Dr. Amir Barzin, who leads the Carolina Together Testing Program at UNC, joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell to share coronavirus testing updates. He discusses the spring semester’s data compared to the fall’s, as well as why the rushing of Franklin Street appears to not have led to spikes in COVID-19 cases.
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