The "Flatten the Curve" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

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🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It took weeks for administration officials to persuade Donald Trump that the coronavirus posed a significant threat to the United States. Did those delays hinder the fight against the virus? The coronavirus may pose a threat to democratic values, as governments deploy aggressive surveillance to combat the pandemic. And there are shakeups in the senior ranks of U.S. counterterrorism.

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0:00.0	Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.
0:11.0	So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.
0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app.
0:32.0	So I have a confession to make, which is that I'm having some quarantine envy of other members of the podcast. And on Instagram, Shane Harris keeps posting these
0:37.9	beautiful pictures of his lovely home and lovely husband
0:43.0	with these like very beautiful dinners
0:46.2	that they're eating.
0:47.4	Meanwhile, my quarantine experience
0:50.2	is like chicken nuggets and finger paint and I just scroll through with so much
0:57.4	envy. Damn it, Shane. In my defense, Susan, Joe has not actually appeared in one of the photos.
1:04.4	You know, somebody tweeted the other day, which I thought was very wise,
1:09.0	that if there is a baby boom following this coronavirus quarantine it will entirely be composed of
1:16.2	firstborn children.
1:18.0	True words were never spoken.
1:22.0	They're going to be no baby boom in this house.
1:26.0	I'm getting dinner from Chiffy.
1:28.0	Night.
1:30.0	Hello and welcome to Rational Security, the Flatten the Curve Edition.
1:38.0	I'm Shane Harris. How's everyone's curve feeling flat, rounded, spiking?
1:44.2	Definitely not flat enough.
1:49.1	I'm not really sure how to judge my curve right now.
1:51.4	L out of flatten the curve, you get fatten the curve.
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