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If the coronavirus outbreak really is a battle, then health care workers are treating highly contagious patients without the armor they need. Weekend Edition reports on the stress, the strain and the fear inside hospitals.see more
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Health Care Battle

If the coronavirus outbreak really is a battle, then health care workers are treating highly contagious patients without the armor they need. Weekend Edition reports on the stress, the strain and the fear inside hospitals.see more
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Robert Reich served as Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, and is now a professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley. Contrary to what many politicians are saying, Reich believes that the global pandemic is a public health emergency – but not necessarily an economic crisis. And he believes that in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, we must halt the economy, and assist the poor.
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The nation is awash in messages, but some messengers are more effective than others. On the Media considers who is getting heard. Plus, some media outlets are choosing not to air the president’s briefings live.
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