Today on Boston Public Radio:
Art Caplan shared his thoughts on the CDC’s latest COVID-19 guidelines and whether unvaccinated people will throw caution to the wind as more vaccines become available. Caplan is director of the Division of Medical Ethics at the New York University School of Medicine.
Next, we asked listeners whether they thought the CDC’s new guidelines were too lax — or just right.
Ali Noorani discussed how President Joe Biden is handling the humanitarian crisis at the border in the midst of COVID-19. He also talked about the Mexican restaurant in Houston subjected to ICE threats after refusing to serve unmasked customers. Noorani is president and CEO of the National Immigration Forum. His latest book is " There Goes The Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice And Meet The Challenge Of American Immigration .”
The Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett Price weighed in on Cornel West’s decision to leave Harvard University after a dispute over tenure and Oprah’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. They also touched on Stevie Wonder’s plans to move to Ghana. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist, the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail and a visiting researcher in the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program at the Boston University School of Theology. Price is executive director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Christian Experience at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Together, they host GBH’s All Rev’d Up podcast.
Victor Anthony Lopez-Carmen discussed the health disparities in Native American communities and how COVID-19 has exacerbated them. He also talked about the need for more Native American representation in the medical field. Lopez-Carmen is a Dakota and Yaqui writer, health policy advocate and student at Harvard Medical School. He currently serves on the City of Boston’s COVID-19 Health Inequities Taskforce and as co-chair of the U.N. Global Indigenous Youth Caucus, the official U.N. caucus that represents the political interests of Indigenous youth before international policy making bodies. His commentary on minority health and human rights has been featured in such outlets as the BBC, Teen Vogud and the U.N. News Centre.
John King updated us on the latest political headlines, from President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package to the 2022 midterm elections. King is CNN's chief national correspondent and anchor of "Inside Politics,” which airs weekdays and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m.
We revisited Monday’s discussion of the new Netflix show “Marriage Or Mortgage,” asking if listeners would say yes to the dress or say yes to the down payment.
