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Why COVID-19 Patients Should Be Going to Hospitals Sooner

Dr. Richard Levitan, an airway specialist who has practiced emergency medicine for over 30 years, is well aware of the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic. When the virus began to overwhelm New York City at the end of March, he rushed from his home in New Hampshire to volunteer at Bellevue Hospital. He joins Hari Sreenivasan to explain what he learned on the front lines.

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