COVID-19 pandemic shows we must reduce our blind spots to risk

Mar 24, 2020

Judie Shape, 81, who tested positive for coronavirus, acknowledges press photographers gathered outside as her daughter Lori Spencer and husband Michael Spencer visit outside her room at Care Center of Kirkland, the Seattle-area nursing home which is one of the epicenters of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Redmond - RC20MF94JE97

Judie Shape, 81, who tested positive for coronavirus, receives a visit from her daughter Lori Spencer and husband Michael Spencer in Kirkland, Washington. Image: REUTERS/Jason Redmond

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