The State of the States

America Dissected

Incision Media LLC

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Abdul reflects on the role that states in this pandemic have had to play in the absence of federal leadership and what the implications might be for deploying COVID-19 vaccines. He then speaks with Michael Fraser, Executive Director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials about how state health departments are shouldering the load. You can find Michael on Twitter at @mfraserdc1, and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials at @ASTHO.

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0:00.0	The UK authorized the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for use, clearing the path for imminent approval
0:21.3	here in the U.S.
0:22.6	An advisory panel to the CDC voted to deploy the first vaccines to frontline healthcare workers
0:27.1	and residents of long-term care facilities.
0:29.6	President-elect Joe Biden plans to call for 100 days of masks to stem the spread of
0:33.4	COVID-19 as he takes office.
0:35.9	This is America Dissected.
0:36.9	I'm your host, Dr. Abduel-Elsaid.
0:43.9	We are officially in the thick of this pandemic.
0:46.9	The average number of deaths per day over the past week was 2,010.
0:50.1	And on Thursday, more than 3,100 people died of COVID-19, more than the number of people
0:55.6	who died on 9-11.
0:57.3	Across the country, hospitals are full or filling quickly, putting an unheard of amount of
1:01.5	pressure on clinicians trying to keep their patients alive.
1:05.2	For the first time, America's hospitals now treat more than 100,000 COVID patients.
1:10.6	This is forcing states across the country to make hard decisions.
1:13.5	Facing surging cases in California, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a county-level policy
1:18.2	that would trigger county-wide lockdowns if over 85% of ICU beds in the county were full.
1:22.8	Today, we are now introducing a regional stay-at-home order in the state of California, fundamentally
1:30.1	predicated on the need to stop gathering with people outside of your household.
1:35.4	But that's one governor in one of America's 50 states.
1:38.8	On the flip side, South Dakota has one of the country's highest rates of COVID-19 transmission.
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