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COVID-19 Data Challenge ~ Indiginous Statehood? ~ "The Fargo Fire of 1893"

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - Dr. Farzad Mostashari chairs the COVID-19 Data Challenge, which seeks to mine online data submitted by Facebook to track COVID-19 as a way to identify pandemic hotspots. He visits with Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter in this excerpt from the Conversations on Healthcare podcast. ~~~ There’s talk of statehood for Puerto Rico and Washington, DC. In a commentary from Mark Trahant, he ponders the question of yet another state -- one for Native Americans. ~~~ Danielle Teigen returns to Main Street to discuss her new book, “The Fargo Fire of 1893.” It was a disaster that consumed more than 30 blocks in the heart of the city.

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