Take 2 Podcast: Daily COVID-19 updates, marijuana, vote on insulin costs



Host: Heidi Hatch
Guests: Greg Hughes, Maura Carabello

UTAH IS DONE WITH DAILY COVID UPDATES

  • 50+ Can now get another booster
  • 6 and under may be approved from COVID vaccine soon – Moderna seeking approval

New CDC report: 37% of HS students report poor mental health during pandemic

  • 44% felt persistently hopeless
  • 1 in 5 contemplated suicide

SIGNATURE THRESHOLDS MET

  • Sen. Mike Lee and Ally Isom make it to 28k signatures. Becky Edwards is close with less than 1k still needed.

PARTY AFFILIATION CHANGE DEADLINE HAS COME AND GONE: March 31st

  • Who’s party is it anyway?

COUNTY GOP CONVENTIONS UNDERWAY

  • Trends we are seeing. Davis, Box Elder, Morgan, Weber, Chache, Piute, Millard, Emery, Juab
  • Steve Handy a moderate lost to Trevor Lee, more conservative – Davis County Convention

US HOSUSE PASSES LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA

US HOUSE PASSES BILL TO CAP INSULIN COSTS AT $35

  • Only 12 Republicans voted with Dems

  • The Senate has its own bi-partisan Bill
  • Some states already have caps
  • Should Congress set prices- is there a better way or has Big Pharma failed?