Dyer Oxley
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Coronavirus In Seattle
Pop culture vs pandemic: Interest in pandemic films rises with COVID-19
If you're like me, before COVID-19 evolved over the past few months the most you knew about the threat of viral outbreaks came from Hollywood. From zombies to aliens, the most pandemic information I got was from movies like "Pandemic."
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Coronavirus In Seattle
‘COVIDIOT’ and other ways the internet is coping with the COVID-19 pandemic
A new pandemic means new memes, heaps of misinformation, and entirely new slang terms, starting with "COVIDIOT." As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, it seems the internet has already begun reflecting the crisis -- for better or for worse.
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Coronavirus In Seattle
Sew say we all! How cosplayers are answering calls for face masks and more
Washington cosplayers have expanded their scope and are making everything from face masks to face shields for hospitals as they face the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Coronavirus In Seattle
'Cosplayers Unite!' Medical officials in Washington state solicit homemade face masks
As Washington faces a mounting COVID-19 crisis amid a shortage of medical supplies, new face masks for medical personnel are on their way — from cosplayers.
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Coronavirus In Seattle
Worried about a shelter-in-place order? Well, we're already doing it around Seattle anyway
Little by little, communities across Washington have shut down to combat the spread of COVID-19. With restaurants and bars boarded up, retailers closed, and grocery stores holding special hours for at-risk populations, some might suspect that the next order coming down from officials will be to shelter-in-place, forcing everyone to stay at home.
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Coronavirus In Seattle
Gun sales spike alongside COVID-19 concerns in Western Washington
Firearm sales in the region have sharply spiked, indicating that if there was a point in time when people began to get really nervous about the local COVID-19 outbreak, it could have been the start of March.
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The Record
What Gov. Jay Inslee told his own family about COVID-19
"Washington's governor has banned large gatherings of more than 250 people. But what about going to the store? The coffee shop or neighborhood pub? This is what he saying to his own family.
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KUOW Newsroom
Coronavirus is already devastating small businesses in Seattle
Kim Malcolm talks with Jon Scholes, President and CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association about how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting the business community in Seattle.
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KUOW Newsroom
'Hope is not a strategy,' says Kirkland city manager of coronavirus response
As an illness spread through a nursing home in Kirkland in late February, City Manager Kurt Triplett says that testing was a key missing factor that left officials unsatisfied as they responded to the outbreak.
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'Volatile and unpredictable': Life Care speaks publicly for the first time since COVID-19 outbreak
The Life Care Center in Kirkland provided insight into the location where most of Washington's COVID-19 deaths have come from. It's the first time the company has communicated publicly about the coronavirus outbreak.