Los Angeles Crushed by COVID Cases

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 5, 2021

Los Angeles County officials say COVID is "everywhere" and are urging residents to take extreme precautions. Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times metro reporter focused on earthquakes and the novel coronavirus, talks about that and how local hospitals are being crushed under a huge wave of COVID-19 cases.

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