Have want to heal with less time. Amy the u. S. Death toll from covid19 has topped 250,000 as the number of infections soar across the country. Nearly 2000 deaths in one day. But President Trump is all but missing in action. He has not attended a Coronavirus Task force meeting in five months. He continues to have no Public Meetings on his schedule. We will speak with the atlantics ed yong. Then to iran. As President Trump installs loyalists in a shakeup at the pentagon, is the president laying the groundwork to attack iran . Plus, we will look at why climate activists and progressive democrats are protesting president elect joe bidens decision to tap congressman Cedric Richmond to a Top White House post. He is the leading democrat recipient of fossil el money in congress. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The official u. S. Death toll from covid19 has passed a quarter of a Million People as the virus rages
People who study pipework health have been saying, listen, this is going to happen. Its only a matter of time. This is a message from the governments chief medical officer about coronavirus. You should now only go out to an absolutely necessary for food medicine, work or exercise. Always try to stay 2 meters apart to not meet others outside your household, even friends and family. I think this disease is remarkably infectious, even compared to influenza, the flu. And so, even though we were prepared, were almost overrun by the ferocity of the pandemic. Its highly transmissible, like all the crying about it, which would only cause common cold. You know, if youre in the room with someone with a cold, you allowed to get the cold. But the problem with this virus is it doesnt stop in the nose. It doesnt stop in the long. It can spread very rapidly into the rest of the body. And thats why it is such a dramatic disease portobello road in the heart of Londons Notting Hill district, normally pa
Scientific achievement were not carried away with over optimism or fall into the naive belief that the struggle is over its not weve got to stick to our winter plan u. S. Officials say they hope to have around 40 percent of adults immunized by the end of february vaccines developed by pfizer and her expected to be approved next week thats as the u. S. Hit a new daily record of more than 100000 people being admitted to Hospital Health secretary alexeis are says millions of Vulnerable People could be vaccinated by the end of the year. U. S. President donald trump has released a 46 minute speech on social media outlining why he believes the election was stolen from him he continued to lead forward took place during the election despite the failure of several legal challenges. The Afghan Government and taliban negotiators have agreed on a framework for talks after weeks of stalemate negotiations in doha nato secretary general has welcomed this as a positive 1st step the United Nations has
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Lines stretching for miles are seen across the country. We will speak to raj patel, author stuffed and starved the hidden battle for the worlds food system. Then a betting pool . That is what managers at a tyson pork slaughterhouse set up a to bet on how many workers would get covid. Six workers died at the iowa plant. More than 1000 were infected. Finally, 2020 has become the deadliest year on record for transgender and gender nonconforming people. We will speak to tori cooper of human Rights Campaign. Vionce iibly toxic and all of these Different Things that make trans lives being devalued. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration has cleared the way for president elect joe bidens transition after 16 days of delay that threatened to derail the incoming administrations preparations for reviving the economy and battling the coronavirus pandemic. Emily murphy, the trumpappointed head o