6 Months, 200,000 Deaths: Taking Stock Of The Pandemic In The U.S.

On Point | Sep 28, 2020

We're six months and more than 200,000 deaths into the coronavirus pandemic. We check in with an epidemiologist and a virologist about the latest on COVID-19. Tara Smith and Angie Rasmussen join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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