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This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Viruses are constantly mutating, with coronavirus variants circulating around the globe.
On this edition of
River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with Black Hawk County Sheriff Tony Thompson about the dire early weeks of the pandemic in Waterloo and how the community is faring now.
Later in the hour, Iowa Public Radio reporter Kassidy Arena, community organizer Alejandro Ortiz and Storm Lake Times reporter Tom Cullen describe how meatpacking communities across Iowa were hit exceptionally hard in the early days of the pandemic.