How the politicization of COVID endangered our lives and democracy

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🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The federal COVID-19 public health emergency is coming to an end today. But as we look back at the three-plus years of the pandemic, did we miss the opportunity to best protect our country? Olivia Troye and Shana Gadarian join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:19.4	It's therefore with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global help emergency.
0:34.4	World Health Organization Director Tedros Adonome Gabresias earlier this week.
0:43.2	More than three years after the WHO first declared COVID a pandemic of global and
0:49.1	historical scale.
0:51.7	In the United States, the Federal Public Health Emergency Declaration here ends today.
0:57.9	White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha.
1:01.3	The country can't be an emergency mode forever.
1:06.4	President Biden signed the Declarations end earlier this year.
1:10.1	A GOP-led resolution passed the House, despite almost 200 House Democrats voting against
1:15.1	it, it passed the Senate on a bipartisan vote.
1:18.3	And practically speaking, the end of the public health emergency, as outlined in that resolution,
1:24.1	also ends a number of federal programs, including waivers for federal health programs such
1:28.8	as Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP.
1:32.0	But on a political level, today's action isn't much of a change at all, because one
1:37.8	of the strongest forces that drove America's pandemic response is still with us.
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