Demonstrators knee during a solidarity protest for George Floyd, Saturday, June 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y.

Assessing the Relative Risks of Catching COVID

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Dr. Leana Wen, emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, and former health commissioner of Baltimore, talks about the risks of attending Black Lives Matter protests and President Trump's rallies - and why the rallies are so much more dangerous to your health, plus other COVID news.

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