November 17, 2020

EP. 79 — A Coronavirus Update with Dr. Ashish Jha

The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening across the country, so past guest Dr. Ashish Jha is returning with more answers to Adam’s questions. They discuss what the scientific community has learned about Covid-19 since March, what we now understand to be safe and unsafe, the government’s failures, why certain activities are safer than you may think, and the light at the end of the tunnel.

Transcript

Adam [00:00:22]  Hello, everyone, welcome to Factually! I’m Adam Conover, and you know what, with the election here and the old U.S. of A.. It’s been a little while since we’ve talked about the coronavirus. So let’s check back in. The pandemic has been with us since March and it’s now November. It’s been a long time. And let me tell you, things are going badly. As I’m reading this yesterday, over one hundred and forty three thousand Americans tested positive for the virus, the highest ever. And nearly 1900 hundred people died yesterday, the highest number since May. You know, we’ve all been talking about when this is all over, you’ve heard that phrase. But right now the trend lines are moving in the other direction. Things are not getting towards over. Things are getting towards, still going on. And, in fact, much, much worse. Now, we do have better treatments for the virus and the hope of a vaccine is finally on the horizon. But t

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