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🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Trying to find 30,000 test subjects for a coronavirus vaccine, from Carolyn Y. Johnson. How white moms on the front line of Portland, Ore., protests are trying to balance power with privilege, according to the people who spoke with reporter Marissa Lang. Plus, a seismically quiet Earth during the pandemic’s shutdowns, from science reporter Joel Achenbach.

Trials for coronavirus vaccines are underway, but we still have a long way to go.

The “Wall of Moms” participating in Portland’s protests are also becoming the face of the movement. Here’s why that might be a problem.

A drop in seismic “noise” during shutdowns around the world.

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0:33.4	It's Tuesday, July 28th.
0:37.9	Today, the next phase of vaccine trials.
0:41.1	The mom's lining up to protest in Portland
0:43.7	and a seismic shift.
0:51.9	We're just in this heightened time
0:53.6	when my life is somewhat miserable
0:55.5	because like every day,
0:57.8	like I got up at 4 a.m. yesterday.
1:02.2	The science reporter Carolyn Johnson
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