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Tuesday, Sep 29, 2020

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Ed Yong: On pandemic, Trump reinforced Americans' worst impulses

PBS, 11 Sep 2020

While the political fallout from President Trump’s coronavirus comments to Bob Woodward continues, what about the public health repercussions? Would America have fared better if Trump had treated the virus more seriously from the beginning? Ed Yong of The Atlantic, who has reported extensively on America's pandemic response, joins William Brangham to discuss.

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