In episode 956, Jack and Miles are joined by the Bechdel Cast's Caitlin Durante to discuss Delta Variant cases, Republicans making a U-Turn on vaccines, vaccine passports, the US wildfires, updates on the Havana syndrome, the Olympics continuing to be a mess, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. The Delta variant causes 83% of U.S. COVID cases. See the states where it’s most prevalent
2. Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count
3. EU officially launches digital vaccine passport
4. Half of Americans feel vaccine passports are necessary for the pandemic to end: poll
5. Fox Rails Against Vaccine Passports, Uses Vaccine Passports
6. Biden Calls for Door-to-Door Vaccine Push; Experts Say More Is Needed
7. The History Of Vaccine Passports In The U.S. And What's New
8. The First ‘Vaccine Passports’ Were Scars from Smallpox Vaccinations
9. Fake Covid-19 Vaccination Record Cards Are A Growing Problem, Says FBI
10. Homeopathic doctor sold fake vaccine cards and ‘immunization pellets,’ prosecutors say
11. The U.S. Has Had 'Vaccine Passports' Before—And They Worked
12. Smoke From Big Western Fires Drifts East to Chicago, NYC, Boston
13. Havana Syndrome Task Force to Be Led by Veteran of Hunt for Bin Laden
14. Polish swimmers livid after being sent home from Tokyo Olympics in qualifying bungle
15. WHO head cheers Olympic ‘hope’ as COVID-19 cases in athletes’ village rise
16. Norway women’s handball team fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms
17. LISTEN: Hiatus Kaiyote - 'Rose Water' (Official Audio)