Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The emergence of COVID-19—from its rampant spread and staggering fatality rates, to the lack of protective equipment for first responders—caught us all off guard. As a nation with so many resources, many of us assumed a public infrastructure would be in place to better handle this crisis. What we’ve learned is to not make that assumption, and that some communities are even more fragile than we had ever imagined. Originally aired on May 14, 2020. Featuring Edwin Guillermo Lindo, Graham Pruss, and Aaron Katz.
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The emergence of COVID-19—from its rampant spread and staggering fatality rates, to the lack of protective equipment for first responders—caught us all off guard. As a nation with so many resources, many of us assumed a public infrastructure would be in place to better handle this crisis. What we’ve learned is to not make that assumption, and that some communities are even more fragile than we had ever imagined. Originally aired on May 14, 2020. Featuring Edwin Guillermo Lindo, Graham Pruss, and Aaron Katz.
YouTube’s use policies allow Google to monetize YouTube content through advertising or through charging user fees without payment or compensation to the channel owner.










