Will the coronavirus derail the Democratic primary?

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🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Today on Post Reports, Elise Viebeck explains how the coronavirus could impact the presidential election. Andrew Freedman on why the coronavirus won’t necessarily go away in the summer. And how new health screenings at airports are playing out, from Post Reports executive producer Madhulika Sikka.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:05.0	Hi there is the Mayor, Marissa Lang with the Washington Post.
0:09.0	Hey it's Dossie, order to pick your brain on the truck.
0:11.0	Hi, my name is Janet Johnson.
0:13.0	This is Post Reports.
0:15.0	I'm Martine Powers.
0:18.0	It's Monday, March 16th.
0:22.0	Today, voting in the time of coronavirus,
0:26.0	whether warmer weather will have an effect on the outbreak
0:29.0	and enhanced health screening in airports.
0:36.0	The campaigns of Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders
0:39.0	have been very deeply affected by this spread of coronavirus
0:43.0	and had to come up with a new and creative ways of campaigning.
0:48.0	I'm sorry this has been such a disjointed effort here
0:52.0	because of the connections but we're going to take a question now
0:55.0	from Maureen Jenkins.
0:57.0	You are unmuted. Maureen, where are you there?
1:00.0	They've been holding virtual events.
1:03.0	Thank you everyone for tuning in.
1:05.0	Which makes it very difficult to go about the typical work
1:09.0	of recruiting voters to your side.
1:11.0	I look forward to answering your questions, assuming you don't have
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