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🗓️ 24 January 2022
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Summary
New U.S. cases of COVID are down slightly from the peak brought on by the Omicron variant. Average daily cases are closer to 700,000 than 800,000, which is where they were earlier in the month, and hospitalizations are at a record high but have started to level off. We look at the numbers and discuss new data on the efficacy of booster vaccine doses.
The Sarah Palin v. The New York Times libel case goes to trial today. Palin filed the suit after the New York Times suggested that an ad placed by Palin's PAC was linked to the shooting of former Arizona Representative Gabby Giffords in 2011. We review the case and its potential to change how we think about First Amendment protections for journalists.
And in headlines: A fire in the Palo Colorado Canyon area forced hundreds of people to flee their homes along the California coast, a Saudi-led airstrike killed at least 87 people in a Yemen prison, and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern canceled her own wedding because of COVID.
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| 0:00.0 | It is Monday, January 24th. I'm Gideon Ressik. |
| 0:09.1 | And I'm Josie Defi Rice. And this is what a day where we want to make sure you're sitting |
| 0:12.9 | down before we tell you that Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader have been quietly dating for |
| 0:17.5 | over a year. |
| 0:18.7 | If you just crashed your car, we deeply apologize and we hope that you are getting the medical |
| 0:24.4 | attention you need. |
| 0:25.5 | We assume no liability for your injuries. |
| 0:31.4 | On today's show, a wildfire and big-ster forces evacuations plus the Prime Minister of all |
| 0:35.6 | of our hearts. New Zealand's just into ardor and canceled her wedding because of COVID. |
| 0:39.8 | But first, let's take a look at the trajectory of the pandemic in the U.S. |
| 0:43.1 | Dr. Anthony Fauci was on ABC's This Week yesterday and projected some cautious optimism. |
| 0:47.6 | You never want to be overconfident when you're dealing with this virus, Amal, it's |
| 0:51.8 | certainly surprised us in the past. But if you look at the patterns that we've seen |
| 0:56.1 | in South Africa, in the UK and in Israel, and that as you mentioned just a moment ago, |
| 1:01.6 | in the Northeastern New England and up in Midwest states, they've peaked and starting |
| 1:05.4 | to come down rather sharply. There are still some states in the southern states and western |
| 1:11.5 | states that continue to go up. But if the pattern follows the trend that we're seeing |
| 1:17.3 | in other places, such as the Northeast, I believe that you will start to see a turn |
| 1:22.5 | around throughout the entire country. |
| 1:25.1 | I will never stop loving that man's accent. He went on to say that hopefully over the |
| 1:29.3 | next few weeks or months that cases could get to a point where they're not disrupting |
| 1:33.0 | the entire country. Can you imagine that, Gideon? |
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