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Quarantine TV

caption: Just you, your screen, and the golden age of television (by which we mean last year).
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Just you, your screen, and the golden age of television (by which we mean last year).

Now’s the time to binge watch all those Netflix shows you were planning to get to when you had the time. What’s in the stimulus package? And what do we know about the virus that causes COVID-19?

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Television for the age of shelter in place

You, like many of us, may have a bit of extra time on your hands indoors. What should you be watching? We asked Salon TV critic Melanie McFarland.

Rep Jayapal on COVID-19 stimulus package

Last week, a massive federal stimulus package passed in response to the disruption to the economy and individuals’ lives that the coronavirus pandemic unleashed. Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal spoke to Bill Radke about what made it into that bill, and what more could be done.

What's the new news on the novel coronavirus?

The virus has enormous social, emotional, and economic effects. But all this is driven by its mechanisms, behaviors, and modes of transmission. Columbia University virologist Angie Rasmussen studies host response to disease.

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