The Virus: A world shut down
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The Times
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🗓️ 19 March 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
David Aaronovitch talks to the editor-in-chief of the Lancet, Dr Richard Horton, and Times science editor, Tom Whipple, about the global response to the crisis. Which country has got the right approach?
Guests:
Dr Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of the Lancet
Tom Whipple, The Times science editor
Host: David Aaronovitch
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| 0:00.0 | This week all our lives changed. |
| 0:05.0 | I can announce that after schools shut their gates from Friday afternoon, they will remain closed for most pupils, for the vast |
| 0:17.5 | majority of pupils, until further notice. |
| 0:21.0 | One by one, countries around the world are closing up shop. Life as we know it is |
| 0:27.0 | cancelled. And then suddenly our whole world changed. |
| 0:33.2 | Everything exploded. |
| 0:34.7 | I'm David Ronovich and you're listening to stories of our times, |
| 0:38.2 | a new daily podcast from The Times and the Sunday Times. |
| 0:41.8 | Each day we explore one story in depth taking you behind the headlines. |
| 0:47.0 | Today the virus part four. |
| 0:50.0 | A world shut down. This is a passenger announcement. |
| 1:04.0 | You can now book your train on Uber |
| 1:07.0 | and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats, |
| 1:11.0 | so you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 1:15.0 | Trains now on Uber. |
| 1:18.0 | T's and C's apply. |
| 1:19.0 | Check the Uber app. |
| 1:20.0 | Sal's decorated her whole house in camouflage. |
| 1:22.0 | Lovely. |
| 1:23.0 | Even her dog Billy has a camo coat. |
| 1:24.8 | After her renovation, she transferred her other balances onto a new Barclay Card Platinum Credit |
| 1:29.2 | card, so she'd pay no interest on balance transfers for up to 29 months. Now she's found a way to |
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