Seattle Now: How big a deal is the new covid strain?
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King County's health officer says a contagious new strain of coronavirus detected in Western Washington will lead to a "Mount St. Helens-like eruption of cases." We check in with University of Washington epidemiologist Judith Malmgren.
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