&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This year was the worst. And as our staff tried to figure out what to do for our last episode of 2020, co-host Latif Nasser thought, what if we stare straight into the darkness … and make a damn Christmas special about it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Latif begins with a story about Santa, and a back-room deal he made with the Trump administration to jump to the front of the vaccine line, a tale that travels from an absurd quid-pro-quo to a deep question: who really is an essential worker? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;From there, we take a whistle-stop tour through the numbers that scientists say you need to know as you wind your way (or preferably, don’t wind your way) through our COVID-infested world. Producer Sarah Qari brings us her version of the Christmas classic nobody ever dreamt they’d want to hear: The Twelve Numbers of COVID.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;You can check out Martin Bazant’s COVID “calculator” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://indoor-covid-safety.herokuapp.com/"&gt;&lt;span&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This episode was reported by Latif Nasser and Sarah Qari, and was produced by Matt Kielty, Sarah Qari, and Pat Walters.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Special thanks to Anna Weggel and Brant Miller, Catherine, Rohan, and Finn Munro, Noam Osband, Amber D’Souza, Chris Zangmeister, John Volckens, Joshua Santarpia, Laurel Bristow, Michael Mina, and Mohammad Sajadi.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Original art for this episode by Zara Stasi. Check out her work at: &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/g6t2CW6lYwi5RrXAi1tGY6?domain=goodforthebees.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable"&gt;www.goodforthebees.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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