Seattle's two outbreaks, this week
Bill Radke talks the week's news with Joni Balter of Civic Cocktail, Scott Greenstone of the Seattle Times, and Marcus Green of South Seattle Emerald.
Seattle has shut down the CenturyLink Field hospital before it ever saw a patient, and sent 400 ventilators back to the federal government. Is this an overly optimistic decision?
And the coronavirus isn't the only outbreak currently happening in Seattle. Homeless communities are seeing an increase in Hepatitis A cases. What is the city doing to contain this outbreak?
Also, while the coronavirus may not discriminate, early data from the CDC shows that it is having a disproportionate impact on communities of color and low impact communities. Are we seeing similar data from Seattle?
Finally. Capitol Hill Block Party is officially canceled, along with a lot of other local festivals and events. What will this year's summer look like?
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Bill Radke
Host
Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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Sarah Leibovitz
Supervising Producer, Soundside
Sarah joined KUOW in 2019 as senior producer on The Record. She is now Supervising KUOW’s new noon time show, Soundside. Prior to working at KUOW, Sarah was lead producer at the Seattle podcast production company Larj Media, and a teaching artist with Path with Art.
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