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The pandemic’s toll on doctors
Dec 18, 2020

The pandemic’s toll on doctors

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“It feels like the water I was swimming in has turned into molasses,” said one doctor of working during the pandemic. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
On today's show: Why 8% of U.S. doctors have closed their practices due to COVID-19. Plus, a much-anticipated video game release goes down in flames.

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“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks with The Washington Post’s Heather Long about where Congress stands on a relief package and what aid would mean for the economy.

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Why multimillion-dollar Super Bowl ad slots are slower to sell out this year

by Jasmine Garsd
Dec 18, 2020
Many companies are wary of investing that kind of money in an event during a pandemic for multiple reasons.
Fans react while watching the Super Bowl on Feb. 2, 2020. The next Super Bowl will be much different, and advertisers know it.
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Cyberpunk 2077. Hot. Mess. Discuss.

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 18, 2020
The much-anticipated video game was finally released. Now, refunds are being offered.
The release of Cyberpunk 2077 was much anticipated. Above, the Cyberpunk 2077 stand at a video game trade fair in Germany last year.
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Dallas Fed president on the mood in the Fed’s Zoom room

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Dec 18, 2020
“This downturn has not felt like a normal downturn for the whole economy because of fiscal relief,” says Robert Kaplan.
Robert Kaplan, president and CEO of the Dallas Federal Reserve.
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Doctors are leaving medicine because of the pandemic

by Samantha Fields
Dec 18, 2020
Eight percent of doctors have closed their practices because of COVID-19, and a quarter are considering retiring early.
“It feels like the water I was swimming in has turned into molasses,” said one doctor of working during the pandemic.
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Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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