Reason we are all throwing dinner parties in a parking lot. Right now things are looking pretty dire. There have been over 11 million recorded cases in the u. S. And onethird of all americans know someone who has died of covid19. And with the holidays just around the corner there is both good news and bad news. The bad news, of course, is that you wont be able to spend time with your extended family. The good news is you wont have to spend time with your extended family. And this morning there was also some really good news. This morning another potential breakthrough in the battle against covid. A vaccine developed by moderna showing a 94. 5 percent efficacy rate in a trial with 30,000 participates. One big difference between the Moderna Vaccine and one developed by pfizer that also reported very promising results in early trial, moderna says its vac even doesnt need to be expect at extremely low temperatures to remain stable. That could help with shipping and driksz. Trevor yes, peop
Going. Anyway coming up on tonights show, there is a younger an hotter coronavirus vaccine, donald trump gets a loser approximate raid in his honor and Tanehisi Coates is joining us on the show to talk about how books are being turned into movies. So lets do this, people, welcome to the daily social distancing show. From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world. This is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Trevor lets kick things off with the coronavirus, the reason we are all throwing dinner parties in a parking lot. Right now things are looking pretty dire. There have been over 11 million recorded cases in the u. S. And onethird of all americans know someone who has died of covid19. And with the holidays just around the corner there is both good news and bad news. The bad news, of course, is that you wont be able to spend time with your extended family. The good news is you wont have to spend time with your extended family. And this morning th
York city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Lets kick things off with the black lives matter movement. Although you may be hearing less about them than you used to, protests are still going on around the country. In part because Police Brutality is still going on around the country. And the ripple effects of this movement are reaching all aspects of American Life including a longawaited change in the nfl. The Washington Redskins have officially retired the redskins name in indian head logo after 87 years. The Football Team announced the change following recent pressure from spoarnses and decades of criticism that they are offensive to native americans. pe some time due to trademark issues. Lawyer warrior, red wolves and red tails are some of the popular choices among fans on social media. Major retailers already removed redskins apparel from store shelves and websites. Trevor yes, after decades of resisting the Washington R
Hold us over for a year. So the old name is officially gron. But now the team is searching for a new name. And i will be honest, i think when it comes to a new name they have to keep it simple, keep it seavment change the name to the washington washingtons. Yeah, its catchy, its easy to remember. And most importantly, it honors one of the greatest americans of all time. My man, ha ha. In other news, former Trump Campaign advisor and man get enically designed to look guilty, roger stone is back in the headlines. Tone stone was about to begin a 40 month sentence for witness tampers, lying to congress and tampering with evidence in the mueller investigation. But it turns out it really does pay to have friends in high places. Tonight the breaking news with president comeulted the prison sentence for his friend of several decades roger stone. Just days before stone was set to begin his more than three Year Prison Sentence the president making his long time friend and ally a free man. The 67
Structural racism is so difficult that instead america is just crossing off the easier items on its racism to do list. Okay, next item, we got to create an equal and just society. Hmmmm. All right, lets skip that one. What about changing the name of a Football Team and canceling aunt jemima, yeah, that should hold us over for a year. So the old name is officially gron. But now the team is searching for a new name. And i will be honest, i think when it comes to a new name they have to keep it simple, keep it seavment change the name to the washington washingtons. Yeah, its catchy, its easy to remember. And most importantly, it honors one of the greatest americans of all time. My man, ha ha. In other news, former Trump Campaign advisor and man get enically designed to look guilty, roger stone is back in the headlines. Tone stone was about to begin a 40 month sentence for witness tampers, lying to congress and tampering with evidence in the mueller investigation. But it turns out it reall