India And The Unequal Distribution Of Vaccines; Plus, 'Invisibilia' Returns

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🗓️ 30 April 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Even as vaccine access expands in the the US, the pandemic is far from over globally. Sam talks to Aarti Singh, a resident of New Delhi, about what it's been like living there as India's COVID-19 cases skyrocket. Then, Sam talks to public health activist Achal Prabhala about why rich and poor countries have unequal access to vaccines. Plus, Sam chats with Invisibilia host Kia Miakka Natisse about the new season of the show and her episode on how a reparations effort in Vermont shed light on how people talk about money and racial justice.

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0:00.0	Are Thete- Hello, how are you?
0:03.5	I'm well, how are you?
0:05.5	I'm good.
0:06.5	Where are you right now?
0:07.8	I am in New Delhi, India.
0:14.4	First thing is when you're home and I work from home, I work by a window and I can't
0:19.7	stop all day hearing ambulances.
0:22.6	Wow.
0:25.3	And it's a very unnerving feeling.
0:28.6	It feels like, you know one of those disaster films that you watch and at the climax of
0:33.1	the film when everything's happening and you hear the helicopters and the ambulances,
0:36.9	but it's just for that climax part of the film.
0:40.0	It feels like that all day here.
0:43.6	And you want that to end.
0:52.0	There's essentially what I would identify as like carnage everywhere you go in New Delhi.
0:58.8	And the entire healthcare system here is completely overwhelmed with COVID.
1:05.3	Hey y'all, this is Samzat Daddy.
1:11.8	This week, the view from India and the unfair distribution of vaccines.
1:19.6	We're right.
1:22.5	Let's start the show.
1:23.5	Hey y'all, you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR.
1:26.0	I'm Sam Sanders.
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