• Baby Steps

  • May 6 2021
  • Length: 16 mins
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Baby Steps

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  • A progressive move in the right direction and news that won’t make your week, let’s see how it all pans out.

    This episode features the song “Aside” by Normcore, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

    Links to this weeks stories :

    00:11 Biden Universal Preschool/college Plan

    • Biden Proposed free, high-quality preschool for all 3 and 4 year olds
    • Preschool noted as often being expensive, largely unavoidable child-rearing cost 
    • 1.8 trillion family plan, would add 2 years of free preschool and 2 years of free community college 
    • Bill also includes benefits to families with children through child tax credits, paid for by closing tax loopholes

    08:39 Experts claims on herd immunity 

    • Covid-19 not likely to disappear anytime soon 
    • Reaching herd immunity nearly impossible with current vaccination rates
    • Covid to likely be a manageable yet deadly disease going forward for years
    • Refusal to get vaccinated stemming from many groups, causing herd immunity standards to vary across the country 
    • Easing restrictions across the country also likely to lead to more international strains gaining hold, causing more delays in national safety 
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