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The Problem Of Hygiene Theater During COVID-19

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Businesses and schools are touting deep cleaning exercises as evidence that they're protecting employees, staff and kids from getting COVID-19.

But Derek Thompson, staff writer at The Atlantic, says that kind of hygiene theater distracts from the real problem — that the coronavirus primarily spreads through the air.

This segment aired on July 27, 2020.

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