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From W be easy Chicago this is Nurdette I'm Greta Johnson and it is Tuesday

June 30th which means

Gull. We are halfway through 2020 and I know

2020 seems like it has lasted approximately 17 million years but I mean it's also kind of

flown by right so I don't know I just think we should take a minute like take a

deep breath pat yourself on the back by yourself some flowers do whatever you need to do to

congratulate yourself because we're getting through it y'all we're getting through it and of course

I am getting through it while on the floor of my bedroom closet,

which means this is another edition of the Introverts Guide to the Good Life.

So, you know very well that the coronavirus pandemic is not over, but stay at home orders are actually

starting to loosen up across the country, including here in Illinois where people can actually

do crazy things like go to restaurants and get haircuts.

Meanwhile, you've probably seen news stories that some states are seeing more cases than ever before.

Which means all of this is extremely confusing and that's actually word I'm going to use a number

of times in the upcoming interview you're about to hear.

Our guest for this episode is going to help us all make sense of what's next.

Her name is Dr. Emily Landon and she's an epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist at the University of Chicago.

Now some of you may not know Emily by name but I am willing to bet if you live in the Chicago

area and you listened to or watched the press conference in mid-March,

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