Coronavirus In Seattle
KUOW's ongoing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in Seattle and surrounding area.
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'It was bad.' Three hours on the Covid ICU in Seattle
KUOW's Isolde Raftery spent an afternoon on the Covid ICU at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. She told reporter Joshua McNichols what she saw -- and
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'I can't foresee that happening:' King County not expecting non-essential reopening by June 1
King County Executive Dow Constantine said Tuesday the county is not poised to roll back non-essential business closures come June 1, the day the state's stay-at-home order is currently slated to lift.
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COVID-19 doesn't cancel out the ADA: disability rights during a pandemic
Protesters – and some politicians – say it's time to get back to normal. That some deaths from COVID-19 are inevitable. But whose deaths, and lives, are we talking about?
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May 26th | How do you fight the epidemic of racism within a pandemic?
How Asian-Americans are responding to bigotry pushed into the light by COVID-19. This week’s chat with county executive Dow Constantine. A chat with a disability rights activist, and a Voice of the Pandemic.
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It's not how I thought my store would end: Bop Street Records in Ballard
Dave Vorhees has run Bop Street Records for 41 years. But the pandemic – has kept his customers away. So he’s closing the shop forever. The Internet Archive bought 500,000 of his vinyl records. We caught up with Vorhees on the sidewalk in front of his old store as movers carted his records onto a truck bound for San Francisco.
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‘It’s no get out of jail free card.’ Inmates struggle as they rejoin a society deeply changed by Covid-19
Even though some inmates have been moved out from the confined spaces unconducive for social distancing and keeping Covid-19 at bay, they’re still serving time. Some of them with less support than while they were inside, inmates told KUOW.
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Getting on the ballot still requires human touch for Washington state initiatives
The shutdown is a problem for people trying to get initiatives on the November ballot: they still have to gather real-world signatures.
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Are those ‘Covid toes,’ or should you be wearing slippers?
The syndrome is being called “Covid toe,” but how (or even whether) Covid-19 actually causes it is a mystery, one that researchers in the Seattle area are trying to solve.
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Face masks are a communication barrier for deaf people: 'I almost just want to stay home'
People who are deaf or hard of hearing are having a difficult time during this pandemic. That’s because they can’t see the lips or facial expressions of people wearing face masks.
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'Just how it is for me right now.' For many teens, work now comes before school
During the Tuesday lunch rush at Best Pho and Thai in Renton, 16-year-old Ngoc-Linh Truong bagged up take-out orders as her mom tossed onions in a flaming wok. This is Truong’s brother’s restaurant, and Truong, a junior at Franklin High School in south Seattle, usually helps one or two nights a week during the school year.
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Of 240 dead people tested for coronavirus in King County, a quarter were positive
More than 540 people in King County have died of Covid-19. But about 10 percent of those people were never tested for the disease when they were alive.
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Don't call Employment Security — it may be trying to call you
For weeks people who are waiting for checks from Washington state’s embattled Employment Security Department have been calling and calling - 100 calls a second.