Georgia's Special Election; Violence Interrupters in NYC; Busting COVID Vaccine Myths; LA's COVID Crisis
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 6, 2021
Coming up on today's show:
- Dave Weigel, national political correspondent for The Washington Post and author of The Trailer newsletter, runs through the big political stories of the day including the much-anticipated Georgia runoff and the electoral college certification.
- Iesha Sekou, CEO of Street Corner Resources and an anti-violence activist, talks about the importance of violence interrupters, their role in creating more hospitable neighborhoods amid surges in violent crime, and the challenges they face due to the pandemic.
- Ruth Karron, M.D., professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, director of the Center for Immunization Research and founding director of the Johns Hopkins Vaccine Initiative, breaks down the facts and busts the myths surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines.
- Los Angeles County officials say COVID is "everywhere" and are urging residents to take extreme precautions. Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times metro reporter focused on earthquakes and the novel coronavirus, talks about that and how local hospitals are being crushed under a huge wave of COVID-19 cases.
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.
