Organizing against pandemic fatigue

America Dissected

Incision Media LLC

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Abdul talks about the COVID19 surge we’re facing right now. Then he interviews Shaniqua McClendon, Crooked Media’s Political Director, and Stephen Pierson at Swing Left, about how the pandemic is changing the nature and tactics of campaigns, and how they’re organizing through it to Get out the Vote.

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0:00.0	The dreaded fall surge is here.
0:11.8	COVID-19 cases are up 30% in 10 states who have seen their highest recorded numbers of cases
0:16.9	in one day.
0:17.9	Dr. If I can call him that, Scott Atlas, President Trump's favorite quote-unquote COVID-19 advisor,
0:24.6	tweeted that masks don't work despite the overwhelming scientific consensus to the
0:29.0	contrary.
0:30.0	Twitter flagged and removed his tweet.
0:32.4	And Congress still hasn't been able to come together on a deal to relieve struggling
0:36.4	Americans nearly three months after the last COVID-19 relief package expired.
0:41.6	This is America Dissected.
0:42.6	I'm your host, Dr. Abdul-Elsaid, and we are team-minus 14 days from Election Day.
0:53.1	COVID-19 cases have surged across the country, hitting all-time highs in a number of states.
0:58.6	Quote-unquote pandemic fatigue is the new term on Vogue that's emerged to explain our
1:03.0	general anger, frustration, boredom, annoyance, and sense of collective fomo that's characterized
1:08.8	how we all feel about this pandemic by now.
1:12.0	But here's the thing.
1:13.5	I don't like blaming the victim.
1:15.4	And that term does just that.
1:17.2	All of our lives have been touched by this pandemic.
1:20.0	For too many of us and disproportionately for black and brown Americans, this pandemic
1:23.9	has taken lives, loved ones, and livelihoods.
1:27.2	I mean, of course we're fatigued.
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