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Episode 3: How Contact Tracing Works and a Run on Toilet Paper

Episode 3: How Contact Tracing Works and a Run on Toilet Paper

Update: 2020-05-14

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In this week's news we'll explore how contact tracing works. And a new toilet paper company in Maine stepped up production just as the coronavirus crisis hit. And do you miss your school building? One student did so he recreated it on Minecraft. For student reflection: What other skills, other than being a good listener, do you think are important to being a contact tracer?

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Episode 3: How Contact Tracing Works and a Run on Toilet Paper

Episode 3: How Contact Tracing Works and a Run on Toilet Paper