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Dr. Stanley Perlman, a virologist at the University of Iowa, says we've learned a lot about SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 since it was first discovered, but there is still much we don't know.

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John Haupert, CEO of the Grady Health System, says his Atlanta hospital is treating a rising number of people with coronavirus infections and that the current surge could surpass the one the region saw this summer.

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Pien Huang, who covers health for NPR, says the decision to strip the Centers for Disease Control of Prevention of its job of collecting COVID-19 from hospitals has far-reaching consequences.

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Cria Perrine, an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says Thanksgiving gatherings could be the "perfect storm" for spreading the coronavirus. She shares the agency's tips for how to celebrate safely.

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Ariel Hart, health care reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, says Governor Brian Kemp's plans to overhaul the individual health insurance market in Georgia could affect hundreds of thousands of people and could be undone if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act.

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Keren Landman, a freelance reporter in Atlanta, read through thousands of emails from state officials to uncover the story of how Georgia public health officials didn't have much control over the state's COVID-19 data dashboard. Read her story here: https://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/behind-georgias-covid-19-dashboard-disaster/

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Dr. Paulina Rebolledo, from Emory University, says there are a number of reasons members of the Latinx community are more likely to become severely ill from COVID-19 and many of them are structural.

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Brent Stephens, who studies indoor air quality at the Illinois Institute of Technology, says there's increasing evidence that SARS-CoV-2 can spread through tiny, floating droplets. He says there are some steps people can take to make indoor spaces safer.

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Erin Lipp, a professor of environmental health science at the University of Georgia, leads a team using wastewater to track the spread of the coronavirus. She says our waste can tell us a lot about how the pandemic is progressing.

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Jen Kates, with the Kaiser Family Foundation, says President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have different pitches for how they'll handle the coronavirus pandemic if they win next month's election. It's an issue that's top of mind for many voters.

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