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San Francisco is allowed to open much of its economy. How it kept COVID cases and deaths low

Businesses in much of California aren’t allowed to reopen because of COVID-19 cases. One exception: San Francisco. For a city of nearly 900,000, it’s only had 145 deaths because of coronavirus.

By Madeleine Brand • Oct 29, 2020 • 9m Listen

Businesses in much of California aren’t allowed to reopen because of COVID-19 cases. One exception: San Francisco. For a city of nearly 900,000, it’s only had 145 deaths because of coronavirus. So how did San Francisco keep the numbers relatively low?

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
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Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Dr. Robert Wachter
chair of the UCSF Department of Medicine

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

San Francisco is allowed to open much of its economy. How it kept COVID cases and deaths low

Businesses in much of California aren’t allowed to reopen because of COVID-19 cases. One exception: San Francisco. For a city of nearly 900,000, it’s only had 145 deaths because of coronavirus.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

San Francisco is allowed to open much of its economy. How it kept COVID cases and deaths low

Businesses in much of California aren’t allowed to reopen because of COVID-19 cases. One exception: San Francisco. For a city of nearly 900,000, it’s only had 145 deaths because of coronavirus.

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