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Worldly

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The Worldly team looks at efforts at reopening in East Asia, including Wuhan, China, and argues that the early data suggests this might be premature — that Singapore and Hong Kong are experiencing a rough second wave of coronavirus infections, indicating that social distancing didn’t end the disease but merely put its spread on pause. They then take a look at two countries that were slow to impose restrictions in the first place — Sweden and Japan — where the situations are now looking grim. References: The New York Times has a great piece about the reopening of Wuhan. CNN explains how there might be a second wave of coronavirus cases in Hong Kong. Alex has a piece for Vox on Sweden’s risky coronavirus strategy. The New York Times asks if it’s too late for Japan to declare a state of emergency. Here’s the Guardian article Zack mentioned. Vox’s explainer on the coronavirus has a lot of important information about the pandemic. Hosts: Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp), senior correspondent, Vox Jennifer Williams (@jenn_ruth), senior foreign editor, Vox Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox), national security reporter, Vox Consider contributing to Vox: Your financial contribution will make vital explanatory journalism possible at a time when clear, concise information is needed more than ever. Thank you for supporting Vox. More to explore: Subscribe for free to Today, Explained, Vox’s daily news podcast to help you understand the news, hosted by Sean Rameswaram. About Vox: Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Newsletter: Vox Sentences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In December 2020, a Latino couple was falsely accused by a white momfluencer of attempting to kidnap her children.
0:07.0	The Karen phenomenon where white women falsely accuse people of color of crimes usually fixates on the
0:13.5	accuser the so-called Karen. But for this series we focus on the
0:17.2	innocent couple at the heart of this story. I just want the public to know
0:21.9	what she did was wrong.
0:24.0	In Perfect Paradise People versus Karen.
0:26.3	Available now wherever you get your podcasts. It's been a rough few weeks with the coronavirus ravaging the world, But we got the first few inklings of good news recently
0:46.1	when Wuhan China, the first major city to be hit hard by the coronavirus,
0:51.3	started lifting some of its restrictions on travel and business.
0:55.0	Now I may have made you think a little bit that it's good news but in actuality
1:00.0	things are looking pretty dire it turns out not only is Wuhan still under pretty heavy restrictions with life not yet back to normal.
1:07.4	But the rest of the world is showing more signs that we still have not figured out how to fight the coronavirus with even some success stories in the past,
1:15.5	looking grimmer and grimmer by the day. This is worldly, part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:21.0	I'm Zach Beecham here as always with Jen Williams and Alex Ward.
1:25.0	Hey. As always a cheery intro, Zach, thank you so much.
1:28.0	I also want to say before we get into it, Hagsemaq to all of our Jewish listeners.
1:32.0	I had a lovely ZoomSader with my family last night.
1:35.0	I'm wearing a stylish Passover t-shirt this morning. Not my one about how I
1:39.4	couldn't find the Afikoman, which I do have. Those of you who are not Jewish, apologies for all the Hebrew
1:43.7	this morning, you know, it's an important holiday for us. It's like Jewish thanks.
1:47.1	I accept your apologies, that. You're welcome, you're welcome, Jeff. Anyway, I hope everyone's having a good day. So now that we've gotten the happy stuff out of the way, let's talk a little bit about what's happening. Starting with Wuhan, you know, it's a relaxation. It really is. There were some serious
2:06.8	restrictions on travel to China, but Alex, it's a little bit more attenuated than you might think from the footage of cars suddenly
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