
Contact tracing and the fight against COVID-19
We look at how contact tracing works and speak to Montgomery County Commissioner Valerie Arkoosh about the high infection rates in the Pa. county.
Air Date: May 19, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:00No more watercooler talk and other ways offices will adapt to the pandemic
The human need to connect means offices will likely survive the pandemic, but in an altered state.
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