Coronavirus In Seattle
KUOW's ongoing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in Seattle and surrounding area.
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"I think we all have an opportunity to really meet ourselves right now": thoughts from a death doula
The body knows how to die.
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April 20th | A state of emergency had been declared. A stadium employee had tested positive for Covid-19. Why did this Sounders match happen anyway?
What went into the decision to let the game go on. How anxious is social distancing making you? And how are you dealing with thoughts about death? Lastly, some voices of the pandemic.
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Checking in with the Seattle woman who took the first dose of an experimental coronavirus vaccine
It's been one month since the first person took the first dose of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in Seattle. So far, Jennifer Haller says she feels “great.”
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Local flower farmers struggling to survive coronavirus shutdown
Farmers markets are slowly returning, but in a limited way. Only food farmers and producers will be selling. Flower farmers, will not. Yet, they’re one of the hardest hit businesses by the coronavirus shutdown.
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Seattle artist hopes expanded unemployment benefits will help her make ends meet.
Jenny May Peterson is a Seattle dancer, visual artist and a licensed massage therapist. In normal times, she cobbles together enough money from these different vocations to support herself. But when the pandemic hit, Peterson’s revenue streams disappeared. “I really have no income, at all,” Peterson says.
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Washington’s weed businesses are considered essential, but feeling squeezed
This year, the usually celebratory April 20 — also known as 4/20 — is a day of worry for Washington’s marijuana businesses.
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Two Seattle farmers markets reopen, with new rules
Organizers called the limited reopening of two farmers markets in Seattle this weekend an important step. But they warned shoppers that public health rules would make it a very different experience.
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Gig workers, small business owners may be able to file for unemployment starting on Saturday night
This weekend marks a turning point for hundreds of thousands of people. They are workers who have lost work because of the coronavirus pandemic but have failed to qualify for state unemployment assistance.
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Childcare centers struggle to stay afloat as kids stay home
With one-quarter of the state's licensed child care centers closed, providers that remain open struggle with new, stringent safety protocols and dwindling enrollment, raising concerns about the state of child care once the stay-at-home order is lifted.
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'If I get this, I'll die,' the Monroe prison inmate said. Then he tested positive for Covid-19
Washington inmate Todd Sloan has Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis. He’s 28, and in the past two years, received treatment 11 times outside of prison at public hospitals. He’s lost 60s pounds.
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Getting over bridges and across the country from the comfort of home
Bill Radke talks the week's news with Civic Editor for GeekWire, Monica Nickelsburg, Q13 analyst CR Douglas, and publisher of the Washington State Wire, DJ Wilson.
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Coronavirus antibody tests will soon be available to Washingtonians
The University of Washington's Virology Lab on Friday announced it has begun performing tests that detect whether a person has previously been infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus. The antibody tests are slated to be available to the public through one's health care provider sometime early next week.