Plans For Vaccine Rollout, AG On Hate Crimes

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A patient receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19
In this March 16, 2020, photo, a patient receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19 at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle.Ted S. Warren/AP Photo

Now that three drugmakers say they have effective COVID-19 vaccines, an infectious disease specialist joins us to discuss plans for distributing the medicine on a country-wide scale will work. Then, the state attorney general discusses the national increase in hate crimes.

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  • State Attorney General On Spike In Hate Crimes

    Nationally, there were more hate crime killings in 2019 than any year on record. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joins us to talk about what’s behind this historic spike in hate crimes.

Episode Credits

  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Colleen Leahy Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Dr. Dial Hewlett Guest
  • Josh Kaul Guest

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