Waiting for a COVID social reckoning

1 big thing

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🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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China is facing its worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic, and nearly half of Europe has recorded double-digit increases in COVID-19 cases in the past week. And here in the U.S. where cases are still declining, Americans seem to be moving on without what journalist Ed Yong calls, “a social reckoning” as we near 1 million COVID deaths. Plus, strong language from Presidents Biden and Zelensky. And, we answer a listener question about the transition away from fossil fuels. Guests: Ed Yong, science writer at The Atlantic, and Axios' Ben Geman. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Julia Redpath, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.3	It's Thursday, March 17th.
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0:40.5	Today, strong language from President Biden and Zelensky.
0:44.3	Plus, we answer a listener question about the transition away from fossil fuels.
0:49.1	But first, our one big thing, waiting for a COVID social reckoning.
0:56.1	China is facing its worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic.
1:05.0	And nearly half of Europe has recorded double-digit increases in COVID-19 cases in the past week.
1:11.2	In Finland, case numbers have jumped 84%.
1:14.4	Although cases here in the US are still on the decline,
1:17.1	and mask and vaccine mandates have expired in many places,
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