Baby Steps

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