A global pandemic. A scattered response.

As Asian countries return to semi-normal life and European nations reimpose lockdown measures, the U.S. continues to reopen — despite an alarming surge in cases. POLITICO's Dan Diamond talks with Global Pulse author Carmen Paun and Dispatch's Jeremy Siegel about the differing approaches to the Covid outbreak. But first: If you could choose anywhere in the world, where would you hide out for the duration of the pandemic?Sign up for Global Pulse, a new weekly newsletter about the global health agenda. And stay up-to-date on the latest Covid-19 news by subscribing to the POLITICO Nightly and POLITICO Pulse newsletters.  Dan Diamond is host of POLITICO Pulse Check and author of the POLITICO Pulse newsletter.Carmen Paun is a global health reporter and the author of the Global Pulse newsletter. Jeremy Siegel  is a host for POLITICO Dispatch and produced this episode.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO Audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices