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Coronavirus strikes again, this time at large gatherings, as governor imposes mandatory measures. Even after the age of social distancing ends, is online working here to stay? The things you don’t know you don’t know about COVID-19, and the things we won’t know for a while about the election.

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Governor Inslee on mandatory COVID-19 restrictions

Did you have plans to hit a big sporting match or political rally? Not anymore you don’t, says the governor. Gatherings of 250 people or more are banned in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties, and travel restrictions and school closures are not off the table. Governor Jay Inslee joined Bill Radke to say more.

Is telework the next big thing?

Yesterday we asked if online learning was the way of the future. Today we wondered: what about telework? Professor Warren Boeker of the UW Foster School of Business discusses how many people will actually return to offices once coronavirus has passed.

Caroline Chen, ProPublica

What are you hearing in the news about COVID-19? And are you learning the things you need to know? Probably not, says ProPublica health reporter Caroline Chen, whose latest piece is "I Lived Through SARS and Reported on Ebola. These Are the Questions We Should Be Asking About Coronavirus."

Who'd you vote for?

Yesterday was the Washington primary. And as usual, we will have very little idea what happened until next week. But in the meantime, what did voters have to say about their hopes and choices? Here’s what you told us.

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