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Orthodox Priest Shot at France Church, Attacker Is Still At Large

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<p>LYON, France — A Greek Orthodox priest was shot Saturday while he was closing his church in the French city of Lyon, and authorities locked down part of the city to hunt for the assailant, police said.</p>
<p>The priest, a Greek citizen, is in a local hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit in the abdomen, a police official told The Associated Press. The attacker was alone and fired from a hunting rifle, said the official, who was not authorized to be publicly named.</p>
<p>Police cordoned off the largely residential neighborhood around the church and warned the public on social networks to stay away. As night fell on Lyon, an Associated Press reporter saw police tape and emergency vehicles throughout the neighborhood. National police tweeted that “a serious public security incident” was under way.<br /></p>
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<p>The reason for the shooting was unclear. It happened two days after an Islamic extremist knife attack at a Catholic church in the French city of Nice that killed three people, and amid ongoing tensions over a French newspaper’s publication of caricatures mocking the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.</p>
<p>French anti-terrorist authorities were not investigating Saturday’s shooting, although the interior minister activated a special emergency team to follow the case while the gunman was still at large.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Jean Castex reiterated government promises to deploy military forces at religious sites and schools. He said French people can “count on the nation to allow them to practice their religion in full safety and freedom.”</p>
<p>Seeking to calm tensions and to explain France’s defense of the prophet cartoons, President Emmanuel Macron gave an interview broadcast Saturday on Arabic network Al-Jazeera. Macron also tweeted that “our country has no problem with any religion. They are all practiced here freely! No stigmatization: France is committed to peace and living together in harmony.”</p>
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Orthodox Priest Shot at France Church, Attacker Is Still At Large

Orthodox Priest Shot at France Church, Attacker Is Still At Large

LYON, France — A Greek Orthodox priest was shot Saturday while he was closing his church in the French city of Lyon, and authoritie...

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Donald Trump’s Closing Message to Americans: Ignore COVID-19

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the final run up to Election Day, the United States has hit its <a href="https://time.com/5903673/record-daily-coronavirus-cases/">worst spike</a> in cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. As of Oct. 30, there have been 830,000 new infections reported and more than 9,500 deaths in the two weeks leading up the election.</span></p>
<p>In his closing message to Americans as a presidential candidate, President Donald Trump has mocked the deadly virus as a media conspiracy and insisted it is on its way out, despite having contracted it himself. “Until November 4th., Fake News Media is going full on Covid, Covid, Covid,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1321078919924207617" target="_blank">tweeted</a> on Oct. 27. “We are rounding the turn. 99.9%.”<br /></p>
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<p>With cases, hospitalizations and deaths on the rise, there’s almost no indication that’s the case. Trump continues to insist that a vaccine is “weeks” away and to talk about an economic rebound in 2021. But with a few days until Election Day and with millions of Americans already having cast their ballots, Trump is scoring low marks from voters on his handling of the pandemic that has claimed more than 230,000 lives in the United States. As of Oct. 29, an average of 57.6% of Americans disapproved of Trump’s coronavirus response while an average of 39.4% approved, according to a <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/coronavirus-polls/" target="_blank">FiveThirtyEight poll tracker</a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If Trump wins re-election despite those numbers, “It would… ultimately mean that people have decided to look ahead rather than look back,” says Mike DuHaime, a Republican political operative.</span></p>
<p>Trump is hoping that’s exactly what voters want to do. He has continued to hold rallies with thousands of supporters, despite restrictions on crowd size meant to slow the spread of the virus. And he continues to encourage his audiences to look beyond the current reality. “Biden would lock us down forever. We are rounding the corner!” Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1322219904859213824" target="_blank">tweeted</a> on Oct. 30.</p>
<p>Trump has marked his final blitz of rallies with a cascade of misinformation on the pandemic. Speaking in Waterford Township, Michigan on Oct. 30, Trump joked that mask use was “politically correct,” falsely accused doctors of over reporting COVID-19 deaths to “make money,” inaccurately blamed the rise in cases on more testing, and said, “If you get it, you’re gonna get better,” which hasn’t been the case for hundreds of thousands of Americans and more than one million people worldwide.</p>
<p>“That’s all I hear about now. Turn on television, ‘Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid,'” Trump said at a rally in Lumberton, North Carolina on Oct. 24. “By the way, on November 4, you won’t hear about it anymore.”</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trump’s instinct to downplay the pandemic has been consistent since the early days of the virus’s spread in the United States. “What Trump did was decide to pretend like coronavirus wasn’t the most dominant thing in people’s lives,” says Sarah Longwell, founder of <a href="https://time.com/5870475/never-trumpers-2020-election/">Republican Voters Against Trump</a> (RVAT).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Throughout the year, the President has flouted recommendations by the government’s top public health experts. In April, he suggested in a White House briefing that scientists should explore whether injecting disinfectants like bleach into the human body could cure COVID-19. (He later claimed the comment was sarcastic.) He refused to wear a mask in public for months, long after the consensus in the scientific community suggested mask-wearing was the single most effective way to slow the spread of the virus.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trump thought wearing masks</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">made him and others around him look weak and afraid, says a White House aide. He routinely scowled when he saw aides wearing masks, and for months during the pandemic would say he couldn’t hear or understand officials speaking to him with masks on, according to two current and one former aide.</span></p>
<p>By mid-summer, when Americans had lived circumscribed, fearful lives for months, even some voters who had supported Trump in 2016 were souring on his leadership during this national emergency. “It’s a ‘don’t care’ attitude,” a teacher’s assistant in Ft. Lauderdale, FL said on a focus group hosted by RVAT in July, which TIME observed. “This is a time in crisis. You’re supposed to be with us. And I can’t see it.”</p>
<p>In September, the White House’s careless approach to safety during the pandemic caught up with it. In a matter of weeks, more than 30 people in Trump’s orbit came down with COVID-19, including senior counselor Hope Hicks, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, First Lady Melania Trump and the President.</p>
<p>Trump was a challenging patient, resisting going to the hospital at first and then stage managing how his health was projected to the public. As he received expensive and experimental treatments, he told his doctors not to mention the injury they saw to his lung scans and to delay releasing that his blood oxygen levels had dipped. After four days in the hospital, he returned to the White House, saying in a video , “I’m better — and maybe I’m immune — I don’t know. But don’t let it dominate your lives. Get out there. Be careful. We have the best medicines in the world.”</p>
<p>Whether Trump wants to acknowledge it or not, the pandemic has dominated American life for the better part of 2020. And his response will likely be top of mind for many voters when they head to the polls.</p>
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Donald Trump’s Closing Message to Americans: Ignore COVID-19

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On the Intimate Positions, Ariana Grande Is Fully in Her Feelings

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<p>Even by the all-hands-on-deck standards of the late 2010s and early 2020s, <a href="https://time.com/collection-post/5277962/ariana-grande-next-generation-leaders/">Ariana Grande</a> has experienced a lot of low and high points over the last two-and-change years—the death of her <a href="https://time.com/5391650/ariana-grande-mac-miller/">onetime boyfriend Mac Miller</a>, public <a href="https://time.com/5480890/pete-davidson-ariana-grande-kanye/">scrutiny of her relationships</a>, sold-out tours, tweetstorms with her legions of fans. She’s also kept busy in the studio, releasing albums, as well as the occasional one-off single, that provide immediate snapshots of who she is right now.</p>
<p>In the middle of October, <a href="https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567873/ariana-grande/">Grande</a> announced on social media that she’d soon be following up 2018’s lightly funky <a href="https://time.com/5370306/ariana-grande-tribute-manchester-victims-sweetener/"><em>Sweetener</em></a> and 2019’s bed-headed <a href="https://time.com/5465122/thank-u-next-video-references/"><em>thank u, next</em></a> with another album, her sixth overall. <em>positions,</em> which Grande recorded during lockdown, came out on Friday, and even though Grande couldn’t have possibly anticipated the frenzy that had overtaken pop culture at the end of October 2020, the album winds up being an ideal counterweight to the madness, its forthright attitude, effervescent energy and indelible hooks offering a saucy, danceable respite from the shouting hordes.<br /></p>
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<p>Well, maybe Grande did foresee at least some yelling; after all, beginning an album with a song called “shut up” does send a message. It’s a playful celebration of ignoring any gossip, with Grande’s cottony voice accompanied by urgent strings; on the chorus, an ideal snippet for accompanying <a href="https://time.com/5594374/tiktok-artists-money/">TikTok videos</a> by creators plagued by critics, she stretches the two-syllable title up and down the scale as strings swoon behind her. It’s a teasing swat, one that shows off Grande’s sense of humor as well as her lithe soprano.</p>
<p>Grande is one of pop’s biggest names—her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE49WK-oNjU" target="_blank">collaborations with Justin Bieber</a> and <a href="https://time.com/5845014/lady-gaga-chromatica-album-review/">Lady Gaga</a> have already netted her two chart-topping singles this year—and <em>positions</em> is, accordingly, an event album, complete with October-surprise release strategy and cameo appearances from fellow No. 1 hitmakers <a href="https://time.com/collection-post/5277969/the-weeknd-next-generation-leaders/">The Weeknd</a> and <a href="https://time.com/5771206/best-songs-of-the-week-doja-cat-rosalia/">Doja Cat</a>. But like <em>thank u, next</em> before it, the album’s strength comes from its intimate vibe and idiosyncratic worldview, with Grande’s voice turning bedroom calisthenics (gleefully detailed on the giggly “34+35” and the sultry “nasty”) as well as the more mundane aspects of romance (“Whatcha gonna do when I’m bored/ And I wanna play video games at 2 a.m.?” she muses on “six thirty”) into bubbly pop fodder.</p>
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<p>Grande’s most potent weapon as a pop star is her ability to make the personal universal; on record, her honesty about her struggles is rocket-fueled by her innate knowledge of what makes a hook undeniable, and those two qualities are all over <em>positions.</em> The haunting “off the table,” a duet with Abel Tesfaye of miserabilist-R&B project The Weeknd, tackles the idea of loving after loss head-on and with grace, with Grande’s anxieties over moving on after “the one” leaves (“Do I sit this one out and wait for the next life?” she sings, her voice seemingly dissolving) getting soothed by Tesfaye’s smooth voice and love-borne generosity (“I’ll wait for you, even though it always feels like I’ll be number two/ To someone you can’t hold anymore,” he croons). The string-laden “pov” and roller-rink-ready “love language” are similarly resonant, with Grande’s vocal performance echoing the soul-opening experiences described in her lyrics.</p>
<p>Other standout tracks bring R&B ideals from the past right into the present. “my hair” is a 2020 reinvention of old-school soul that flips its first verse from a double entendre into an invitation for someone to run their fingers through her tresses. Grande’s whistle range acts as a counterpoint to her understated flirtation, floating above the song’s flinty guitar lines as she revels in revealing a new part of herself to a new person. “motive,” the duet with South African pop-rapper Doja Cat, rides a thumping groove as Grande picks apart a potential suitor’s reasons for being.</p>
<p>Taken as a whole, <em>positions</em> feels like the culmination of Grande’s nearly 10 years as a recording artist, nodding to elements from her past while presenting an impishly optimistic view of what’s to come. From the opening strings of “shut up,” touches of classic R&B flit in and out, reminiscent of the soul-inspired pop on her 2013 debut <em>Yours Truly</em>; the minimally fuzzy production of tracks like “six thirty” and “obvious” bring to mind the homespun vibes of Grande’s <em>thank u, next</em> era; the starburst synths that dot “just like magic” recall her mid-’10s forays into EDM; and the strenuously sex-positive offerings bring to mind the winking, cat-suited <a href="https://time.com/4237667/ariana-grande-saturday-night-live-dangerous-woman-be-alright/"><em>Dangerous Woman</em> years</a>. That all contributes to why it’s a smoothly confident album; even when Grande is singing of self-doubt and uncertainty, she’s fully in her feelings, and knowing that pop can bring a release.</p>
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On the Intimate Positions, Ariana Grande Is Fully in Her Feelings

On the Intimate Positions, Ariana Grande Is Fully in Her Feelings

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Death Toll Reaches At Least 30 in Powerful Earthquake That Hit Turkey and Greece

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<p>IZMIR, Turkey — Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed at least 30 people and injured more than 800 others.</p>
<p>The Friday afternoon quake that struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos registered a magnitude that Turkish authorities put at 6.6 while other seismology institutes said it measured 6.9. It toppled buildings in Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, and triggered a small tsunami in the Seferihisar district and on the Greek island. Hundreds of aftershocks followed.<br /></p>
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<p>At least 28 people were killed in Izmir, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted. Among them was an elderly woman who drowned in the tsunami. But rescue teams on Saturday made contact with 38-year old Seher Perincek and her four children — ages 3, 7 and 10-year-old twins — inside a fallen building in Izmir and cleared a corridor to bring them out.</p>
<p>One by one, the mother and three of her children were removed from the rubble as rescuers applauded or hugged. Efforts were still underway to rescue the remaining child, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.</p>
<p>The survivors, including 10-year-old Elzem Perincek, were moved into ambulances on stretchers. The girl was speaking and said one of her feet hurt.</p>
<p>“I’m fine; I was rescued because only one of my feet was pinned. That foot really hurt,” she said.</p>
<p>Earlier Saturday, search-and-rescue teams working on eight collapsed buildings lifted teenager Inci Okan out of the rubble of a devastated eight-floor apartment block. Her dog, Fistik, or Pistachio, was also rescued, Turkish media reported.</p>
<p>A video showed a female rescuer trying to calm down the 16-year-old girl under the rubble as she inserted a catheter. “I’m so scared,” the girl cried. “Can you hold my hand?”</p>
<p>“We are going to get out of here soon,” the rescuer, Edanur Dogan, said. “Your mother is waiting outside for you.”</p>
<p>Friends and relatives waited outside the building for news of loved ones still trapped inside, including employees of a dental clinic that was located on the ground floor.</p>
<p>Two other women, aged 53 and 35, were brought out from the rubble of another toppled two-story building earlier on Saturday.</p>
<p>In all, around 100 people have been rescued since the earthquake, Murat Kurum, the environment and urban planning minister, told reporters. It was unclear how many more people were trapped under buildings that were leveled.</p>
<p>Some 5,000 rescue personnel were working on the ground, Kurum said.</p>
<p>Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, or AFAD, said 885 people were injured in Izmir and three other provinces. The health minister said seven people were being treated in intensive care, with three of them in critical condition.</p>
<p>Two teenagers were killed on Samos after being struck by a collapsing wall. At least 19 people were injured on the island, with two, including a 14-year-old, being airlifted to Athens and seven hospitalized on the island, health authorities said.</p>
<p>The small tsunami that hit the Turkish coast also affected Samos, with seawater flooding streets in the main harbor town of Vathi. Authorities warned people to stay away from the coast and from potentially damaged buildings.</p>
<p>The earthquake, which the Istanbul-based Kandilli Institute said had a magnitude of 6.9, was centered in the Aegean northeast of Samos. AFAD said it measured 6.6. and hit at a depth of some 16 kilometers (10 miles).</p>
<p>It was felt across the eastern Greek islands and as far as Athens and in Bulgaria. In Turkey, it shook the regions of Aegean and Marmara, including Istanbul.</p>
<p>Turkey is crossed by fault lines and is prone to earthquakes. In 1999, two powerful quakes killed some 18,000 people in northwestern Turkey. Earthquakes are frequent in Greece as well.</p>
<p>Authorities warned residents in Izmir not to return to damaged buildings, saying they could collapse in strong aftershocks. Many people spent the night out in the streets, too frightened to return to their homes, even if they sustained no damage.</p>
<p>In a show of solidarity rare in recent months of tense bilateral relations, Greek and Turkish government officials issued mutual messages of solidarity, and the leaders of Greece and Turkey held a telephone conversation.</p>
<p>“I thank President Erdogan for his positive response to my call,” the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday before traveling to Samos, where he visited the families of the teenagers who were killed.</p>
<p>Relations between Turkey and Greece have been particularly tense, with warships from both facing off in the eastern Mediterranean in a dispute over maritime boundaries and energy exploration rights. The ongoing tension has led to fears of open conflict between the two neighbors and nominal NATO allies.</p>
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<p>Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey and Bilginsoy reported from Istanbul. Ayse Wieting contributed from Istanbul and Demetris Nellas from Athens.</p>
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Death Toll Reaches At Least 30 in Powerful Earthquake That Hit Turkey and Greece

Death Toll Reaches At Least 30 in Powerful Earthquake That Hit Turkey and Greece

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Sean Connery, the ‘Original’ James Bond, Dies at Age 90

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<p>LONDON — Scottish actor Sean Connery, the first actor to play James Bond on film and for many fans the best, has died. He was 90.</p>
<p>Bond producers EON Productions confirmed his death, first reported by the BBC.</p>
<p>Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they were “devastated by the news.”</p>
<p>“He was and shall always be remembered as the original James Bond whose indelible entrance into cinema history began when he announced those unforgettable words — ‘The name’s Bond… James Bond,’” they said in a statement.</p>
<p>The producers said Connery’s “gritty and witty portrayal of the sexy and charismatic secret agent” was largely responsible for the success of the series.</p>
<p>Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was “heartbroken” at the news.</p>
<p>“Our nation today mourns one of her best loved sons,” she said.</p>
<p>In a varied career, Connery played James Bond seven times, starting with “Dr. No” in 1962. His portrayal defined the suave secret agent for a generation of fans.</p>
<p>He also had major roles in films including “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” “Highlander” and “The Hunt for Red October.”</p>
<p>He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000 for services to film drama.</p>
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Sean Connery, the ‘Original’ James Bond, Dies at Age 90

Sean Connery, the ‘Original’ James Bond, Dies at Age 90

LONDON — Scottish actor Sean Connery, the first actor to play James Bond on film and for many fans the best, has died. He was 90. Bo...

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Here’s Everything New on Netflix in November 2020—And What’s Leaving

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<p>Netflix’s <a href="https://time.com/5717556/the-crown-season-3-netflix-review/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">award-winning original series <em>The Crown</em></a> returns for a fourth season on November 15. The cast for the British Royal Family in season 3 will be back, including Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II and <a href="https://time.com/5722112/the-crown-princess-margaret/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret</a>, and viewers can also expect to meet Gillian Anderson as <a href="https://time.com/5793666/margaret-thatcher-100-women-of-the-year/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher</a> and Emma Corrin as <a href="https://time.com/4913806/princess-diana-anniversary-family-history/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Diana, Princess of Wales.</a></p>
<p>Those looking to get into the holiday spirit this month are in luck, with plenty of festive original programming debuting on the streaming platform. <em>Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey</em>, a musical film starring Forest Whitaker and Keegan-Michael Key, releases on November 13, and will feature original music from artists like John Legend and Usher. November will also bring <em>The Princess Switch: Switched Again</em>, the sequel to <em>The Princess Switch,</em> Vanessa Hudgens’ campy 2018 Netflix Christmas comedy and Dolly Parton’s <em>Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square,</em> which features 14 original songs from Dolly herself.<br /></p>
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<p>Here’s everything new on Netflix this month—and everything set to leave the streaming platform.</p>
<h2><b>Here are the Netflix originals coming to Netflix in November 2020</b></h2>
<p><strong>Available November 1</strong></p>
<p><em>M’entends-tu? / Can You Hear Me?</em>, season 2</p>
<p><strong>Available November 3</strong></p>
<p><em>Felix Lobrecht: Hype</em></p>
<p><em>Mother</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 4</strong></p>
<p><em>Love and Anarchy</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 5</strong></p>
<p><em>Carmel: Who Killed Maria Marta?</em></p>
<p><em>Operation Christmas Drop</em></p>
<p><em>Paranormal</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 6</strong></p>
<p><em>Citation</em></p>
<p><em>Country Ever After</em></p>
<p><em>La trinchera infinita / The Endless Trench</em></p>
<p><b>Available November 9</b></p>
<p><em>Undercover,</em> season 2</p>
<p><b>Available November 10</b></p>
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<p><em>Dash & Lily</em></p>
<p><em>Trash Truck</em></p>
<p><b>Available November 11</b></p>
<p><em>Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun</em></p>
<p><em>The Liberator</em></p>
<p><em>Nasce uma Rainha / A Queen Is Born</em></p>
<p><em>What We Wanted</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 12</strong></p>
<p><em>Ludo</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 13</strong></p>
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<p><em>Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey</em></p>
<p><em>The Life Ahead</em></p>
<p><em>The Minions of Midas</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 15</strong></p>
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<p><em>The Crown,</em> season 4</p>
<p><b>Available November 17</b></p>
<p><em>The Boss Baby: Back in Business,</em> season 4</p>
<p><em>We Are the Champions</em></p>
<p><b>Available November 18</b></p>
<p><em>El sabor de las margaritas / Bitter Daisies</em>, season 2</p>
<p><em>Holiday Home Makeover with Mr. Christmas</em></p>
<p><b>Available November 19</b></p>
<p><em>The Princess Switch: Switched Again</em></p>
<p><b>Available November 20</b></p>
<p><em>Alien Xmas</em></p>
<p><em>Flavorful Origins: Gansu Cuisine</em></p>
<p><em>If Anything Happens I Love You</em></p>
<p><em>Voices of Fire</em></p>
<p><b>Available November 22</b></p>
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<p><em>Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 23</strong></p>
<p><em>Shawn Mendes: In Wonder</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 24</strong></p>
<p><em>Dragons: Rescue Riders: Huttsgalor Holiday</em></p>
<p><em>El Cuaderno de Tomy / Notes for My Son</em></p>
<p><em>Hillbilly Elegy</em></p>
<p><em>Wonderoos</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 25</strong></p>
<p><em>The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two</em></p>
<p><em>Great Pretender,</em> season 2</p>
<p><b>Available November 26</b></p>
<p><em>Mosul</em></p>
<p><b>Available November 27</b></p>
<p><em>A Go! Go! Cory Carson Christmas</em></p>
<p><em>The Call</em></p>
<p><em>Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker</em></p>
<p><em>Don’t Listen</em></p>
<p><em>Sugar Rush Christmas</em>, season 2</p>
<p><em>Überweihnachten / Over Christmas</em></p>
<p><em>Virgin River</em>, season 2</p>
<p><em>La Belva / The Beast</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 28</strong></p>
<p><em>The Uncanny Counter</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 29</strong></p>
<p><em>Wonderoos: Holiday Holiday!</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 30</strong></p>
<p><em>A Love So Beautiful</em></p>
<p><em>Finding Agnes</em></p>
<h2>Here are the TV shows and movies coming to Netflix in November 2020</h2>
<p><strong>Available November 1</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">60 Days In: Season 5</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">A Clockwork Orange</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Boyz n the Hood</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Casper</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Christmas Break-In</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Dawson’s Creek: Seasons 1-6</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Easy A</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Elf Pets: A Fox Cub’s Christmas Tale</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Elf Pets: Santa’s Reindeer Rescue</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Elliot the Littlest Reindeer</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Forged in Fire: Season 6</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Jumping the Broom</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Knock Knock</span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 300;"><em>Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath</em>, seasons 1-3</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Little Monsters</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Mile 22</span></em></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Ocean’s Eleven</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Paul Blart: Mall Cop</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Piercing</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Platoon</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">School Daze</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Snowden</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">The Garfield Show: Season 3</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">The Impossible</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">The Indian in the Cupboard</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">The Next Karate Kid</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Wheels of Fortune</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Yes Man</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 2</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Prospect</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 4</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">A Christmas Catch</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Christmas With A Prince</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 5</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">A New York Christmas Wedding</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Midnight At The Magnolia</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 6</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">The Late Bloomer</span></em></p>
<p><b>Available November 12</b></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Fruitvale Station</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Graceful Friends</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Prom Night</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 13</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">American Horror Story: 1984</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 15</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">A Very Country Christmas</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">America’s Next Top Model: Seasons 19 & 20</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Hometown Holiday</span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 300;"><em>Survivor</em>, seasons 20 & 28</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">V for Vendetta</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 16</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Loving</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Whose Streets?</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 22</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Machete Kills</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 23</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Hard Kill</span></em></p>
<p><b>Available November 26</b></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Larry the Cable Guy: Remain Seated</span></em></p>
<p><b>Available November 30</b></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">The 2nd</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">RUST CREEK</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Spookley and the Christmas Kittens</span></em></p>
<h2>Here’s what’s leaving Netflix in November 2020</h2>
<p><strong>Leaving November 1</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Olympus Has Fallen</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Shark Night</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Leaving November 4</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Death House</span></em></p>
<p><strong><i>Leaving November 6</i></strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Into the Forest</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Krisha</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Leaving November 7</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Hit & Run</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Hope Springs Eternal</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">The Sea of Trees</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Sleepless</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Leaving November 8</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Bathtubs Over Broadway</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Leaving November 11</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Green Room</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Leaving November 14</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 300;"><em>Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States</em>, season 1</span></p>
<p><strong>Leaving November 15</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">9</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Abominable Christmas</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">The Addams Family</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Drive</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Leaving November 16</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Santa Claws</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Soul Surfer</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Leaving November 17</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Sour Grapes</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Leaving November 22</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">End of Watch</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Leaving November 23</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Bushwick</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Shot Caller</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Leaving November 26</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">The Lincoln Lawyer</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Leaving November 27</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Jeopardy!: Champion Run I: Gilbert Collins</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Jeopardy!: Champion Run II: Rachel Lindgren</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Jeopardy!: Champion Run III: Ryan Fenster</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Jeopardy!: Champion Run IV: Josh Hill</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Jeopardy!: College Championship III</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Jeopardy!: Producer’s Pick</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">The Nutcracker and the Four Realms</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Leaving November 30</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Anaconda</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">The Bachelor: Season 13</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Bad News Bears</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Diana: In Her Own Words</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Gridiron Gang</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Hostage</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">National Security</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Lakeview Terrace</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Moneyball</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Ocean’s Eleven</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Ocean’s Twelve</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Ocean’s Thirteen</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Priest</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Stand and Deliver</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">The Tribes of Palos Verdes</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">West Side Story</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Y Tu Mamá También</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">You Don’t Mess with the Zohan</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 300;">Zodiac</span></em></p>
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Here’s Everything New on Netflix in November 2020—And What’s Leaving

Here’s Everything New on Netflix in November 2020—And What’s Leaving

Netflix’s award-winning original series The Crown returns for a fourth season on November 15. The cast for the British Royal Famil...

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Here’s What’s New on Amazon Prime in November 2020

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<p><a href="https://time.com/5897501/conspiracy-theory-misinformation/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sacha Baron Cohen</a> revives his outrageous character Borat, for <em>Borat Subsequent Moviefilm</em>, the Amazon Prime original <a href="https://time.com/5902851/borat-subsequent-moviefilm-review/">sequel</a> to his <a href="https://time.com/5034568/borat-sacha-baron-cohen-mankini-kazakhstan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2006 satirical film</a> about an inquisitive fictional journalist from Kazakhstan. In his latest installation, Cohen tackles American politics with high-stakes pranks on everyone from Mike Pence to <a href="https://time.com/5714722/rudy-giuliani-transformation/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rudy Giuliani.</a></p>
<p>There’s no shortage of films to screen for a movie night this fall, from feel-good classics like <em>As Good As It Gets</em> and <em>Dead Poets Society</em> to thrilling dramas like Ang Lee’s <em>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</em>.</p>
<p>Those looking for a new television show to binge also have a range of titles to choose from, from the PBS documentary series, <em>America’s Untold Story</em>, to all six seasons of the ensemble sitcom <em>Community</em>. There are also plenty of options for younger viewers on Prime this month, including past seasons of the beloved <em>Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood</em> and the animated series, <em>A Pup Named Scooby-Doo</em>.<br /></p>
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<p>Here are all the series and movies available on Amazon Prime Video this month.</p>
<h2><b>Here are the new Amazon Prime Video originals in November 2020</b></h2>
<p><strong>Available October 23</strong></p>
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<p><em>Borat Subsequent Moviefilm</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 6</strong></p>
<p><em>El Presidente (English Dub)</em>, season 1</p>
<p><em>Ferro</em>, season 1</p>
<p><em>Wayne</em>, season 1</p>
<p><strong>Available November 13</strong></p>
<p><em>Alex Rider</em>, season 1</p>
<p><em>James May: Oh Cook</em>, season 1</p>
<p><strong>Available November 20</strong></p>
<p><em>Small Axe</em>, Limited Series</p>
<p><em>The Pack</em>, season 1</p>
<p><strong>Available November 25</strong></p>
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<h2><b>Here are the movies streaming on Amazon Prime</b> <b>Video</b> <b>in</b> <b>November 2020</b></h2>
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<p><em>28 Days Later</em></p>
<p><em>A Christmas Movie Christmas</em></p>
<p><em>A Christmas Switch</em></p>
<p><em>A Majestic Christmas</em></p>
<p><em>Arizona Whirlwind</em></p>
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<p><em>As Good As It Gets</em></p>
<p><em>Boyz N’ The Hood</em></p>
<p><em>Breathless</em></p>
<p><em>Country Strong</em></p>
<p><em>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</em></p>
<p><em>Dead Poets Society</em></p>
<p><em>Deja Vu</em></p>
<p><em>Did You Hear About The Morgans?</em></p>
<p><em>Firewalker</em></p>
<p><em>I Know What You Did Last Summer</em></p>
<p><em>Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde</em></p>
<p><em>Marrying Father Christmas</em></p>
<p><em>Me, Myself & Irene</em></p>
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<p><em>More Than A Game</em></p>
<p><em>Mr. Majestyk</em></p>
<p><em>Next Day Air</em></p>
<p><em>Platoon</em></p>
<p><em>Rock N’ Roll Christmas</em></p>
<p><em>Romancing The Stone</em></p>
<p><em>Ronin</em></p>
<p><em>Silverado</em></p>
<p><em>Step Up</em></p>
<p><em>Thank You For Smoking</em></p>
<p><em>The Expendables</em></p>
<p><em>The Expendables 2</em></p>
<p><em>The Expendables 3</em></p>
<p><em>The Insider</em></p>
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<p><em>The Iron Lady</em></p>
<p><em>The Jewel Of The Nile</em></p>
<p><em>The Last Waltz</em></p>
<p><em>The Sapphires</em></p>
<p><em>The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3</em></p>
<p><em>The X Files: I Want To Believe</em></p>
<p><em>Twilight</em></p>
<p><em>Underworld: Evolution</em></p>
<p><em>Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans</em></p>
<p><em>Underworld</em></p>
<p><em>Wall Street</em></p>
<p><em>Water For Elephants</em></p>
<p><em>You Got Served</em></p>
<p><em>Zookeeper</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 3</strong></p>
<p><em>General Commander</em></p>
<p><em>The Assault</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 4</strong></p>
<p><em>Blue Story</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 6</strong></p>
<p><em>The Secret: Dare to Dream</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 7</strong></p>
<p><em>Retaliation</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 11</strong></p>
<p><em>Tonight You’re Mine</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 13</strong></p>
<p><em>The Ride</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 14</strong></p>
<p><em>The Dictator</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 15</strong></p>
<p><em>12 Pups Of Christmas</em></p>
<p><em>Christmas Crush</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 18</strong></p>
<p><em>Body Cam</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 20</strong></p>
<p><em>Seven Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 21</strong></p>
<p><em>Most Wanted</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 26</strong></p>
<p><em>Bombshell</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 27</strong></p>
<p><em>Life in a Year</em></p>
<h2>Here are the TV shows streaming on Amazon Prime Video in <b>November 2020</b></h2>
<p><strong>Available November 1</strong></p>
<p><em>America’s Founding Fathers</em>, season 1</p>
<p><em>America’s Untold Story</em>, season 1</p>
<p><em>A Pup Named Scooby-Doo</em>, season 1</p>
<p><em>Before We Die</em>, season 1</p>
<p><em>Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street</em>, season 1</p>
<p><em>Crime 360</em>, season 1</p>
<p><em>Delicious</em>, season 1</p>
<p><em>Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans,</em> season 1</p>
<p><em>Jamestown</em>, season 1</p>
<p><em>Lost Worlds</em>, season 1</p>
<p><em>Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood</em>, season 1979</p>
<p>Naked Hustle: Season 1 (Urban Movie Channel)</p>
<p>Stockholm: Season 1 (Topic)</p>
<p>The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show: Season 1 (Best TV Ever)</p>
<p>The MotorTrend 500: NASCAR Heads West: Limited Series (MotorTrend)</p>
<p>The Restaurant: Season 1 (Sundance Now)</p>
<p><strong>Available November 8</strong></p>
<p><em>Community</em>, seasons 1-6</p>
<p><strong>Available November 13</strong></p>
<p><em>American Horror Story: 1984</em>, season 9</p>
<p><strong>Available November 14</strong></p>
<p><em>Scrubs,</em> seasons 1-9</p>
<h2>Here are the new movies available for rent or purchase on Amazon Prime Video in <b>November 2020</b></h2>
<p><strong>Available November 6</strong></p>
<p><em>The Informer</em></p>
<p><strong>Available November 13</strong></p>
<p><em>Come Away</em></p>
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Sarah Silverman on Changing Hearts Before Minds (and Her New Podcast)

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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A version of this article was published in <strong>It’s Not Just You</strong>, a weekly newsletter from TIME. <a href="https://ti.me/3jD4Hwo" target="_blank">Subscribe here</a> to get a weekly serving of big-hearted advice delivered to your inbox.</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The two people I most wanted to hear from on the eve of this election were <a href="https://pemachodronfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Pema Chodron</a>, the iconic Buddhist nun, and Sarah Silverman, comedian, actor and most recently, podcaster.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is not just because I think we may have gotten to a point where a nun and a comedian are our best hope of finding emotional equilibrium.</span><br /></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pema is legendary for writing healing books with titles like</span> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Fall-Apart-Difficult-ebook/dp/B00BBXJH2C" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Things Fall Apart</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. So it’s no surprise that her teachings are so relevant now. I’ve got her audiobooks on repeat at least through Thanksgiving.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And I wanted to talk with Sarah because of the soul-fortifying way she answers audience questions in her new</span> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-sarah-silverman-podcast/id1533130572" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. If the queries are sincere (i.e. not about her boobs), her advice to callers is wise and nuanced and unselfconsciously kind. (Almost Buddhist.) Don’t get me wrong; the brilliantly ribald Sarah appears in these sprawling episodes too. There’s lots of pube talk and scalding rants about the transgressions of powerful rich people.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-sarah-silverman-podcast/id1533130572" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sarah Silverman Podcast</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">was hatched when the pandemic stopped her from touring. And she’s still iterating every week–it’s life on the learning curve. “Listen, there’s so much I do wrong and mess up, and if that can help anybody, great. Because I think living an unexamined life is kind of how we got here.” Responding to her audience with empathy was always part of the plan—perhaps even more essential now that much of what we talk about these days, losing friends to COVID, losing relatives to political divides, is not the stuff of jokes.</span></p>
<p><b>People are changed by feelings, not facts</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To the caller thinking of cutting off contact with his Trump-loving grandpa, Silverman offered this sweet bit of universal wisdom: “Feeling judged doesn’t make people open” to change, she said; “they go toward where the love is. Find a place where you can connect. Bond over a procedural [drama]. Ask him about his life, ask about what made him laugh as a kid.” And generally, she speaks in terms of love when talking about the clash of realities we’re seeing in the U.S.: “You don’t even really change people’s minds often with facts or poll numbers or things like that. People are really only changed [by] feelings. If they’re going to be changed at all, they’ll be changed by loving you, this person who embodies everything that they’re against.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another caller was being upset with himself over the way he felt about his sibling becoming a trans man. Silverman’s response was a clever path to empathy: “His woke self knows how he should feel about it. But that’s not how he feels about it.” Then she pointed out that his discomfort was the mirror image of how his now-brother felt when he knew how he was supposed to feel in a body that presented as female, but he didn’t feel that way.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah’s own family bonds likely inform such advice; she sees her dad every week for dinner, wears her late theater-director mom’s paint-splattered overalls, and Zooms weekly with the global Silverman United clan.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I ask if she has advice on how to manage our emotions as we head into this unholy mash-up of pandemic, cultural division and economic stress. She recalls what she told her mom during the last fraught presidential election when the news was making her distraught: “Sometimes you’ve got to change the channel. Watch a</span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bones</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.” Truly, it’s possible to be too engaged, so give yourself a few hours of apathy. “If you care about this election you want to be involved, you do have to give yourself a little distance. You have to take care of yourself,” she says. “it makes you more effective as a citizen.”</span></p>
<h3><b>If it’s hysterical, it’s historical</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seriously, though, “It’s important to be a detective in your own life, and figure out where it is coming from. People will drive 10 different cars before they make a decision about what car they want. Put a little elbow grease into your own history and what makes you lose your sh*t … My therapist has a saying: If it’s hysterical, it’s historical. So when you go bananas over something perceivably small to others, there’s probably something that’s bringing up.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Then she laughs. “Listen,” she says, “I’m just spitting out stuff I learned.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aren’t we all.</span></p>
<p><strong><em><a href="https://time.com/5905685/sarah-silverman-podcast-election/">More from Sarah about politics and her podcast here</a></em></strong></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find more good stuff from the <strong>It’s Not Just You</strong> newsletter below including the founder of</span></i> <b><i>Pandemic of Love</i></b> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">on why showing up to help is self-care, some evidence of human goodness, and f</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">or this angsty election week, we’re serving up a special batch of wellness tips from TIME’s health team.</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><em><a href="https://ti.me/3jD4Hwo" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Subscribe here</a> to get a weekly serving of big-hearted advice delivered directly to your inbox.</em></strong></span></i></p>
<h2><strong>Pema Chödrön on</strong> when things fall apart</h2>
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<p>“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.”</p>
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<p>More from <a href="https://pemachodronfoundation.org/" target="_blank">the Pema Chodron Foundation</a>.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">—<b><i>Shelly Tygielski, Founder,</i></b> <a href="https://www.pandemicoflove.com/" target="_blank"><i>Pandemic of Love</i></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When I started</span> <a href="http://www.pandemicoflove.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pandemic of Love</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">back on March 14</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">th</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, none of us could have imagined just how deadly and prolonged the COVID-19 crisis would become. It was a simple idea: create a mutual aid system connecting those who wanted to give their time or resources directly with those who needed help. Human to human.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since then, Pandemic of Love has brought hundreds of thousands of the unlikeliest people together, saving families from spending nights on the street, paying for funerals of loved ones lost to COVID-19, and ensuring that both prescriptions and refrigerators were filled.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What we’ve learned is that showing up for others is actually an act of self-preservation. The hope of action is an antidote to some of the helplessness and anxiety we feel as we watch COVID cases rise and face the dawn of another dire winter.</span></p>
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<p><b>Science-backed ways that help with chronic stress</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">When your body is constantly geared up for self-protection, your systems fatigue and start to decline. But there are ways to change the way your mind and the body react to pain and stress. <a href="https://time.com/5844980/sleep-music/">Find them here.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>And for when the news is just. too. much.</strong> check out this <a href="https://time.com/5802536/relaxing-tv-shows/">guide to</a></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">the most calming anxiety-free content you can stream.</span></p>
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How to Spot Disinformation Around Election Day—And What to Do About It

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With Nov. 3 just a few days away, unreliable and false information around the U.S. election process is swirling. A recent</span> <a href="https://www.newsguardtech.com/top-election-myths/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">report</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">from media watchdog group NewsGuard found that misinformation related to election security and voting has been “flourishing” online, and experts expect that could intensify further in the run-up to Election Day.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are, however, several steps you can take to protect yourself and your community against false and misleading information.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">First, a quick rundown of terms. Misinformation means false information that people share without realizing it’s false. That “can be like your mom shares something with you out of love because she’s worried about you,” but that information is still wrong, says Aimee Rinehart, U.S. deputy director of</span> <a href="https://firstdraftnews.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">First Draft News</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a nonprofit that works to fight mis- and disinformation online.</span><br /></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Disinformation, on the other hand, is false information that’s intentionally spread to mislead people, such as the falsehoods spread by</span> <a href="https://time.com/5897310/russia-us-election-interference/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Russian operatives in the 2016 general election</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Misinformation and disinformation may continue to proliferate during and after Election Day, due in part to the unique circumstances in which Americans are voting. Due to changes made to election systems to protect Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, many states might not be able to report their completed results by Election Night, or even for several days after Nov. 3.</span></p>
<p>For those trying to sow chaos or doubt in the U.S. electoral process, uncertainty is an opportunity. <span style="font-weight: 400;">“Be prepared for some serious uncertainty on Election Day, moreso than probably any election in our lifetime,” says Jevin West, an associate professor at the Information School at the University of Washington and the Director of the Center for An Informed Public. “It’s during uncertain times when misinformation or disinformation propagate the most.”</span></p>
<h2><b>What are some common types of election misinformation or disinformation?</b></h2>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">False information about how to vote</span></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emma Llansó, director of the Free Expression Project at the nonprofit Center For Democracy and Technology (CDT), which analyzes how disinformation spreads online, says they’ve seen a lot of what they label “voter suppression information”—false information about how, when, and where to vote as well as related to other rules and procedures around voting. (</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Voters cannot cast a ballot after Nov. 3 and cannot submit a vote via phone, text, email or tweet, for example, contrary to some of the false information being shared.)</span></p>
<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <em><a href="https://time.com/5901749/how-to-vote-in-2020-election/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Voting</a></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since so many people are voting a new way this year, “some of this stuff doesn’t sound so crazy anymore,” says Jesse Littlewood, vice president of campaigns at the nonpartisan nonprofit Common Cause. “And we have unfortunately seen some bad actors weaponize that and say, ‘because of the coronavirus or because of social distancing, certain people need to vote after the election has concluded.’” Littlewood recommends consulting the nonpartisan National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS)’s website</span> <a href="https://www.nass.org/can-I-vote" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">canivote.org</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for up-to-date information on your state’s rules.</span></p>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">False information about election integrity</span></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Littlewood cites a growing trend in mis- and disinformation calling into question the security of vote-by-mail systems. Despite false claims by President Donald Trump and others that vote-by-mail is prone to fraud, evidence shows that vote-by-mail is safe and secure, he stresses.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">West at the University of Washington says his center has also tracked false narratives around ballot harvesting and mail-dumping that are “all feeding into this [false] idea that we may not be able to trust the election.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He recommends readers be especially skeptical about cherry-picked images presented as evidence of ballot-related fraud, such as of a pile of mail sitting in a ditch or a voter dropping multiple ballots off at a drop-box. Those images are oftentimes presented out of context, and could be from a different election, a different time or even a different country, he says.</span></p>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">False information about safety at polling places</span></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Llansó of CDT says false information that might raise voters’ concerns about safety at their polling location is also proliferating, whether because of COVID-19-related concerns, threats of political violence or an excessive law enforcement presence.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“There’s a long history of information about potential violence at polling places being used as a tactic to discourage people from going and casting their ballot,” she explains. She recommends being skeptical of reports and to make sure to check them with trusted, nonpartisan news sources.</span></p>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">False information about election results</span></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Election Night itself, be selective about who you trust to project winners, West says.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Whether you’re seeing information from a social media connection or a candidate themselves, be sure to cross-check any call with official election administrators, particularly before sharing it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“There will be armchair pollsters and predictors, so be careful [to not] spread something that doesn’t come from an actual official,” he urges.</span></p>
<h2><b>How can I spot election misinformation or disinformation?</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It really comes down to language,” says Rinehart of First Draft News.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What type of language does the post use? Is it alarmist? Are there exclamation points? Reliable news sources don’t tend to use those in headlines. “Maybe it makes you angry or makes you laugh out loud,” Rinehart continues. “Those are signs that something in there is meant to trigger you and it’s meant to have you share it.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">First Draft News offers a free 14 day SMS course on how to protect yourself from online misinformation in</span> <a href="http://bit.ly/protection-from-deception" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">English</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and in</span> <a href="about:blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spanish</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, as well as a</span> <a href="https://bit.ly/FDupdate2020" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">newsletter</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">that pre-bunks (or preemptively de-bunks) false information they see spreading online.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A best practice is to pause and ask yourself: Does this make sense? Who is behind this information? How outlandish does it seem? Consult fact-checking websites such as</span> <a href="https://www.snopes.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Snopes</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">or</span> <a href="https://www.politifact.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Politifact</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)’s “Rumor Control”</span> <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/rumorcontrol" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">webpage</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">that pre-bunks areas of potential disinformation.</span></p>
<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <em><a href="https://time.com/5897887/swing-states-2020-election/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How a Road Trip Through America’s Battlegrounds Revealed a Nation Plagued by Misinformation</a></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also keep an eye out also for fake accounts, says Maria Bianchi, vice president of program and product at the nonprofit Democracy Works. If an account looks like someone famous or official but it isn’t verified, proceed with caution. If it’s a brand new account, that’s another reason to be suspicious.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Put more trust in new sources with stronger journalistic standards, Common Cause’s Littlewood says. “There is a cottage industry of websites, Facebook pages and other social media assets that appear to be journalists and news organizations, but really are partisan operations designed to push a particular point of view,” he explains.</span></p>
<h2><b>What should I do if I spot misinformation or disinformation?</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The main thing is <em>not</em> to amplify it, Littlewood urges. If it’s online, don’t share it—not even to point out it’s wrong. If it’s something a friend or family member shared, you should also consider reaching out and let them know it’s false.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instead, report the false information to the platform on which you saw it—most social media companies and search engines have some form of a reporting process—as well as to an elections official who can get an alert out to voters to pre-bunk it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can also report it to a nonpartisan voter protection group’s tracking system like Common Cause’s</span> <a href="https://reportdisinfo.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reportdisinfo.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. You could also call the nonpartisan</span> <a href="https://866ourvote.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Election Protection coalition</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">at 866-OUR-VOTE, or bring the information to a local newsroom or fact-checking website.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If the disinformation is threatening, says Rinehart, you can also involve the authorities.</span></p>
<h2><b>How can I know if I can trust election information?</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the best ways you can inoculate yourself from election mis- and disinformation is to learn how the election works in your state in advance, says Bianchi of Democracy Works. Check election information with the government agency that oversees the election in your jurisdiction—this could be your local Board of Elections, elections official or Secretary of State. Be aware that election laws and rules vary by state, so what you read about one state might not apply to your situation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">NASS’s website</span> <a href="https://www.nass.org/can-I-vote" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">canivote.org</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has reliable information on how to vote in your jurisdiction, and the CISA’s “Rumor Control”</span> <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/rumorcontrol" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">webpage</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">pre-bunks areas of potential disinformation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Littlewood also suggests checking the URL of the website you’re consulting. If it has a “.gov” URL, that means it’s part of the U.S. government and is a trustworthy source. (Not every county elections website has a “.gov” URL, but that’s a good sign you can trust that website.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And if you have any questions about voting, you can always call the nonpartisan <a href="https://866ourvote.org/" target="_blank">Election Protection Hotline</a>.</span></p>
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America Is On-Edge As Election Day Nears

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<p>Inside its sprawling stores across America, Walmart employees began pulling thousands of guns and ammunition boxes from retail shelves this week in a pre-election precautionary move to guard against mass looting amid social unrest.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, National Guard units in many of those states were gearing up to protect their cities and counties from threats—foreign and domestic—in a range of missions from cybersecurity to poll watching.</p>
<p>At the local level, mayors and police chiefs were holding press conferences to reassure constituents about public safety by delivering detailed strategies on how authorities plan to deal with potential voter intimidation, the possibility of violence and other election-related concerns. Their efforts are bolstered by constellations of non-profit organizations throughout the nation that are <a href="https://time.com/5892945/law-enforcement-post-election-violence/">hoping for the best but are prepared for the worst</a> on Nov. 3.<br /></p>
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<p>The widespread preparations for political unrest after an election has never been so widespread, or palpable, in modern American history. Armed militia members have been threatening about a coming civil war. The President has refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power. And there’s a rising threat of domestic extremists aligned with the far-right and far-left.</p>
<p>This is America, four days before Election Day.</p>
<p>For the first time in its 25-year history, the International Crisis Group, an organization whose mission is to “sound the alarm to prevent deadly conflict,” issued a <a href="https://www.crisisgroup.org/united-states/004-us-presidential-election-managing-risks-violence" target="_blank">in-depth report</a> this week on the U.S. elections, saying the country faces an “unfamiliar danger” and that, as Election Day nears, “the ingredients for unrest are present.”</p>
<p>The nation’s own law enforcement agencies have flagged similar concerns. “Open-air, publicly accessible parts of physical election infrastructure, such as campaign-associated mass gatherings, polling places and voter-registration events, would be the most likely flash points for potential violence,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) <a href="https://time.com/5898763/michigan-kidnapping-far-right-extremism/">warned</a> in an annual threat assessment published this month.</p>
<p>Amid this backdrop, Walmart sent a letter to store managers on Wednesday instructing them to clear gun racks and display counters “due to the current unrest in isolated areas of the country and out of an abundance of caution.”</p>
<p>Guns and ammo remain available for purchase, but a decision hasn’t yet been made about when the items will be returned to the sales floor. The retail sales giant made the decision in response to <a href="https://time.com/5904202/philadelphia-police-shooting-protests-arrests/">protests in Philadelphia</a>, where Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year old Black man, was shot and killed by police on Monday. “We have seen some isolated civil unrest and as we have done on several occasions over the last few years, we have moved our firearms and ammunition off the sales floor as a precaution for the safety of our associates and customers,” Walmart said in a statement.</p>
<p>Philadelphia isn’t the only <a href="https://time.com/5881591/chicago-federal-agents/">American city on edge.</a> Throughout the summer, protesters upset by racial injustice, police brutality and other civil rights issues took to the streets, facing off with police officers, federal agents and counter-protestors.</p>
<p>On Friday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a 10-day plan to activate an emergency operations center, step up police presence and deploy up to 300 garbage trucks, snowplows and other large city vehicles around the city to act as blockade in case widespread violence broke out. “The act of voting is sacred to our democracy, which is why we are deploying every last public health and public safety resource to ensure that right is protected for every single one of our city’s residents,” Lightfoot said.</p>
<p>Separately, the Illinois National Guard has provided about 40 cybersecurity specialists to assist the state Board of Elections with its network defense. The mission is just one aspect of the National Guard’s activation in several states on and ahead of Election Day.</p>
<p>Next door in Wisconsin, 400 National Guard members are mobilizing to support local election officials as poll workers because of volunteer shortages brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than wear military uniforms, the troops will be wearing civilian clothes and perform the same roles and functions as other volunteers who traditionally staff the state’s polling sites. “If there is any civil unrest, it will go through the normal 9-1-1 channels,” said Army Brig. Gen. Robyn Blader, an assistant adjutant general with the Wisconsin National Guard, adding that her troops will be unarmed at the polls.</p>
<p>Active-duty troops cannot be used for civil law enforcement within the U.S. under the <em>Posse Comitatus</em> Act. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he’s willing to invoke the 213-year-old <a href="https://time.com/5846649/insurrection-act-1807-donald-trump/">Insurrection Act</a>, which could allow him to deploy military forces as he saw fit to put down violent protests. But that would almost certainly result in severe backlash from military leaders, who are loathe to cross that line<strong>.</strong> “In the event of a dispute over some aspect of the elections, by law, U.S. courts and the U.S. Congress are required to resolve any disputes, not the U.S. military. I foresee no role for the U.S. armed forces in this process,” wrote General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in response to questions earlier this year from <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/514201-top-general-military-will-play-no-role-in-resolving-any-electoral-dispute" target="_blank">House lawmakers.</a></p>
<p>The U.S. military typically supports local law enforcement through the National Guard, which is under the control of state governors. Beginning in late May, when protests broke out after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, thousands of National Guard members have been activated to help state and local law enforcement across the country. For instance, the Texas National Guard announced plans this week to activate up to 1,000 troops in anticipation of any civil unrest.</p>
<p>Election officials across the country have drawn up security plans to deal with intimidation tactics—or even violence—unfolding at the ballot box. Attorneys general in Maine, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin, have issued specific guidance for their law enforcement to act if there is a sign of intimidation and pledged to prosecute anyone who attempts to intimidate voters.</p>
<p>Amid these anticipated threats, outside groups are also entering the fray. Common Defense is a political action group working to mobilize military veterans to lead demonstrations calling for every single ballot to be counted, in the event Trump attempts to undermine the election.<strong><br /></strong></p>
<p>Perry O’Brien, a group member, served as a medic in Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division and was discharged as a conscientious objector in 2004. He says the need for action came after Trump <a href="https://time.com/5902731/trump-poll-watchers/">called upon his supporters</a> to watch voters inside polling places, implying Democrats will try to rig the election. “He was clearly attempting to intimidate voters,” O’Brien said. “Those of us who took an oath to uphold the Constitution saw it as our duty to ensure every American is guaranteed their right to vote—and vote safely.”</p>
<p>O’Brien will be part of what Common Defense is calling a Democracy Quick Reaction Force, or QRF, a military term referring to a unit that responds to an emergency combat situation on short notice. The group says it has trained about 200 veterans in recent weeks to be on call to de-escalate contentious situations, ensure protest safety and use other non-violent tactics to protect voters.</p>
<p>Come Nov. 3, the group plans to have around 250 veterans at about 45 different locations across the country. The goal, they say, is a safe and peaceful Election Day.</p>
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States Want to Approve COVID-19 Vaccines Themselves. Will That Lead to More Trust—Or Less?

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<p class="p1">Getting a COVID-19 vaccine—and fast—has been a main focus in the fight against the coronavirus. But when a vaccine is ultimately made available to the American public, California Governor Gavin Newsom <a href="https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/gavin-newsom-october-19-press-conference-on-covid-california-wildfires" target="_blank">said</a> at a press conference last week, another factor will come into play: what he called the “speed of trust.”</p>
<p>“You have to have confidence in the efficacy of the vaccine, confidence that we’re not rushing to judgment in terms of its distribution and its accessibility,” said Newsom. His comments came while announcing that his state is convening a scientific review panel to double-check the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s data regarding any eventual coronavirus vaccine before it is available to Californians. In the following days, leaders in Washington, Oregon and Nevada announced that they were joining California’s team; New York <a href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-clinical-advisory-task-force-and-vaccine-distribution-and" target="_blank">laid out a similar plan</a> in September.<br /></p>
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<p>Leaders in these states view the move as a way to ensure whatever COVID-19 vaccine eventually arrives is safe and effective for their residents—a potential counter to fears that the federal government, under the Trump Administration, is <a href="https://time.com/5887777/rushed-vaccine-democrats-republicans/">rushing the process</a> for political gain. Those concerns are only growing as we get closer to the potential arrival of a vaccine—only 58% of Americans said in early October that they’d be willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as one’s available, according to a recent <a href="https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2020/10/19/covid19-coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine-racial-disparities/?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=0f9d6ef672-Daily_Recap&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-0f9d6ef672-149734305" target="_blank">STAT-Harris Poll</a>, down from 69% in mid-August. A vaccine <a href="https://time.com/5902460/covid-19-vaccines-spring-2021/">could be available</a> in the U.S. as soon as January, at least for some vulnerable groups, if all goes well, with a wider rollout over the following months.</p>
<p class="p1">Many public-health experts say these states’ efforts may pay off. Trust is essential for ensuring vaccine adoption, and hearing from multiple credible sources that a shot is safe can be especially convincing, they say. While getting people to take any new vaccine can be a challenge, a number of recent incidents, including U.S. President Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/10/19/925435610/trump-rails-against-fauci-and-these-idiots-in-campaign-call" target="_blank">attacks on scientific experts</a> and his promotion of unfounded COVID-19 treatments like hydroxychloroquine, are significantly complicating pro-vaccination efforts.</p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">“What we’re hearing is that individuals feel that the process has been tainted,” says Rupali Limaye, an associate scientist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “Having an independent agency or board review the safety data would go a long way in actually restoring some confidence.”</span></p>
<p class="p1">However, the states’ plans could backfire. The mere existence of these review panels could potentially signal to some vaccine skeptics that there is indeed good reason to be concerned. Moreover, some experts are worried about what might happen if a vaccine is green-lit at the federal level, but then shot down by one of the state groups.</p>
<p class="p1">“I am very concerned it will further undermine the FDA and trust in their decision-making,” says Sandra Quinn, professor and chair of the department of family science at the University of Maryland. “It’s the ‘what if’ that could be worrisome.”</p>
<p>In the meantime, Quinn argues that the responsibility is still on the FDA and the pharmaceutical companies making COVID-19 vaccines to follow proper procedures and ensure that approved shots are both safe and effective. “We’ve got to be as confident as we could possibly be, because if we get this wrong, the consequences are really dire,” she says.</p>

States Want to Approve COVID-19 Vaccines Themselves. Will That Lead to More Trust—Or Less?

States Want to Approve COVID-19 Vaccines Themselves. Will That Lead to More Trust—Or Less?

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