Weekly Roundup: July 2nd

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🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

President Biden did not meet his goal of 70% of Americans having one shot of the vaccine by July 4th, and some hot spots are flaring up in red states with a new variant looming. But there are signs across the nation that the country has radically curbed the spread of the virus. Plus economists are now predicting an ever quicker recovery for the economy.

This episode: Congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, science reporter Pien Huang, and senior economic correspondent Scott Horsley.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Emily in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and today is the day of my daughter's bone marrow transplant.
0:06.7	After being diagnosed with aplastic anemia earlier this year, this podcast was recorded at 10-10am on Friday, July 2nd.
0:15.2	Things may have changed by the time you heard this, but we'll still be so grateful for all the life-changing bone marrow donors helping patients like my daughter.
0:23.5	Okay, here's the show.
0:25.2	Oh, Emily, we are pulling for your daughter.
0:30.2	Yeah, and sending strength in your direction.
0:33.2	Hey, there. It is the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.
0:37.2	And I'm Tamer Keith. I covered the White House.
0:39.2	And we have Ping Wong here from MPR Science Desk back with us again today. Hey, Ping.
0:44.2	Hey, Sue. Hey, Tim.
0:45.2	Hello, hello.
0:46.2	So several months ago, President Biden set a deadline for the July 4th holiday.
0:51.2	He wanted to have the population reach a 70% vaccination rate.
0:56.2	So we're going to talk today about where we're at and where we're going to go.
1:00.2	So, Tam, we didn't make the goal.
1:02.2	Yeah, so the goal was 70% of adults with their first dose of the vaccine.
1:09.2	So it was already a slightly narrower goal than the full population.
1:12.2	And the US is at just about 67% of adults with their first dose.
1:19.2	And we're underlying that there are massive disparities between states.
1:24.2	So you have some states in the Northeast that are well beyond that 70% goal.
1:28.2	And you have some states in the South that are just really lagging.
1:33.2	And what that means is that there are now outbreaks happening in some states,
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