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Can coronavirus still be contained?

caption: Kirkland Fire Station 21 is taped off after first responders, including 25 Kirkland fire fighters and two Kirkland police officers, were put under quarantine after responding to the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Washington state, on Forbes Creek Drive in Kirkland.
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Kirkland Fire Station 21 is taped off after first responders, including 25 Kirkland fire fighters and two Kirkland police officers, were put under quarantine after responding to the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Washington state, on Forbes Creek Drive in Kirkland.
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It’s unlikely, says this Columbia University virologist – here’s what to do instead. Did you vote too soon? And who’s really running the world?

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Virologist Angie Rasmussen

How does the novel coronavirus spread? Can it still be contained in the Seattle area? And how likely are you to get it? Columbia University virologist Angela Rasmussen is here to get into the details.

Did you waste your vote?

When ballots went out for the Democratic primary, there were twelve choices for presidential nominee. Now there are… two. Did you vote too early? If so… what happens to your vote? Patrick Schoettmer is a professor of Political Science at Seattle University.

Rahm Emanuel, The Nation City

Former mayors Mike Bloomberg, Buttigieg, and Castro have all left the Democratic presidential race. But former Chicago mayor and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel says that even though they’re no longer in the running for president, they’re still running the world. His new book is The Nation City: Why Mayors Are Now Running the World.

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