Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci takes off his face mask before testifying before a House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Is There A Liberal and Conservative Way to Fight a Pandemic?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 22, 2020

Avik Roy, president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP) discusses balancing the risks of reopening against the risks of community spread of COVID-19.

Then, Leana Wen, M.D., emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, and former health commissioner of Baltimore and Asma Khalid, political correspondent for NPR, discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic, and the candidates' approaches to it, could shape the election.

 

This segment originally aired on the national program America, Are We Ready? on Tuesday, September 22, 2020

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