You Can’t Sit With Us: COVID and Thanksgiving

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🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A dangerous collision between a pandemic and America’s biggest family get-together is just around the corner. Before we get to the main course, we’ve got an update on the presidential transition between President Trump and President-Elect Joe Biden (1:08). Quick Skimm: nothing’s really happened so far. We’ll also tell you about Amazon’s big move this week into the world of prescription drugs (7:50). Then, we’re coming up on the last exit before Thanksgiving. It’s our final chance to rethink our plans as COVID cases in the U-S set new records every day. We’ll give you an update on where things stand and what’s contributing to this latest surge in cases (12:19). Finally, if you find yourself having to be Top Chef at your holiday dinner this year, we’ve got you covered (22:06). Cue: a smaller feast… but the same well-deserved nap. BTW: here’s a one-pan, one-pot Thanksgiving dinner that takes three hours or less to put together. On this episode, you’ll hear from: Kristine Simmons, VP of government affairs, Partnership for Public Service Dr. Fadia Shaya, director of the Center on Drugs and Public Policy, University of Maryland's School of Pharmacy Vanessa Kerry, CEO, Seed Global Health Zack Bruell, Cleveland-based chef and restaurateur Let us know what questions you have about what’s going on in the news right now. Email us at audio@theskimm.com or call and leave us a voicemail at: 646-461-6370. You might hear your message on the show. If you want to add theSkimm to your daily routine, sign-up for our free newsletter the Daily Skimm. It’s everything you need to know to start your day, right in your inbox. Skimm'd by Alex Carr, Justine Davie, and Luke Vargas. With additional support from Peter Bonaventure and Ciara Long. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Schim this.
0:07.6	We're coming up on the last exit before Thanksgiving.
0:11.0	Our final chance to rethink plans for a big holiday gathering at a time when COVID cases
0:15.8	in the US are setting new records each day.
0:19.9	The CDC is recommending Americans avoid traveling, and it's not hard to see why.
0:25.3	Just to 80,000 people are currently hospitalized for COVID around the US, and by one estimate,
0:31.5	3 million Americans are infected right now.
0:34.7	This week, we'll look at why this current COVID peak is even worse than the one this past
0:38.6	spring.
0:39.6	And if all this gloomy news makes you think twice about your holiday plans, we've gotcha.
0:44.1	We talked to an expert about how to step into the world of top Thanksgiving chef if your
0:48.4	plans changed at the last minute.
0:50.6	But first, we've got the latest on Amazon's big move this week into the world of prescription
0:54.8	drugs and what's going down or isn't going down with the presidential transition.
1:00.2	Alright, let's do it.
1:08.8	Our first developing story this week is about how the transition process is going between
1:13.1	President Donald Trump and President elect Joe Biden.
1:16.8	Quick Schim, it's not.
1:18.8	Traditionally, after the election and before the inauguration, a handoff occurs between
1:23.4	the outgoing and incoming administrations.
1:26.4	Think of it like a changing of the guard, where a lot needs to happen in a couple months
1:30.8	to kick off a brand new government.
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