Not Throwing Away My Shot
What A Day
What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Biden released a 200-page national plan yesterday to centralize the COVID response effort, along with a flurry of executive orders and directives targeted at the health crisis. Plus, a more candid Dr. Fauci did his first press briefing under the new administration.
The vaccine goal for the Biden administration is 100 million shots in the first 100 days. We spoke with Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health about that plan, whether it’s fast enough, the threat of new variants, and more.
And we’re joined by actor and comedian Alice Wetterlund for headlines: rumors of a forbidden romance between a 30 Rock Star and a MyPillow guy, new rooster laws in France, and Instacart fires all its unionized employees.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, January 22nd. I'm Ekela Hughes. |
| 0:09.0 | And I'm Gideon Ressick and this is what the day a podcast that's devoted to protecting |
| 0:12.6 | the endangered species that is the big gold bird on Lady Gaga's inauguration dress. |
| 0:17.4 | Yeah, these big birds are important and we need to act fast if we want future generations |
| 0:21.9 | to enjoy how gold and big they are. |
| 0:24.0 | Yeah, folks, it is the most beautiful animal alive. |
| 0:27.6 | Which is why we have to keep it alive. |
| 0:29.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:34.8 | On today's show, a conversation with Dr. Ashish Jha about the vaccine rollout and new coronavirus |
| 0:39.4 | variants, then some headlines. |
| 0:41.4 | But first, the latest. |
| 0:43.0 | Let me be very clear. Things are going to continue to get worse before they get better. |
| 0:48.8 | The memorial we held two nights ago will not be our last one, unfortunately. |
| 0:55.0 | The death toll will likely top 500,000 next month. |
| 0:59.5 | The cases will continue to mount. |
| 1:02.0 | We didn't get into this mess overnight. |
| 1:03.5 | It's going to take months for us to turn things around. |
| 1:07.4 | But let me be equally clear. |
| 1:09.6 | We will get through this. |
| 1:12.0 | We will defeat this pandemic. |
| 1:14.3 | That was President Biden discussing his administration's plans to address the pandemic |
| 1:18.2 | and the sobering reality of what we still have to face. |
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