
The Canadian trucker protests, which started over COVID restrictions, continues to rock Ottawa as similar protests pop up around the globe. That may have startling implications for the future of the pandemic. In Iowa, nearly 60% of deer-yes, deer-are infected with COVID-19. The FDA delays its judgment on vaccines for children under five, electing to wait for data about the safety and efficacy of a third dose. Abdul El-Sayed: Democratic governors from around the country have decided to end mask mandates and vaccine verification, signaling a new approach to the pandemic. She joins Abdul to talk about what that means for public health and the pandemic.ĭr.

In her book “The Sum of Us,” author and organizer Heather McGhee shows how racism has destroyed collective efforts–from swimming pools to insurance pools–in America. But who belongs to that public may matter even more for what we’re willing to do provide that public. Public health requires us to believe that there is “a public” above and beyond ourselves as individuals.
