Seattle: frozen no more?
Has COVID-19 finally turned us into a friendlier city? (#ItTookAPandemic) A chat with the King County Executive, and a look at study results that suggest what we already know: wearing a mask can severely cut the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus.
Individual segments are available in our podcast stream or at www.kuow.org/record.
Is the pandemic killing the Seattle Freeze?
Are you feeling lonelier this pandemic? Zoe Sayler is an at Seattle Met Magazine who says that the isolation of COVID-19 might finally be thawing the Seattle Freeze.
King County Executive Dow Constantine 8.18
While dealing with a historic budget shortfall and an ongoing pandemic, how can King County keep its institutions alive while setting itself up for a sustainable future? We asked urban planner and County Executive Dow Constantine, and took your calls.
What does it mean to be a super spreader?
A new study show tentative results that the novel coronavirus might be spread by as little as 20% of those infected. What makes the difference? Almost entirely your behavior while you’re symptomatic, says Dr. Bryan Mayer. He’s an epidemiologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and a co-author of the study.
