Mask Debate Heats Up; Creating A Vaccine For A Mutating Virus
Consider This from NPR
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🗓️ 25 June 2020
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Summary
More Governors across the country are touting the benefits of masks but not all are willing to make wearing them a state policy.
NPR's Jon Hamilton reports that scientists are closely tracking mutations in the coronavirus to ensure the changes don't complicate a future vaccine.
Plus, COVID-19 has presented particular challenges for women and reproductive health. Many say that the pandemic is causing them to rethink their plans to have children.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, just one thing real quick before we get started. |
| 0:02.6 | On Monday, this show is going to have a new name. |
| 0:06.3 | It's going to be called Consider This. |
| 0:09.1 | And we are going to bring you stories that aren't just about the virus, |
| 0:14.0 | because we know that people are consuming news about other stuff too. |
| 0:18.4 | That said, this pandemic is clearly not over. |
| 0:22.2 | We are still going to cover it right here on this show. |
| 0:25.6 | Email us with your thoughts at coronavirusdailyatnpr.org. |
| 0:29.8 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:32.2 | The true number of cases in the United States might be 10 times the current number, |
| 0:38.9 | not the 2.4 million that have already been recorded, but something like more than 20 million, |
| 0:44.2 | a symptomatic cases that have not been recorded. |
| 0:47.6 | So says new CDC reporting. |
| 0:51.8 | On Wednesday, there were just around 580 new documented cases of the coronavirus in New York state, |
| 0:59.4 | in other states like Arizona, Florida, and Texas. |
| 1:02.5 | There were thousands of new cases. |
| 1:04.4 | So we're announcing today a joint travel advisory. |
| 1:09.9 | So New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and governors from New Jersey and Connecticut got together, |
| 1:15.3 | virtually, to make a big announcement. |
| 1:17.5 | People coming in from states that have a high infection rate must quarantine for 14 days. |
| 1:25.6 | A lot of people come into this region and they could literally bring the infection with them. |
| 1:31.0 | It wouldn't be malicious or malevolent, but it would still be real. |
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