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“You’re seeing one country after another acknowledge that the game is up”—Asia’s zero-covid plans crack
Also on the daily podcast: France’s staggering Catholic sexual-abuse case and a nonstandard view of “standard English”
WHERE GOVERNMENTS enacted zero-tolerance coronavirus strategies, numbers indeed stayed low. That was before the Delta variant. We ask how countries can now wind back those policies. A shocking report of sexual abuse within France’s Catholic church further threatens the institution’s connection with society. And countering the notion that the “standard English” taught the world over is the only proper one. Runtime: 21 min
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