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Mar 2020
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COVID-19: How it spreads, how to test fo...

The Verge
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Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks with Verge health reporter Nicole Wetsman and Verge deputy editor Liz Lopatto about the health concerns of the coronavirus outbreak as well as its economic effect in the United States.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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