The World and Everything in It - November 9, 2021

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Good morning!

The CDC is recommending children get the Covid shot. Parents are weighing the evidence before deciding what to do.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Also what Democrats can learn from Virginia’s election results that turned the governor’s office red.

Plus WORLD’s Daniel of the Year.

And the marriage vow observed, at the end of life.

REICHARD: It’s Tuesday, November 9th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

EICHER: And I’m Nick Eicher. Good morning!

REICHARD: Now the news with Kent Covington.

KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: U.S. charges two suspected major ransomware operators » Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday announced criminal charges against two suspected criminal hackers in connection with a wave of major ransomware attacks.

One of those attacks led to the temporary shutdown of the world’s largest meat processor. Another snarled businesses around the globe back in July.

One of the men facing charges is Ukrainian hacker Yaroslav Vasinskyi.

GARLAND: On October 8th, Vasinskyi crossed the border from Ukraine into Poland. There, upon our request, Polish authorities arrested him pursuant to provisional arrest warrant.

Garland said the Dept. of Justice has requested that Poland extradite him to the United States.

The DOJ has also criminally charged Russian national Yevgeniy Polyanin. Prosecutors say both men are part of the REvil ransomware gang.

The U.S. government says it has recovered more than $6 million in ill-gotten funds from Polyanin.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco told reporters …

MONACO: The ransomware and digital extortion task force has delivered a significant blow to the Sodinokibi and REvil ransomware gang, who attacked thousands of victims worldwide.

European law enforcement authorities also announced Monday that they had arrested two other suspected ransomware operators with links to REvil in Romania.

Satellite images show China built mock-ups of US warships » New satellite images show China has built mock-ups of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and destroyer in its northwestern desert. That is presumably for target practice to wargame for any possible future clash between the U.S. and Chinese navies.

At a news conference Monday, Defense Dept. spokesman John Kirby said he had not seen the images and deflected when asked if Pentagon officials found them concerning. He said only that the United States finds China’s intimidation and coercive behavior in the Indo-Pacific region quite concerning.

KIRBY: We’re focused on developing the capabilities, the operational concepts, making sure we have the resources and the right strategy in place so that we can deal with the PRC as the number one pacing challenge.

“PRC” is short for People’s Republic of China.

The images dated Sunday show the outlines of a U.S. aircraft carrier and at least one destroyer sitting on a railway track.

China has massively upgraded its military in recent years. And tensions continue to rise over the South China Sea, Taiwan and military supremacy in the Indo-Pacific.

Obama predicts massive climate spending, hits Russia, China for "lack of urgency" » Former President Barack Obama told global leaders at U.N. climate talks Monday that he’s confident Congress will ultimately approve more than a half-trillion dollars in spending to flight climate change.

The climate spending would be part of a multi-trillion dollar spending package Democratic leaders are still trying to push across the finish line.

Obama also called out top Chinese and Russian leaders for sitting out the climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland.

OBAMA: China and Russia declined to even attend the proceedings. And their national plans so far reflect what appears to be a dangerous lack of urgency.

His comments came as conference leaders acknowledged Monday that many key sticking points exist after a week of talks.

Representatives of nearly 80 developing nations said countries like the United States must commit to sending more money to poorer nations to subsidize climate change measures.

Labor Dept. moves to tighten rules for religious exemptions to discrimination laws » The U.S. Department of Labor is moving to tighten rules around religious exemptions from anti-discrimination laws for federal contractors. WORLD’s Kristen Flavin reports.

KRISTEN FLAVIN, REPORTER: Prior to January of this year, the Labor Department narrowly defined those who qualified for religious exemptions to discrimination laws.

But under the Trump administration the Labor Department enacted a new rule. It said employers who “hold themselves out to the public as carrying out a religious purpose” may qualify.

Secretary of Labor at the time, Eugene Scalia, said, “Religious organizations should not have to fear that acceptance of a federal contract or subcontract will require them to abandon their religious character or identity.”

But the Biden administration, under pressure from LGBT activists, wants to nix the Trump-era rule.

Jenny Yang is director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. She said rescinding the rule will ensure that—“taxpayer funds are not used to discriminate.”

Under the Obama administration, the Labor Department banned consideration of sexual orientation and gender identity in hiring decisions by federal contractors.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Kristen Flavin.

Poland deploys troops to Belarus border » Poland has dispatched 12,000 soldiers to guard the border and push back migrants near Grodno, Belarus. Videos show thousands of people amassing at the razor wire fence that marks NATO’s eastern border.

The migrants are mostly asylum-seekers from the Middle East and Asia.

Lithuania also deployed troops to its border in anticipation of a similar mass migration.

Polish officials are accusing Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko of—quote—“weaponizing migrants” by sending them to the border. They said Lukashenko is trying to pressure the European Union to drop sanctions against his regime. Belarus soldiers have been spotted escorting the migrants to the Polish border.

I’m Kent Covington. Straight ahead: the pros and cons of vaccinating children against COVID.

Plus, a room with an eternal view.

This is The World and Everything in It.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s Tuesday the 9th of November, 2021.

You’re listening to WORLD Radio and we’re so glad you are! Good morning, I’m Mary Reichard.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher.

First up on The World and Everything in It: vaccines.

Last week, the FDA gave emergency authorization to the first COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as age 5. The CDC recommends it, but not all parents are convinced.

According to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll, one-third of those responding said they weren’t sure about vaccinating their elementary-aged children. Another third said they wouldn’t unless required.

REICHARD: Among parents’ biggest concerns: what long-term effects the vaccine might have on growing children. WORLD’s Caleb Bailey reports.

CALEB BAILEY, REPORTER: Rebecca Hawkins lives in McKinney, Texas, with her husband and two children. The children are 3 and 5. The oldest is now eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. 

HAWKINS: So when the vaccines first came out for adults, my husband had signed us both up, and we went ahead and got those, it seemed to be something that was well researched, well tested.

But Hawkins worries the trial for young children wasn’t quite as comprehensive. She isn’t sure what risks the vaccine might pose. On the other hand, she knows the risk of COVID isn’t that high. She doesn’t see it as much of a threat as other diseases vaccines protect against, like Polio or Hepatitis B.

HAWKINS: So why would I take on an unknown risk? When there's not much of a risk to start with?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, just over 3,000 children and adolescents have been hospitalized with COVID-19 between March 2020 and June 2021.

And so far, only 94 children ages 5-11 have died from the virus.

Still, doctors are urging parents to get their kids vaccinated. And they insist it’s safe.

Dr. Sally Goza is a general pediatrician in Fayetteville, Georgia and the past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She points to the vaccine’s safety in the adult population.

GOZA: And so we have a much lower dose, it's 10 micrograms versus 30 for the adults. The safety studies look very good. The data is there to show that this vaccine is safe and effective for children.

Dr. Goza says that so far, with adults and teens, any serious side effects manifested themselves within the first two months after vaccination. So parents shouldn’t be worried about long term effects in children.

Though the death toll for children with COVID is relatively low, Dr. Goza says parents should still take the threat seriously.

GOZA: The eighth leading cause of death in children is COVID. And so, you know, that’s our thing is that we have a safe and effective vaccine that can prevent this disease.

But not all doctors agree, especially when it comes to side effects.

Dr. Kirk Milhoan specializes in pediatric cardiology and has filled pediatric positions for decades around the world, including as chief of Pediatric Cardiology at the Children’s Hospital in San Antonio.

He’s worried about one side effect in particular.

MILHOAN: There’s an issue of myocarditis in kids who get the vaccine, especially after the second dose. 

Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart that enlarges and weakens it. That can lead to scar tissue and makes the heart work harder to circulate blood. Dr. Milhoan says that could have monumental consequences for a prepubescent child whose body is still growing and developing.

Many of the most comprehensive studies related to COVID come out of Israel because it has one of the highest vaccination rates and a comprehensive health tracking system. The Israeli Ministry of Health found that one in 3,000 young men aged 16-24 developed myocarditis following vaccination. That’s a much higher rate than among adults, leading some to correlate age with reaction.

In part because of those concerns, an article in the British medical journal The Lancet suggested natural immunity is preferable for children. And Dr. Milhoan says lots of U.S. children have already had COVID.

MILHOAN: And the CDC says that 40 percent of children probably have natural immunity.

Dr. Milhoan isn’t the only physician to speculate on the effectiveness of natural immunity for children. He points to recommendations from Dr. Martin Kulldorf, the former head epidemiologist for Women and Children’s hospital in Boston.

MILHOAN: And what he said regarding these things is that I do not think children should be vaccinated for COVID. I am a huge fan of vaccinating children for measles, for mumps, for polio, for rotavirus and many other diseases. That's critical, but COVID is not a huge threat to children.

Dr. Milhoan says both the vaccine and natural immunity carry risk. Parents must decide for themselves what level of risk they’re willing to tolerate.

MILHOAN: I'm a pro Vax pediatrician, right? I'm not an anti Vaxxer. No, no way. Right? I vaccinated hundreds, if not 1000s of kids. I'm not afraid of science. I'm not afraid of data. As a physician, what I want to do is I don't want to hold back a medicine that will help somebody. And at the same time, I don't want to give a medicine that will potentially hurt somebody.

The push for vaccination is backed in part by a desire for herd immunity. Health officials say vaccinating children is one way to help protect their grandparents, or immunocompromised neighbors.

Rebecca Hawkins says that makes sense. And she believes Christians must consider how best to love others. But she’s also weighing her primary responsibility to protect and love her children.

HAWKINS: So we just have to make the best decisions with the information that we have.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Caleb Bailey.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: turning the blue into red.

Republicans celebrate a big win in what many saw as a bellwether election.

Last Tuesday, voters in Virginia elected a new governor. And they did something they hadn’t done in 12 years—only done once in the past two decades, they picked a Republican.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Glenn Youngkin edged out former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe, flipping Virginia from blue to red.

YOUNGKIN: Together, we will change the trajectory of this commonwealth!

Virginia Republicans also claimed two down-ballot victories for lieutenant governor and attorney general.

Many analysts saw the election as a preview of next year’s midterm elections.

Virginia is a purple state, but it’s one that’s been trending blue for some time now.

A Republican also very nearly won a governor’s race last week in the deep blue state of New Jersey. And those elections have Republicans feeling optimistic about 2022.

REICHARD: Here to talk about those elections and what they might mean for next year is Kyle Kondik. He is director of communications at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. Kyle, good morning!

KYLE KONDIK, GUEST: Good morning.

REICHARD: Well Kyle, you had a front row seat for the Virginia election, right there in your home state.
What did the voters who were able to be swayed to the GOP in Virginia cite as the deciding factors? I know Youngkin talked a lot about critical race theory and giving parents more say over what’s taught in schools. But any information on what caused the majority of them to back Youngkin?

KONDIK: I think the stage was set for this election a year ago when Joe Biden won the White House because what we've seen over time in Virginia gubernatorial races is that the race often breaks against the White House party. This was the 11th time in the last 12 Virginia gubernatorial elections that the party that did not hold the White House won this race. The only exception was when Terry McAuliffe, the Democrat, won the governorship in 2013, he bucked that trend. He was unable to do that here in 2021. Now granted, I think you could also argue that if Glenn Younkin maybe hadn't been able to emphasize the issues that he wanted to, you know, maybe he would have lost close instead of winning close. And so I think he deserves credit for running, I think, a pretty strong campaign, but he was definitely aided by the overall political environment and these usual factors that break against the White House party.

REICHARD: Sen. Mark Warner said progressives who held up a House vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package deserve some of the blame for this loss. Others have different explanations. There’ll always be debate after a loss. What do Democrats seem to be taking away from this?

KONDIK: You know, I do think that there really should be an acknowledgement that Biden's approval rating is so low that it causes political problems for the party. And that, I think, was sort of confirmed—to me anyway—by the Virginia New Jersey results. It's interesting that Democrats won both of those races comfortably the last time they were contested in 2017 and 2021. And yet there was almost an identical roughly 10 to 11 point shift in those races from 2017 to 2021. That was enough to flip Virginia and give Phil Murphy a relatively close race in New Jersey, although he's the Democratic incumbent governor who ended up winning reelection. But it is interesting that they shifted in almost exactly the same way, which tells me that this was sort of more about these bigger picture environmental factors, than maybe the specifics on the ground in the two races. And that's not to say that the candidates and campaigns don't matter. It's just to say that I think the big driver in a lot of these races are these kind of nationalized, kind of fundamental factors. And, you know, it's just hard as a Democrat to do well in competitive places when the president is unpopular, because you have to then win people who disapprove of the president's job performance. And, you know, that's always hard. I think Republicans found that out during the Trump years, particularly the first two years of the Trump years, where they performed poorly in these Virginia, New Jersey races and then performed poorly in the 2018 midterms, particularly in the House and the gubernatorial races.

REICHARD: Well as we mentioned, Virginia has been trending blue for quite a while now. And Republicans also had a strong showing in New Jersey, though they didn’t win there. Is this a bellwether? Is this an early indication of a tough political climate for Democrats next year?

KONDIK: These races are not always a bellwether for the future. You know, one example is, you know, Mark Warner, a Democrat won his governor's race in 2001. That was right after 9/11. That was not predictive of Republicans having a bad midterm in 2002, for instance. But more recently, if you look at, ‘05, ‘09, even 2013 to some extent, even though Terry McAuliffe ended up winning, and Republicans had a had a good year the following year, but that race was closer than the polls suggested, which maybe told us a little something about the environment. You know, 2017 Democrats did great in Virginia, and they did great in the 2018 midterm. I think if we're a year from now and heading into the election, and the numbers look the way they do and the big picture with the president's approval rating being low, you know, you would not expect the Democrats to have a good election in that circumstance. And so if anything, I think that the elections last week, they sort of showed that, you know, the normal rules of political gravity still apply, you know, that if the president's unpopular, he ends up being a drag in a lot of different races and again, that's my big takeaway from last Tuesday.

REICHARD: Kyle Kondik with the University of Virginia‘s Center for Politics has been our guest. Kyle, thanks so much!

KONDIK: Thank you.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Police get trained in how to respond to fights.

But not all fights are equal. That’s what officer Mitch Martinson in Plymouth, Minnesota learned as he patrolled outside a high school. He’s received a call to break up a street fight.

Martinson told WCCO...

MARTINSON: We do have de-escalation tactics, but I’ve never applied them to eagles or other animals.

Yep, he said “eagles.” Two American bald eagles circling and swooping in the middle of a street.

Unsure of what to do next, Martinson radioed in...

MARTINSON: I’m on scene. I have two eagles locked together.

He called in wildlife experts who told him the birds were likely fighting over territory. Imagine he said I don’t need a reason, I need to know what to do.

So the idea was to try to place a nylon bag over their heads to calm them down, but before he could, they started fighting once more and then just flew away.

No apparent injuries. No arrests.

REICHARD: Pretty good day!

EICHER: It’s The World and Everything in It.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Tuesday, November 9th. Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day.

Good morning. I’m Nick Eicher.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. Today, you’ll meet WORLD’s Daniel of the Year for 2021.

But before we do that, it’s November.

And that means we’re getting closer to our end-of-year giving drive. We start that in December.

This month, we’re encouraging first-time supporters to join us and maybe that’s you.

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Alright. Coming next on The World and Everything in It: WORLD’s 2021 Daniel of the Year.

Every year for more than 20 years, we’ve honored courageous Christians for their faithful work in the kingdom of God.

This year’s honoree is someone very special to the WORLD family—someone special to me personally—our founder.

Back in 1981, Joel Belz and a small staff started It’s God’s WORLD, a news magazine for young students.

And it wasn’t long before parents started asking for a publication of their own. Just a few years later, WORLD Magazine rolled off the presses for the first time.

REICHARD: Last month, many of our staff, board members, and a room full of readers and listeners gathered in Asheville, N.C. We were there to celebrate four decades of biblical worldview journalism under Joel’s leadership.

WORLD’s Paul Butler caught up with Joel the next morning at his home. At the time, he wasn’t yet aware that he was this year’s Daniel of the Year honoree.

PAUL BUTLER, REPORTER: October 28th was a full day for the 80 year old Joel Belz so this morning we get a late start. Last night’s program and a commemorative plaque casually lay on his dining room table. He sits in the living room with his hands in his lap—a house plant towering over his left shoulder. He’s obviously worn out, but his bright blue eyes still shine with gratitude.

BELZ: I hear people refer to the man with the idea, the man with the concept, the guy who had his goals established that way. And none of that really quite fits the reality. I wish I could say that I had all of this figured out in advance and then just worked a nice, neat plan. But it was considerably less formal than that.

He’s right of course, but ask anyone who’s been around from the early days, and they have a ready story of Joel’s lasting influence on Christian journalism. His life is an illustration of Zechariah 4:10: “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin…”

BELZ: We started with children. And I don't think that was an accident. I think that was part of God's purpose. If my dad used to say to us, communicate if as best you can to a 12 year old, and you'll be amazed how many adults are listening in. And I think that's true.

Speaking of his dad, Joel Belz’s love for printing and publishing started at an early age—as Joel reminded podcast listeners last June:

BELZ: Dad wanted his eight children to learn the craft of printing—but not merely as a quaint hobby. He believed the gospel truths that had become so important to him and Mom would also be burned into our hearts and souls if we were literally involved in applying the ink to the paper.

So you could say ink runs in Joel’s veins. A lot of magazines have come and gone over the last 40 years. So why did WORLD endure?

BELZ: I hope that it's because we have not been here primarily to promote a cause, or to enact a schedule that nobody else had thought of. I hope our main purpose here is to discover what God is doing in the world. What is he up to? And so we keep saying to our reporters and our writers keep asking yourself and the people who are part of your story, what do you think God is doing here?

Every conversation I’ve ever had with Joel has eventually come around to God’s providence and our purpose in the world.

BELZ: What is man's chief end? Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever. And we get to do both. We get to do our work in a way that we hope brings glory to God. And it does bring joy, because he's structured things that way. But it doesn't happen automatically, we have to kind of do it consciously.

Joel is a firm believer in the power of shoe-leather reporting. Anyone familiar with him knows that his favorite street-level reporting doesn’t take place in exotic places, but in the mundane. Here he is from a 2016 commentary:

BELZ: That realization is all it took for me to stand just outside the front door of my neighborhood Walmart a few days ago and ask a few locals what they’re thinking about campaign 2016. I talked briefly with 31 shoppers. My pitch was simple and, I think, polite and non-threatening: “Ma’am, may I interrupt you for less than a minute? I write for a national magazine, and I’d like your opinion.” I was surprised that only four of the 31 declined my request…

That’s not to say he isn’t committed to field reporting in more challenging places as well.

BELZ: Because we called it WORLD, we knew that we had to do our very best to cover things not only that happened here in the U.S., but everywhere we could go. And, of course, we didn't have huge budgets to work with. But we did have enough to when there was something that ought to be covered. Let's say in India, I get on the plane and go to India and, and do some stories from there.

One of his favorite memories from the last 40 years? He didn’t have to think very long.

BELZ: I remember when a friend of mine who was a chaplain on the USS Abraham Lincoln, called me and said, you've got to do a story on what it's like to be on an aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean. So I went and lived on the aircraft carrier for several days, and then they shot us off the carrier into the wild blue yonder. And we flew back to Virginia. That was pretty spectacular.

The most prominent piece of furniture in the Belz home is the family table. It seems fitting.

BELZ: I say, the highest praise I can get is when we get letters saying “thank you folks for giving us something that we can talk about current events with our children. And you've produced some good discussion times for our family that way.”

Not everything’s been easy the last 40 years. There’s been a lot of late nights, missed deadlines, and stressful stories. But Belz admits, the hardest days are more personal...

BELZ: Just like our neighborhoods are broken with disagreement. Our own families are sometimes broken by it. And that those are the hardest times when we try to minister to people and find that we're a broken group ourselves.

But in those times, he clings to the truth that sets us free..

BELZ: Stick close to God's word. Stick close to his words and the truth that flows from them. And keep, keep acknowledging that that is the source of your wisdom. You haven't gotten any wisdom upstairs, apart from that. And I keep discovering that every day.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Paul Butler in Asheville, North Carolina.

EICHER: If you’d like to read more about this year’s Daniel of the Year, check out the November 20th, 2021 edition of WORLD Magazine at wng.org.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Tuesday, November 9th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Nick Eicher.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. Here’s WORLD commentator Kim Henderson who’s seen a deep and abiding love up close.

KIM HENDERSON, COMMENTATOR: The view from our room at Baptist Hospital is unmatched—a drab enclosure of concrete, gravel, and some kind of electrical box. But after a night on the room’s fold-out couch, the blank palette can be almost soothing, a respite for whatever ails within.

That’s because not all illnesses are the same. Some require shots of penicillin or rounds of radiation. Some require time-released doses of patience. For the caregiver.

To be clear, I’m just the Saturday night stand-in. The real caregiver has a Sunday sermon to preach and needs some sleep. So I’m beside the hospital bed when they check the patient’s sugar levels and grasp of dates.

“2013,” she answers.

Losing track of time is one thing. Thinking you haven’t seen your husband for six months, when he just left at 6 o’clock, is quite another. But there’s no debating the facts. She asks again and again where he is, why he’s not here. I see afresh what life is like on the home front. What it is to be old and full of years.

Alzheimer’s has stolen a lot, including her appetite. A hundred pounds remain of the lady who once cruised the Panama Canal and snowmobiled through Yellowstone. But even though she missed her standing Friday morning appointment, her hair looks good. Always does. Proverbs describes gray as a “crown of glory,” and hers truly is, with thick waves and silver highlights. She’s missing her standard Chico’s ensemble, though. Instead, she’s wearing hospital garb, with snaps and openings that are a challenge to keep properly closed.

So we settle down and try to watch a Hallmark movie. Aides come in at one point and tell the patient to stop fiddling with her IV, but they bow out just in time for us to catch the Hallmark couple make it to the marriage altar. Oh, to happy endings.

Later, she keeps her medicine down, another small victory. But in the dark, she wakes up even more confused, demanding her suitcase so she can leave. All this sets the bed alarm off a few times, but to their credit, the nurses never lose their cool.

Eventually the view outside the window tells me it’s a new day, and it is. Gone are the debates. In their place are thank-yous and a desire to comb her hair. She even eats most of her eggs and takes a few swallows of milk. Around 10 she asks me if I work certain hours.

“No, I’m your daughter-in-law. This is a hospital. I don’t work here.”

While she dozes, her husband gives his sermon at the local church, and an hour later I get a ringside seat to a sweet reunion. Their delight in one another is the benefit of deliberate love, the kind that sees hard demands on marriage vows as part of the package.

Ah, and I can see it now, too—the real view from this room.

I’m Kim Henderson.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Tomorrow: worker revolt. We’ll find out about the possible impact of the federal vaccine mandate of the labor shortage.

And, talking turkey. We’ll take you to a poultry farm in Minnesota.

That and more tomorrow.

I’m Nick Eicher.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard.

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