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What Seattle Got Right

What Next | Daily News and Analysis
What Next | Daily News and Analysis
Episode • Apr 29, 2020 • 26m

When the first known case of coronavirus in the United States was detected in a suburb of Seattle, the region quickly became the epicenter of the pandemic in the country. Now, almost two months later, Seattle has suffered only 500 COVID-19 deaths while New York has over 22,000. What choices led to such disparate outcomes? 

Guest: Charles Duhigg, Host of Slate’s How To Podcast

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