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The Boston Marathon Has Been Canceled. What's Next?

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What might the cancellation of the 2020 Boston Marathon tell us about the fate of other crowded events and gatherings this year?

Sam Scarpino is a professor of network science who heads up Northeastern University’s Emergent Epidemics Lab. He joined WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the implications.

This segment aired on May 29, 2020.

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Bob Oakes was a senior correspondent in the WBUR newsroom, a role he took on in 2021 after nearly three decades hosting WBUR's Morning Edition.

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