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How Washington's coronavirus tzar thinks we're doing

caption: Retired Vice Admiral Raquel Bono came to Olympia in mid-March to fill the newly-created position of COVID-19 health systems response coordinator.
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Retired Vice Admiral Raquel Bono came to Olympia in mid-March to fill the newly-created position of COVID-19 health systems response coordinator.
WILLIAM BIRCHFIELD / US AIR FORCE, 2019

Washington state has a new coronavirus czar, Raquel Bono. She shared how our hospitals are faring and what the state foresees about the course of this crisis.

Record host Bill Radke speaks to retired Navy Vice Admiral Raquel Bono, who was last month named the director for COVID-19 Health System Response Management in Washington state.

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