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Climate activism in the age of COVID-19
S2020 E156 - 6m 18s
Americans’ acceptance of global warming is at a record high and environmental activists say those views have a lot to do with the mass climate protests that have been gaining momentum in recent years. But in the midst of the pandemic, climate activists are now trying to keep the public’s focus on both crises and have pivoted online to organize and continue their advocacy. Ivette Feliciano reports.
‘Massive numbers of people’ needed to do contact tracing
S2020 E156 - 7m 17s
State governments across the country are hiring thousands of people as contact tracers to track the spread of COVID-19 and to help bring it under control. The data collected from contact tracing can help researchers better understand how the virus spreads, and what mitigation methods work. ProPublica reporter Caroline Chen joins Hari Sreenivasan with more.
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