{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/039b783b-a527-4fdf-b3ce-b3c255ad3034/9251616d-df65-47f9-9a98-7c197e74b3fe?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Donald Trump’s age, weight and gender ‘put him at higher risk of severe Covid-19’ | Friday, October 2nd 2020","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba036a1a8cbef5973cf0c0/61ba03af0285e10012120d00.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Donald Trump has tested positive for Covid-19 and experts say he has at least three risk factors for contracting it severely: his age, weight and gender. At 74-years-old and medically obese, the US President is at a higher risk of hospitalisation or death. Meanwhile, his Democratic challenger 77-year-old Joe Biden, is also taking precautions after sharing a debate stage with him on Tuesday. Plus, 20,000 Amazon employees test positive for coronavirus, how lettuce could provide a morale boost on Mars, and a $23 million toilet is set to blast off to the moon via the ISS.</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to our other podcasts:</p><p><a href=\"https://podfollow.com/women-tech-charge\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Women Tech Charge</a>: interviews with incredible women leading in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths</p><p><a href=\"https://podfollow.com/the-leader\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Leader</a>: a daily news podcast helping you make sense of the day’s most important stories</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ask your Smart Speaker to ‘play the news from the Evening Standard'</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Visit <a href=\"http://standard.co.uk/tech\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">standard.co.uk/tech</a> for more tech news</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}