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Short Wave

America is still stuck in the first one. Maddie and Emily examine how the idea of a 'second wave' of coronavirus might have taken hold. 
NPR science correspondent Nurith Aizenman's report on why the first wave isn't over.
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There Is No 'Second Wave'