PBS NewsHour

July 5, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, July 5, Fourth of July weekend sees a spike in COVID-19 cases, Jeff Greenfield on President Trump’s campaign strategy, opioid overdose is a hidden epidemic during the pandemic, and, ‘superspreaders:’ what they are and how they’re worsening the spread of COVID, according to scientists researching the disease. Hari Sreenivasan reports from Florida.

Drug overdoses: The hidden epidemic in the pandemic

8m 1s

Suspected cases of drug overdoses soared between March and May, according to data from medical teams,hospitals and the police. According to a Washington Post report, the isolation and economic upheaval caused by the pandemic are fueling this hidden epidemic. Heather Long who co-wrote that story joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

Previews + Extras

  • Experts focus on superspreaders to study virus transmission: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Experts focus on superspreaders to study virus transmission

    S2020 E200 - 5m 22s

    As businesses reopen and cases across several states in the U.S. and across the world surge, experts worry that “superspreaders,” a small percentage of infected people are transmitting the virus to a much larger percent, could be fueling the pandemic. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Ben Lopman, an epidemiology professor at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health.

  • Trump 2020 strategy: statues, ‘traditional American values’: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trump 2020 strategy: statues, ‘traditional American values’

    S2020 E200 - 5m 37s

    President Trump’s campaign will focus on painting Trump as all that stands between America and the ‘un-American left wing forces’ trying to destroy the country from the inside, and paint Joe Biden as too weak to stop it, according to Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield. He spoke with Hari Sreenivasan about the 2020 election.

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