No Child Tax Credit Left Behind
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What A Day
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🗓️ 8 February 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Coronavirus cases in the US are in decline from last month, and the daily speed of vaccinations has picked up. But concerns over variants continue. A new study supports the idea that the new, more contagious strain first discovered in the UK could become the dominant strain the US by March.
Democrats are working to include expanded child tax credits in the Covid relief bill. The inclusion of a minimum wage hike to $15 an hour is in question, with Biden saying he’s not sure the rules of the Senate will allow it.
And in headlines: Haiti faces a constitutional crisis surrounding its president’s term, SCOTUS rules that California can resume indoor church service, and Amazon uses AI to monitor its delivery drivers.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, February 8th, I'm Achila Hughes. |
| 0:09.0 | And I'm Gideon Ressai and this is what a day the podcast that liked the Super Bowl some |
| 0:12.7 | of you listened to just for the commercials. |
| 0:14.4 | Yeah, advertisers went all out for us this year so get ready for some viral content later |
| 0:18.5 | on. |
| 0:19.5 | Each of today's ads cost $100 million. |
| 0:21.7 | Yeah, cash. |
| 0:35.2 | On today's show where COVID relief stands and what might and might not be in the final |
| 0:38.7 | package, then some headlines. |
| 0:40.5 | But first the latest. |
| 0:42.1 | The demand clearly outstrips the supply right now. |
| 0:45.8 | If you look at the escalation of availability of doses purely on the ability and the capability |
| 0:51.5 | of manufacturing that it's going to escalate and we'll continue to escalate as we go from |
| 0:56.9 | February to March to April and beyond. |
| 1:00.5 | So even though there's a clear, clear discrepancy between the demand and the supply, that will |
| 1:06.7 | get better as we get through February and into March. |
| 1:10.6 | That was Dr. Anthony Fauci talking about where we are with vaccine supply and demand, |
| 1:15.1 | which is also where we'd like to start today. |
| 1:17.2 | As of yesterday, the US has administered over 39 million doses and the daily speed has |
| 1:21.3 | been picking up with more than 2.2 million shots given on Saturday alone. |
| 1:25.7 | That's part of why you're hearing more optimism from some health officials. |
| 1:29.1 | But again, there is still concern about variance. |
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