Pandemic Response
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The United States has seen more deaths from COVID-19 than any other nation in the world. With divided public opinion and legislative action, the United States has struggled to get a grasp on the pandemic and prevent its further spread.
Now under federal pressure to return to daily life, businesses, schools and residents must figure out what they will do to keep themselves and others safe in the face of an ever-changing health environment.
‘Pandemic Response’ takes viewers to Texas, Georgia and North Carolina to see first-hand the divisions being caused by measures made to protect against COVID-19; highlighting the difficulties and roadblocks preventing virus containment while also seeing what businesses are doing to remain open as infection figures keep rising.
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