5 years after global pandemic, a look at COVID-19's impact
Season 2025
Episode 70
About the Episode
Tuesday marks five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. In a quick succession of events, schools and businesses shut down, lockdowns were put in place, travel was halted and hospitals were over capacity. Globally, COVID has killed more than 7 million people, including more than 1.2 million Americans. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Dr. Ashish Jha.
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