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🗓️ 25 April 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Protesters around the country are pushing to loosen stay-at-home orders, even though health experts say that could lead to a spike in coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, some Amazon workers say not enough is being done to protect them.
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0:00.0 | From the Center for Investigative Reporting in PRX, this is Reveal. |
0:09.9 | I'm Al Etsin. |
0:11.8 | Whose responsibility is it to keep people safe from spreading the coronavirus? |
0:16.4 | Your government, your workplace, yourself? |
0:19.6 | In a few minutes, we're going to hear from a worker at Amazon who's worried that the |
0:23.8 | retail giant isn't doing enough to protect employees. |
0:27.7 | But first, we start with a movement of people who think they can protect themselves. |
0:32.5 | Their demanding stay-at-home restrictions be scaled back even as health experts say that |
0:37.5 | could put more people at risk. |
0:39.4 | A coalition of Republican governors from six southern states is working to lift restrictions |
0:45.0 | across the southeast. |
0:46.7 | Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has been leading the pack and admits there are risks. |
0:51.9 | Now we'll say that when we have more people moving around, we're probably going to have |
0:55.9 | to see our cases continue to go up. |
0:58.8 | Kemp says Georgia will be able to handle any increases in cases, but Dr. Anthony Fauci |
1:04.4 | isn't so sure. |
1:05.7 | The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says reopening the |
1:10.6 | states too early could backfire. |
1:13.2 | More tests are needed to make sure people who don't realize they're sick aren't spreading |
1:17.8 | the disease. |
1:19.2 | And a Reuters poll found that 72% of Americans agree. |
1:23.8 | They think the stay-at-home orders should remain in place until health officials say it's |
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