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Lots of people have had their employment situations changed by the pandemic. Many have lost jobs. Many are working in different hours or different settings. A long-time custodian at the Atlanta airport and a long-haul truck driver share how their work has changed.

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COVID-19 has led Georgia officials to delay the state's presidential primary election multiple times and to push vote-by-mail in new ways. Emil Moffatt, who covers voting for WABE, talks about what the changes could mean for November's general election.

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Dr. Chirag Patel, Medical Director for Population Health at Wellstar Health System, says the coronavirus isn't going away any time soon and shares his thoughts on what's needed to ride out the pandemic in the long-term.

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 Michael Fowler, Dougherty County coroner, on how the coronavirus has made death investigations harder and more important than ever--and what its meant for the people of Albany, Georgia.

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The effort to fight the spread of the coronavirus has lead to massive economic upheaval, and it won't be easy to recover from says Tom Smith, economist with Emory University's Goizueta Business School.

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As Easter approaches, how one metro Atlanta church has transitioned to online services because of the coronavirus. A conversation with the Rev. Joseph McBrayer, associate pastor of Oak Grove United Methodist Church.

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Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta is facing the COVID-19 pandemic short on beds and receiving the same amount of regular patient traffic. Dr. Robert Jansen, Grady's chief medical officer, on how the hospital is coping and what doctors are learning about how the coronavirus affects those it infects.

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Schools across the state have sent students home for the remainder of the year to stop the spread of COVID-19. Martha Dalton, WABE education reporter, says making the transition out of the classroom has come with challenges.

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Dr. Sandra Ford leads the boards of health for both Fulton and DeKalb counties, which each have more COVID-19 cases than almost anywhere else in the state. A conversation about testing capacity, workforce shortages, and much more.

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Georgians shouldn't worry about getting access to coronavirus testing or treatment--even if they don't have insurance, says John King, state insurance commissioner. But taxpayers are likely to be on the hook for some of the cost of that care.

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