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The Race for a Vaccine, PPP Loans & Climate Change

The White House coronavirus task force issued extremely dire warnings to states in weekly reports this week, urging public health officials to circumvent state and local policies amid record high cases, hospitalizations and deaths, as well as fears of a surge upon a surge following Thanksgiving. In Missouri there have been over 4,000 deaths due to Covid. Hospitalizations have also increased 60 percent over the past month, according to the Covid tracking project. NBC’s Ellison Barber joins Shep Smith to report resources for Missouri hospitals are stretched to the limit. Kate Rogers reports that the top 5 percent of companies received more than half the money doled out in PPP loans. Top industries receiving those loans include restaurants, physicians’ offices, lawyers’ offices, and limited-service restaurants. Contessa Brewer joins Shep Smith to report on how climate change is driving droughts and wildfires, and destroying oceans all around the world.

English
  • Originally Aired December 2, 2020
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Network CNBC
  • Created March 24, 2024 by
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  • Modified March 24, 2024 by
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