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How American Exceptionalism is Exacerbating the Pandemic
S2020 E2230 - 2m 11s
A coronavirus vaccine by year's end: That is President Trump’s hope. He promised today a vaccine at “warp speed." But expert after expert warns that this is unlikely in the best of circumstances. The Atlantic’s Ed Yong warned in a 2018 article that the world was underprepared for the next pandemic. He has been chronicling COVID-19 and the American government’s response since the outbreak began.
Why Don't Americans Trust Experts Anymore?
S2020 E2230 - 17m 15s
A tussle between science and politics is defining the pandemic response of the Trump administration. How did this increasing rejection of expertise get started? Professor Tom Nichols wrote a prescient book on the subject in 2017, and joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.
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