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The Lead with Jake Tapper

W.H.O.: there may never be a pandemic “silver bullet”; Trump attacks Birx after she said virus is “widespread” in U.S.; New report examines “how the pandemic defeated America”; Trump: U.S. will soon see great treatments & vaccine;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 3 August 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Birx: U.S. has entered “new phase” of the pandemic; W.H.O.: COVID impact to be felt for “decades to come”; In Georgia county, 250 school employees not working after testing positive or being exposed to COVID-19; Study: some show signs of immunity without exposure to virus; Pelosi doubles down on lack of confidence in Birx; Trump still pushing hydroxychloroquine, contradicting WH officials; WH now requires staff to take random COVID tests; Trump promised new heath care plan two weeks ago, still no announcement; Trump’s new campaign manager wants “more debates, starting sooner”; Biden defends Dr. Birx, vows to focus on virus; Stimulus negotiations in a “bad pace” despite optimistic talk; Trump says he’s “totally involved” with stimulus talks, claims democrats “want bailout money”; The Atlantic slams Trump: “America first was America oblivious”; New report: “bloated, inefficient health-care system left hospitals ill-prepared” for wave of virus patients; New report: “racist policies” left minorities especially vulnerable; The Atlantic: “everything that went wrong with America’s response… was predictable and preventable”; Scientists fear Trump will try to roll out vaccine early; Dr. Fauci: there is no one-size-fits-all with vaccines; AZ couple “paid the price” for not wearing masks, social distancing; Mask debate rages on in parts of the U.S., as cases rise in rural areas; Judge speaks out about deadly attack against her family for first time, says her son died protecting his father from gunman; In powerful video, Judge Salas says son’s death “cannot be in vain”, calls for more protection for judges: this is “life or death”; Isaias expected to become a hurricane before landfall in Carolinas; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

And welcome to the lead. I'm Pamela Brown and today for Jake Tapper and we begin with the

0:07.2

health lead as the nation nears 5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus with more than 150,000 deaths.

0:16.0

The World Health Organization warning today that there is no silver bullet to end this

0:19.9

pandemic and there may never be. One top official leading the

0:23.9

coronavirus response for the organization is saying that everyone is

0:27.8

feeling the fatigue of this pandemic but quote we have a long way to go.

0:33.0

That reality, as the CDC projects, there could be up to 27,000 more people killed

0:40.0

before the end of this month.

0:42.0

And a CNN Sarah Sidner reports, Dr Deborah Burke is telling CNN the virus is more

0:47.2

widespread now in the U.S. than ever before.

0:53.0

It will be felt for decades to come.

0:58.0

The head of the World Health Organization predicting the effects of the coronavirus pandemic will last for decades.

1:03.4

Not only on the health aspect, but on social, economic and political.

1:11.0

The coronavirus is still spreading out of control in parts of the United States,

1:16.0

and death tolls are continuing to climb.

1:18.0

We are very concerned, and this is a very serious point,

1:21.0

and deaths will continue to increase for the next few weeks.

1:25.4

One reason why, the U.S. is in a new phase according to the White House's point person on

1:30.2

COVID response, Dr Deborah Burks.

1:32.8

What we're seeing today is different from March and April.

1:36.1

It is extraordinarily widespread.

1:38.6

It's into the rural as equal urban areas.

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