Pharm-Accountability In The Opioid Crisis
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 3 May 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The COVID crisis in India is getting worse by most metrics, with Saturday marking another daily record of new cases. In the U.S., Oregon is emerging as a hotspot. On the brighter side of things, the U.S. vaccination campaign remains extremely successful with over 103 million adults now fully vaccinated.
A landmark lawsuit in the decades-long opioid crisis begins today between two communities in West Virginia and the nation's three largest drug distributors. The trial centers around an explosion in opioid prescriptions between 2006 and 2014, and the communities seek $500 million for recovery efforts and resources for those affected.
And in headlines: Israel observed a day of mourning following a deadly stampede, Apple and Epic Games face off in court, and a damning confession letter from a political ally of Matt Gaetz.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, May 3rd. I'm Achila Hughes. |
| 0:09.0 | And I'm getting arrested and this is what a day where we are still not ready to shake |
| 0:12.6 | anyone's hand. |
| 0:13.6 | That's right. We will maybe do a high five or a salute, but that's as close as we're |
| 0:17.0 | getting. |
| 0:18.0 | Yeah. Maybe a little like hip bump, booty bump type thing on the street. |
| 0:21.9 | Maybe I could get comfortable with that. On today's show, the nation's first federal |
| 0:32.8 | trial begins against drug manufacturers and their role in the opioid crisis, plus we'll |
| 0:37.2 | have headlines, but first the latest. |
| 0:40.2 | We have a responsibility as the United States in particular as it relates to the people |
| 0:45.9 | that we have partnered with over the years to step up when people are in a time of need. |
| 0:51.4 | And as it relates to the people of India, we have long standing decades old relationship |
| 0:57.1 | with India, with the Indian people in particular around public health issues. |
| 1:03.0 | That was Vice President Kamala Harris speaking from an airfield last Friday about COVID. |
| 1:07.5 | We'll talk more about India's response in a moment, but let's begin with the state |
| 1:11.2 | of things here because the US has mostly positive news while across the globe things |
| 1:15.8 | are on fire. |
| 1:17.6 | That is exactly right. |
| 1:18.8 | So in the US, the vaccination campaign, even though it has slowed down from its earlier |
| 1:23.5 | daily highs, is still very, very successful. |
| 1:26.5 | As of this past weekend, the CDC says over 103 million people are fully vaccinated, 103 |
| 1:32.3 | million people, which is just so many. |
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