What will Covid-19 cases in America look like this winter?
Make Me Smart
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4.6 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Austria is getting ready for another round of COVID-19 lockdowns. With vaccine mandates hitting a roadblock in the United States and the fully vaccinated rate under 60%, we discuss the likelihood of another winter wave in America. Plus, we follow the drama over the auctioning of a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution. And, the hosts play our favorite game, Half Full/Half Empty.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Austria lockdown starts Monday; tourist travel ‘will not be possible'” from USA Today
- “Copy of U.S. Constitution Sells for $43.2 Million as Crypto Group DAO Is Outbid” from The Wall Street Journal
- “Citadel CEO Ken Griffin pays $43.2 million for Constitution copy, outbidding crypto group” from CNBC
- “UC slams the door on standardized admissions tests, nixing any SAT alternative” from The Los Angeles Times
- “Ford Scraps Plan to Develop an Electric Vehicle With Rivian” from The Wall Street Journal
- “United Airlines Resumes Hard Liquor Service Before Holiday Travel” from Business Insider
- “MoviePass relaunch may happen soon, says cofounder” from Fast Company
- “NYC to host New Year’s Eve in Times Square for fully vaccinated attendees” from CNBC
- “Reese’s reveas its largest peanut butter cup yet” from CNN
- “Staples Center to be renamed Crypto.com Arena as part of 20-year naming rights deal” from The Athletic
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| 0:00.0 | You're gonna have a great weekend with a very good bourbon. |
| 0:06.8 | No. |
| 0:08.8 | You monster. |
| 0:11.7 | Oh. |
| 0:13.2 | You know what? |
| 0:16.2 | That was smart. |
| 0:17.2 | That was a good choice. |
| 0:18.2 | That was a good choice. |
| 0:19.2 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:21.2 | I'm Molly Wood. |
| 0:23.0 | Welcome back to Make Me Smart, the show where not a damn thing makes any sense at all. |
| 0:28.1 | That choking Sandra year is either me or my dogs. |
| 0:32.8 | I don't. |
| 0:33.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:34.8 | Okay. |
| 0:35.8 | Happy our Friday. |
| 0:36.8 | It's Adelaide's happy today for reasons which will become clear post-haste if it's not |
| 0:42.2 | already. |
| 0:43.2 | Molly's last Friday last economics on tap. |
| 0:46.6 | Not her last day on this pod though. |
| 0:47.6 | We'll get to the calendar later. |
| 0:49.4 | Life streams up. |
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