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Answering Your Coronavirus Questions: Unemployment, Exercise And Video Game Recs

Published March 25, 2020 at 3:23 PM CDT

A firefighter screens a man that is waiting in line to get a COVID-19 test at a free public testing station in Hayward, Calif.

On this broadcast of The National Conversation, NPR reporters answer your questions about what you can do if you've been laid off, how to exercise and practice social distancing, and video games.

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