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America Relied On 'Individual Decisions' To Slow The Virus. It Didn't Work

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:11:40
Publish Date: 2020-07-03 18:00:32
Description: It can feel a bit like headline deja vu: New cases on the rise; bars and restaurants closing back down. More than 130,000 people have died in the United States. Hotspots cropping up across the country.

How — after four months — are we here?

We examine the emphasis on individual decision making, and science journalist Ed Yong explains how individual actions led to a "patchwork pandemic."

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