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6 July 2020updated 30 Jul 2021 10:58am

Podcast: Exceptionalism vs the Coronavirus

The New Statesman's World Review podcast with Jeremy Cliffe and Emily Tamkin.

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A healthcare worker talks to another worker in the Covid-19 Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, July 2, 2020. - Despite its renowned medical center with the largest agglomeration of hospitals and research laboratories in the world, Houston is on the verge of being overwhelmed by cases of coronavirus exploding in Texas. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Julia Benarrous: "Covid-19: Houston's hospital system underwater" (Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)

On this week’s World Review, Jeremy Cliffe dials in from Rome and Emily Tamkin from Washington DC to discuss the history making events of the week. Then they’re joined by Fintan O’Toole to discuss how British, American and Swedish exceptionalism has exacerbated the coronavirus crisis.

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