Checks and Balance: How long? - a podcast by The Economist

President Trump changed tone and course this week, extending federal guidelines on social distancing to the end of April. New York is now the epicentre of the global pandemic. Yet large parts of the US remain relatively unaffected by covid-19.Public opinionsupports tough measures to contain the virus for now. But how sustainable arestrict curbson personal freedom in a country founded on individual liberty?

The Economist’shealthcare correspondent Slavea Chankova explains theepidemiological modelsbehind the lockdown, we tell the story of history’s most notorious asymptomatic carrier, and Senator Cory Booker reflects on political division in national crises.

John Prideaux,The Economist’sUS editor, hosts with Charlotte Howard, New York bureau chief, and Washington correspondent Jon Fasman.

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