As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

Part One

Miami-Dade vote
The Sunshine State will play a big role in the U.S. election — which is why an election lawyer in Miami says he's keeping a close eye on the polls there tonight. 

Flu vaccine shortage
If there's been one clear message about this year's flu season it's that anyone who can get the vaccine should — except that a shortage, in Ontario especially, means many who could can't. 

Slovakia country testing
Slovakia administered COVID tests to more than half its population this past weekend — which a Bratislava epidemiologist says was an impressive feat, but not such a great idea.

Part Two

Encore: No showering doctor
We revisit a shockingly dirty conversation with doctor and author James Hamblin. "Shocking" because it's been years since Dr. Hamblin has used soap. And "dirty" because it's been years since Dr. Hamblin has used soap. In an encore presentation of a feature interview with Carol, he explains why we should make a clean getaway from our cleaning products. 

Part Three

Encore: This is Not Propaganda 
These days, most censorship is less about silencing people, and more about an overabundance of noise — a cacophony of misinformation produced by anonymous troll farms and amplified through social media. Peter Pomerantsev wrote a book about the explosion of this new form of propaganda