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How NYC Schools Officials Played Down the COVID-19 Threat

Clip: 5/19/2020 | 12m 52sVideo has Closed Captions

How NYC Schools Officials Played Down the COVID-19 Threat

Did officials at the Department Of Education minimize the threat of COVID-19 in the early days of the outbreak, even as teachers and students were getting sick? That’s the conclusion reached by the non-profit news outlet “The City”, whose special investigation into those chaotic weeks leading up to the closure of public schools uncovered a pattern of education officials playing down the threat.

05/19/2020

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What Can We Learn From Italy's Fight Against Coronavirus?

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