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#VaccineGoals

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🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

First up: A few places, including the U.K. and Israel, have successfully rolled out COVID-19 vaccinations. We want to know: how did they do it? And can we copy what they got right? Then: We’ll fill you in on what you need to know about Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, which should get FDA approval this week. Next: We’ve got the context on two of the week’s headlines, involving former President Trump’s taxes and Illinois eliminating cash bail. ICYMI: The racial wealth gap is still a huge obstacle for Black women. We’ll talk to one woman who’s helping make that gap smaller.  Finally: A lot of Texans are still without running water after last week’s winter storm. This week, we’re talking to one of the volunteers hoping to fix that — literally.  P.S. For more info on the racial wealth gap, check out this handy guide from the Skimm Money team. On this episode, you’ll hear from:  Claire Hannan, executive director, Association of Immunization Managers Saskia Popescu, assistant processor, Biodefense Program, George Mason University Jala Eaton, founder, "On My Own Financial" Ryan Gossen, volunteer, Austin Guerilla Plumber Corps Want more Skimm?  Sign up for our free daily newsletter Email us your questions about what’s going on in the news right now  Subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts Skimm'd by Alex Carr and Luke Vargas. With additional support from Peter Bonaventure and Ciara Long. theSkimm’s head of audio is Graelyn Brashear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Schim this. It's safe to say the vaccine roll out in the US has been rocky.

0:11.8

And as we hear about other countries vaccinating their populations at a higher rate, it's hard

0:16.6

not to get a little jealous of how things are going somewhere else.

0:20.6

In our first story this week, we'll break down three COVID-19 vaccine success stories,

0:25.4

which by the way include one state right here in the US.

0:29.6

Also on the show, we've got the latest on Trump's tax returns because that's still a thing.

0:34.5

We'll tell you why Illinois is saying bye to Cash Baile and we'll roll some tape on a story about,

0:40.1

oh actually you'll have to guess.

0:42.5

And later to close out Black History Month, we're speaking to one woman on a mission to close the

0:47.6

racial wealth gap. All right, let's do it.

0:50.2

Okay, we're 11 months into things being the opposite of normal, work wise, social

1:03.4

live wise, remember social lives. And unless you're a healthcare worker in another frontline job,

1:08.9

or are over 70 years old, chances are you're still waiting for your number to be called to get

1:14.0

your vaccine, which makes seeing headlines about vaccine success stories somewhere else lead to a

1:19.5

lot of FOMO.

1:23.4

Israel leads the fight against COVID-19.

1:25.7

One US ally is getting its citizens vaccinated at a far quicker pace.

1:29.8

In Israel, it's now the turn of the teenagers.

1:32.7

When I'm traveling on a one way road to freedom and we can begin safely to restart our lives.

1:40.8

But before we get ahead of ourselves, we wanted to find out, is the grass really greener on the

1:45.6

other side? We enlisted two experts to help us find out.

1:51.6

I'm Claire Hannon, Executive Director of the Association of Immunization Managers.

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