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Future Perfect Archive

Archives for October 2020

Politics
No, the Regeneron drug Trump received is not a Covid-19 “cure”No, the Regeneron drug Trump received is not a Covid-19 “cure”
Politics

Why Trump’s promise to bring America a free antibody cocktail to treat Covid-19 is so absurd.

By Julia Belluz
How Mike Pence enabled Donald Trump’s botched Covid-19 response
Future Perfect

Time and time again, Pence dutifully implemented Trump’s disastrous coronavirus agenda.

By German Lopez
Technology
America scrambles to take part in the Mark Zuckerberg $250 million gold rushAmerica scrambles to take part in the Mark Zuckerberg $250 million gold rush
Technology

A feeding frenzy has begun.

By Theodore Schleifer
Future Perfect
Mike Pence should quarantine, not debateMike Pence should quarantine, not debate
Future Perfect

Pence shouldn’t be onstage, but his absence would contradict Trump’s campaign message.

By German Lopez
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s proposals could cut poverty in half
Future Perfect

Democrats have a historic opportunity to lift 20 million people out of poverty.

By Dylan Matthews
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Chicken plants are more dangerous places to work than coal minesChicken plants are more dangerous places to work than coal mines
Podcast
Future Perfect

US chicken plants process 140 birds a minute. The Trump administration thinks that’s too slow.

By Dylan Matthews and Byrd Pinkerton
Future Perfect
If Trump has learned anything from getting Covid-19, he’s not showing itIf Trump has learned anything from getting Covid-19, he’s not showing it
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Trump’s messaging continues to come out of the same playbook that got America into its current Covid-19 mess.

By German Lopez
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The CDC calls for quarantining even after a negative test. The White House isn’t listening.The CDC calls for quarantining even after a negative test. The White House isn’t listening.
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The CDC recommends self-isolating after coronavirus exposure, regardless of symptoms or test results.

By German Lopez
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Trump’s White House is doing a bad job contact tracing its Covid-19 clusterTrump’s White House is doing a bad job contact tracing its Covid-19 cluster
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The White House’s contact tracing efforts aren’t going well.

By German Lopez
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Experts say Covid-19 cases are likely about to surgeExperts say Covid-19 cases are likely about to surge
Future Perfect

America keeps making the same mistakes over and over. So another surge of coronavirus cases seems likely.

By German Lopez
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Is it immoral if you feel schadenfreude about Trump’s Covid-19?Is it immoral if you feel schadenfreude about Trump’s Covid-19?
Future Perfect

The ethics of feeling smug about another’s misfortune, explained.

By Sigal Samuel
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Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis is an indictment of his approach to the coronavirusTrump’s Covid-19 diagnosis is an indictment of his approach to the coronavirus
Future Perfect

The diagnosis is another reminder of his administration’s failure on Covid-19.

By German Lopez
Explainers
The pandemic is forcing Democrats to ask: Does knocking on doors work?The pandemic is forcing Democrats to ask: Does knocking on doors work?
Explainers

Political scientists say contacting voters by phone might be just as good as going door to door.

By Dylan Matthews