On episode 16 of Frontline’s 2020 season, Frontline investigates the American response to COVID-19 and examines what happens when politics and science collides. Health experts including Providence’s own Dr. Amy Compton-Phillip and Dr. George Diaz gives insight into what health systems are did to respond to the pandemic and what’s happening now.
“Coronavirus Pandemic traces the halting federal response, identifying early warnings and missed opportunities to potentially save lives as the outbreak spread — from the failure of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 test, to an ongoing struggle for critical medical and protective equipment that some officials liken to the ‘Hunger Games,’” said Frontline reporter Raney Aronson-Rath.
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