
1:19.0	There are 22 senators on the committee.
1:21.0	Once they get through that, they're going to do it all again tomorrow.
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