Biden Transition Moves Along; More on COVID Tests; Ask the Mayor; NYC Schools May Shut Down Soon

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 13, 2020

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Lisa Rein, national reporter at The Washington Post, talks about the latest news on President-elect Joe Biden's transition team.
  • Michael Mina, MD, PhD, and assistant professor of epidemiology at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, talks about the latest developments in COVID-19 testing and when (and how) to get tested.
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
  • New York City public schools are on the cusp of ending in-person learning as the city approaches a 3% positivity rate over a 7-day average. Parents and teachers call in to talk about how school's been going so far and how they're coping ahead of impending school closures.

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