Interim results are in from a large trial of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine. Drug maker Pfizer, working with German company BioNTech, says its vaccine appears to be working really well — it was found to be more than 90 percent effective. Today on Short Wave, host Maddie Sofia talks to NPR science correspondent Joe Palca about what that efficacy number means, details of the study and what more information about the vaccine researchers are awaiting.
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The NewsWorthy - ‘Most Secure’ Election, Local Vaccine Plans & Super Bowl Halftime Show- Friday, November 13th, 2020
The news to know for Friday, November 13th, 2020!
What to know about:
- President Trump's latest allegations of voter fraud
- how cybersecurity experts in the Trump administration are calling the presidential election the "most secure in American history"
- health departments around the country prepping their vaccination plans
- another historic rocket launch from SpaceX
- a throwback video game making a comeback
- the next Super Bowl halftime show headliner
Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.
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Sources:
“Most Secure” Election in History: AP, NY Times, Axios, Reuters, CISA
Highest Voter Turnout in 100 Years: WaPo
PA Court Tosses Some Ballots: Bloomberg, FOX News, Forbes
Disputed Claims about Fraud: AP, PolitiFact, NY Times, Twitter
GOP Senators Urge White House Transition: WSJ, WaPo, Reuters, CNN
Cities, States Set New COVID-19 Restrictions: WSJ, Axios, ABC News, USA Today
U.S. Prepares Vaccine Distribution: AP, NY Times, Reuters, Axios
SpaceX Crewed Launch: CBS News, Cnet, Fox News, SpaceX
Nintendo 35th Anniversary Game and Watch: The Verge, TechCrunch, Nintendo
Peloton Deal with Beyoncé: Business Insider, CNBC, Variety, CNN, Peloton
Super Bowl Halftime Show Headliner: USA Today, NBC News, CBS News, NFL
Diwali 2020- NY Times, USA Today, BBC
Feel Good Friday- Air Force Veteran Creates Healing Farm: PEOPLE, Healing Farm
The Daily Signal - Religious Liberty on Trial in Supreme Court’s Foster Care Case
Foster parents offer hope and critical support to children facing tremendous challenges. But the city of Philadelphia has threatened that hope by telling longtime foster parents that they can't work with Catholic Social Services because of the religious organization's belief in marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
The case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia went before the Supreme Court last week. Heritage Foundation scholar Ryan T. Anderson recently hosted a panel discussion breaking down the case and why it is a critical battle for thousands of foster children and religious liberty in America.
Today, we share that discussion with you on “The Daily Signal Podcast.” We also cover these stories:
- Amid a GOP push to investigate voter fraud claims, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., attacks Republican leaders for “poisoning the well of our democracy.”
- Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., says he will get involved if the Trump administration doesn't allow Joe Biden to begin receiving intelligence briefings that address situations such as national security threats.
- The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Harvard University may continue to use race as a consideration in its admissions process.
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Opening Arguments - OA438: This Coup Shall Pass
While it cannot be overstated how disgusting, unpatriotic, anti-American, and anti-Democratic this pathetic coup attempt by Trump and Republicans is, it also has no chance of working. At least, according to our resident optimist, Andrew Torrez!
Before that, Andrew gives us the breakdown on the Affordable Care Act case, and why the media might be completely wrong in how they're covering it.
Links: California v. Texas, best Trump case still terrible, Montgomery County Election Results, 25 P.S. § 3150.16, 25 P.S. § 3150.14, In re Recount of Ballots (Pa. 1974)
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - What Will U.S. Foreign Policy Look Like Under President Biden?
President Trump’s foreign policy was based around the idea of “winners and losers,” and the theory that he alone could solve problems by sitting down one-on-one with other foreign leaders.
Ivo Daalder of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs tells Reset how the Biden administration’s approach is likely to be different, and what Biden’s past as a U.S. senator and vice president tell us about how he will handle things as president.
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The Gist - Home Is a Construct
On the Gist, more of Trump’s inner circle test positive for Covid-19.
In the interview, writer and urban policy specialist Diana Lind is here to talk about her new book Brave New Home: Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing. She and Mike discuss how the single-family home arose in the U.S. as a part of the American dream, if it’s really making us any happier to live that way, and what sorts of legal roadblocks currently prevent a variety of housing options from proliferating across the country.
In the spiel, Rudy on the radio.
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Consider This from NPR - Hospitals Pushed To The Brink, Governors Warn Of Health Care Shortages
The governors of North Dakota, Ohio and Utah all delivered the same message this week: hospital resources normally used for patients with heart attacks, strokes or emergency trauma will soon be overrun by patients with COVID-19.
KCUR's Alex Smith reports on rural hospitals that are already at capacity, forcing them to transfer patients to city hospitals.
Lydia Mobley, a traveling nurse working in central Michigan, says she sees multiple patients every shift who say they regret not taking the coronavirus more seriously.
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KCUR's Alex Smith reports on rural hospitals that are already at capacity, forcing them to transfer patients to city hospitals.
Lydia Mobley, a traveling nurse working in central Michigan, says she sees multiple patients every shift who say they regret not taking the coronavirus more seriously.
In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.
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Pod Save America - “One Flew Over the Coup-Coup’s Nest.”
Donald Trump and Republican leaders are still refusing to acknowledge that Joe Biden won, the Trump campaign strategy to steal the election is failing, and a purge at the Pentagon raises concerns. Then Stacey Abrams talks to Dan about how Democrats can win in Georgia and all over the country.
Science In Action - Covid-19 defeats US Marines
The WHO is working with China to try and pinpoint the source of SARS- COV-2. Sian Griffiths, Emeritus Professor of Public Health at the Chinese University of Hong Kong says there are lessons we can learn from the investigation she led into the original SARS outbreak back in 2003. That inquiry revealed how SARS had spread from bats to humans via civet cats.
A Covid-19 vaccine claims to be 90% effective. It uses genetic material, messenger RNA. Daniel Anderson of Harvard MIT Health Science tells us about the huge potential of mRNA to provide treatments for many medical conditions.
However, rolling out such a vaccine globally faces a huge range of economic and practical obstacles as ethicist Nicole Hassoun of Binghamton University explains.
And a unique experiment shows despite a vast range of precautions including being isolated US Marines have contracted Covid -19. Stuart Sealfon, Professor of Neurology at Mount Sinai Hospitals says this study shows we need testing to be integrated more thoroughly into everyday life and that many of the precautions we currently use may not be enough to prevent transmission.
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Time To Say Goodbye - The history of Filipino DJ culture in the Bay Area with Oliver Wang
Hello,
Today we have something a bit different for you. TTSG goes a bit Melvyn Bragg with a history episode about Bay Area Filipino DJ culture. Our guest today is Oliver Wang, professor of sociology at Cal State Long Beach, one of the co-hosts of the Heat Rocks podcast, and the author of Legions of Boom, a fascinating book which tracks the history of Filipino immigrants into the Bay Area after the 1965 Hart-Celler Act — first into San Francisco and then out into suburbs like Daly City, Fremont, and Vallejo.
If you’ve ever wondered why so many of the top DJs in the word are Filipino and want to know the creation story behind legends like DJ QBert and the Invizibl Scratch Piklz, this is well worth your time. We discuss the mobile DJ scene in the 90s, the class dynamics of post-1965 Filipino immigrants versus the manongs who came over in the early 20th century and settled in San Francisco, and how music and a party scene can create a sense of cohesion and true identity.
Here’s some of the music these DJ crews created so you can play it as you listen along. Enjoy!
Spintronix Imagine #8
X-Men vs the Invizibl Skratch Piklz set in 1996
Generations: a 25 minute documentary about Spintronix and the mobile DJ scene.
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