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Gov. Newsom Says Trump's Unemployment Plan Falls Short, Do Certain Face Masks Work Better in Preventing the Spread of COVID-19?
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Aug 12, 2020
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Gov. Newsom Says Trump's Unemployment Plan Falls Short, Do Certain Face Masks Work Better in Preventing the Spread of COVID-19?

Gov. Newsom says Trump's unemployment plan is not enough to help Americans and which face masks work best in preventing COVID-19.

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to the press in the spin room after the sixth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by PBS NewsHour & Politico at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California on December 19, 2019. (Photo by Agustin PAULLIER / AFP) (Photo by AGUSTIN PAULLIER/AFP via Getty Images)
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to the press in the spin room after the sixth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by PBS NewsHour & Politico at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California on December 19, 2019. (Photo by Agustin PAULLIER / AFP) (Photo by AGUSTIN PAULLIER/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Trump's Pandemic Assistance Order

California Gov. Newsom doesn't like President Trump's plan to extend unemployment benefits. Even if it goes into effect, lots of freelancers and self-employed people would be left out.

Guest: 

  • David Wagner, KPCC's Business and Economy Reporter 

Coronavirus Face Mask Study

Do certain face masks work better than others in preventing the spread of COVID-19? That's the driving question of a new study out of Duke University, where researchers tested 14 common face coverings to determine the efficacy of each. We discuss that study and its findings.

Guest:

  • Dr. Eric Westman, Associate Professor of medicine at Duke University and co-author of the study