An Economist on COVID Relief; NYC Housing; Vaccine Latest; Summer Plans

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 9, 2021

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Claudia Sahm, economist, founder of Stay-at-Home-Macro Consulting, and contributing opinion writer to Bloomberg and The New York Times,  discusses the latest developments in the push for more COVID relief and the path to a robust economic recovery.
  • Community Service Society of New York president and CEO David Jones and housing policy analyst Samuel Stein talk about the CSS report assessing Mayor de Blasio's housing plan, done with an eye to evaluating the candidates running for the office this year.
  • The medical community is debating on whether to use all COVID-19 vaccine doses on hand or hold back those for second shots. Jayne Morgan, M.D., cardiologist and clinical director of the Covid Task Force for Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta, breaks down the science plus what side effects some are experiencing after their second doses.
  • With Governor Cuomo's announcement that weddings with up to 150 people can resume on March 15th (as long as attendees get a COVID-19 test), we ask listeners: are you starting to plan large social gatherings for later in the spring and summer and what contingency plans do you have in place?

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.

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