Intensive scare: covid-19 ravages America
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The Economist
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🗓️ 4 December 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Numbers of cases, hospitalisations and deaths are rocketing across the country. We examine the situation in the Midwest, as a microcosm of a wider unfolding tragedy. Venezuela’s ruling party will take over the National Assembly after Sunday’s vote, sidelining the self-proclaimed legitimate leader Juan Guaidó and cementing Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship. And the fruitful life and ignominious death of the Arecibo telescope.
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| 0:35.9 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. |
| 0:39.4 | I'm your host Jason Palmer. |
| 0:41.6 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:49.8 | No surprises in Sunday's vote in Venezuela. The ruling party will take back the National Assembly. |
| 0:56.0 | The country's last democratic institution. |
| 0:59.0 | That will sideline Juan Guaidó, widely recognized as legitimate leader, |
| 1:03.6 | and cement the damaging dictatorship of Nicolas Maruro. |
| 1:08.4 | And the world of radio astronomy marked the passing of a giant this week, |
| 1:12.9 | a 300 meters across giant. |
| 1:15.4 | We look back on the scientific and even cinematic history of the Erecy Botelescope. |
| 1:28.0 | First up though. |
| 1:33.0 | We're likely to lose another 250,000 people dead |
| 1:39.4 | between now and January. |
| 1:42.2 | This week, grim headlines and milestones in America. |
| 1:46.2 | The daily COVID-19 death toll hit a new record on Wednesday. |
| 1:50.3 | The infected patient count in hospitals passed 100,000 for the first time. |
| 1:55.3 | The contagion has now reached every corner of the country |
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