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Prognosis: Misconception

Your Quarantine Questions, Answered

Prognosis: Misconception

Bloomberg

Health & Fitness, Science

4.1838 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

After months of sheltering in place, some people have begun looking for ways to get around some of the more onerous social distancing guidelines. That’s especially true as the weather warms up in the U.S. Bloomberg reporter Kristen V. Brown collected listener questions around social distancing etiquette, and brought them to an expert to clear up the confusion. If you have any more quarantine questions, give us a call at 646 324 3490. We may even play your voicemail on a future show.

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0:00.0

Are you looking for a new podcast about stuff related to money?

0:05.3

Well, today's your lucky day.

0:07.1

I'm Matt Levine.

0:08.2

And I'm Katie Greifeld.

0:09.5

And we are the hosts of Money Stuff, The Podcast.

0:13.0

Every Friday, we dive into the top stories about Wall Street, finance, and other stuff.

0:17.9

We have fun. We get weird, and we want you to join us. You can listen to

0:22.0

Many Stuff the Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.9

Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 62 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.

0:42.3

Our main story.

0:44.3

As the pandemic rages on, shelter-in-place orders have stretched from weeks to months.

0:51.3

For some, it's causing distance fatigue and inspiring people to search for safe ways

0:58.1

to bend the rules. An epidemiologist explains how to think about the risks of cutting corners

1:05.5

while social distancing. But first, here's what happened today.

1:16.5

In testimony before a Senate panel today, Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease

1:22.2

official in the U.S., strongly warned against reopening the economy too soon.

1:29.0

Fauci said he's concerned about cities and states resuming business

1:33.2

without reaching checkpoints outlined in the White House guidelines for deciding when it's safe.

1:39.9

Those checkpoints include things like declining infections.

1:45.4

Fauci said a premature reopening would trigger outbreaks that could spiral out of control.

1:51.8

Not only would that lead to avoidable suffering in death, he said, but it would set back an economic recovery, and, quote, turn the clock back rather than going forward.

2:04.4

Fauci's call for caution puts him in direct conflict with President Donald Trump's race

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