Rethinking that Lyft Line in the age of social distancing
How’s the rideshare business doing? Why is coronavirus testing so limited at the epicenter of the American outbreak? How is online learning going for UW students? And could it be the wave of the future? Lastly, how people continue to practice their faith during a pandemic.s
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Rideshare and coronavirus
We’re being advised by the county how often Metro buses and trains are being sanitized. But what about Uber and Lyft? In a time when people might be leery of tightly closed spaces with little oversight, rideshare driver Melinda Miner shares how business has been.
Ann Dornfeld, Testing
22 people have died of COVID-19 in Washington state as of now. There are 186 confirmed cases… and seven million residents of the state. Why are so few people being tested? KUOW reporter Ann Dornfeld has the story.
What happens when UW suddenly closes?
Winter quarter was in the homestretch: finals are in three weeks, you’re coming up to the finish line. And then, all your classes are canceled. How are UW professors and students dealing with the sudden switch to online learning due to the novel coronavirus? Jake Goldstein-Street is one of those students, and the news editor at the UW Daily.
Churches and coronavirus
A few weeks ago, the holy water at Catholic churches across Seattle was drained. And that’s not the only change that’s happening as religious institutions try to adjust their worship to a health crisis. KUOW’s Eilís O’Neill has the story.
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Bill Radke
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Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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