Seattle: The first US COVID-19 Epicenter
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It all began at a nursing home in Washington state. Or at least that is what it was known at the time. When the first deaths from the coronavirus took place researchers began testing and scientists sounded the alarm. But the invisible enemy was already spreading throughout the community.
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