The Government's Vaccine Push; Businesses Struggle With Reopening Rules
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🗓️ 15 May 2020
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Summary
As parts of the country reopen, different rules apply across state and even city lines, leaving business owners trying to figure things out for themselves, 'All Things Considered' host Ari Shapiro reports.
Demand for goods and services plunged in April according to new data. NPR's Stacey Vanek Smith of The Indicator reports on pent-up demand and what that means for the future of the U.S. economy.
The Navajo Nation has one of the highest rates of COVID-19 deaths per capita in the United States. NPR's Code Switch podcast examines why Native Americans have been so hard hit by the coronavirus. Listen to their episode on race and COVID-19 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and NPR One.
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| 0:00.0 | The president says the U.S. has 14 possible vaccines in development, |
| 0:05.5 | and even before scientists know if one works, |
| 0:08.4 | we're getting ready. |
| 0:09.8 | The government plans to invest directly in manufacturing. |
| 0:13.2 | So that when we get the good word that we have the vaccine, |
| 0:16.4 | we have the formula, we have what we need. |
| 0:19.3 | We're ready to go as opposed to taking years to gear up. |
| 0:23.2 | We're gearing up. |
| 0:24.1 | Meanwhile, new data shows retail sales cratered in April |
| 0:28.6 | and more than 36 million people lost work in just the last eight weeks. |
| 0:32.7 | We have a monumental need for our country at this sad time. |
| 0:39.7 | On Friday, Democrats led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi |
| 0:42.8 | approved another massive relief bill. |
| 0:46.3 | Over in the Senate, though, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell dismissed the bill |
| 0:49.6 | as a liberal wish list. |
| 0:51.8 | This is a totally unsurius effort. |
| 0:54.3 | We don't know when the two sides might agree on more relief. |
| 0:57.9 | Coming up, why economic demand will not come back overnight. |
| 1:01.5 | And why the Navajo nation has more cases of COVID-19 |
| 1:05.3 | than almost any U.S. state. |
| 1:07.0 | This is coronavirus daily. |
| 1:08.6 | From NPR, I'm Kelly McEvers. |
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