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A look back at the earliest days of the pandemic

Dec 31, 2020, 9:49 AM | Updated: Oct 2, 2024, 8:59 pm

Social distancing… lockdowns… PPE shortages… and distance learning. Those were just a handful of the major challenges we faced in 2020.

And we tracked it all right here, day by day.

What were people in Washington thinking and feeling during the very first statewide lockdown? Did the predictions of doctors and researchers in the early days come true?

Reporter Aaron Granillo is joined by KIRO Radio’s Mike Lewis as they listen back to the earliest episodes of this podcast and discuss the milestone moments in the pandemic from 2020.

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