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Mar 2020
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🦠 “Google would like your health data n...

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To rescue financial markets from pandemic ruin, The Fed took drastic measures Sunday — but it’s already used up its major tools. To help people figure out testing for COVID-19, Google’s deployed “Project Baseline”, which is like Healthcare.gov but for disease screening. And private businesses are making “flattening the curve” possible with pro-social distancing policies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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