WHO's Calling The Shots

What A Day

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🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The World Health Organization called for a moratorium on booster shots until the end of September, right as a number of countries have started or are planning to start booster campaigns amid concerns about the Delta variant of coronavirus. COVAX, the program supported by WHO to distribute donated vaccines to nations in need, is struggling to deliver on its promise. Mexico has filed a lawsuit against 11 gun manufacturers and suppliers in the U.S., claiming that they knowingly facilitated sales to drug cartels. Mexican officials estimate financial damages could amount up to $10 billion. Experts believe the lawsuit will send a message to the U.S. to take decisive political action on gun control. And in headlines: Democrats propose a law taxing major polluters, Rihanna is a billionaire, and former President Obama scales back on his 60th birthday bash. Show Notes: NY Times: “Where a Vast Global Vaccination Program Went Wrong” – https://nyti.ms/37kTHjD For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, August 5th. I'm Gideon Ressick.
0:09.0	And I'm Treville Anderson and this is what a day the show that refuses to surrender to
0:12.8	the glitches in Apple's podcast app.
0:15.0	Yeah, when it doesn't upload, we come to your house and read the show to you.
0:19.0	Lucky you all, although that's very early in the morning.
0:23.0	It is. It's far too early. We'll delay next time we promise.
0:34.0	On today's show, Rihanna is now the wealthiest female musician. Plus, former President Obama's
0:38.9	birthday party gets scaled down.
0:42.0	But first, the latest on an international plea for countries not to administer booster
0:45.9	COVID shots until more of the world has access.
0:48.8	I understand the concern of all governments to protect their people from the Delta variant.
0:56.4	But we cannot and we should not accept countries that have already used most of the global
1:01.3	supply of vaccines using even more of it while the world's most vulnerable people remain
1:10.3	unprotected.
1:12.0	That was Tedros Adenam, Gabriel Yeassis, the Director General of the World Health
1:15.4	Organization speaking yesterday.
1:17.3	So he suggested a moratorium on booster shots until the end of September.
1:21.8	Can you tell us more details about why?
1:24.2	Yeah, I mean, it's to achieve this modest goal, the WHO set earlier this year, which was
1:28.4	to get all countries to at least 10% vaccination coverage, which is very low.
1:33.8	But as we look at it now, many low income countries are at an abysmal one to two percent.
1:38.8	And the US obviously is an outlier even though this week, we finally hit Biden's goal of
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