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Collected Item: “Worst coronavirus outbreak in U.S.: A timeline of how San Quentin earned that infamous distinction”

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Worst coronavirus outbreak in U.S.: A timeline of how San Quentin earned that infamous distinction

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article with video

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This article includes a video interactive timeline that shows how they believe covid was introduced to San Quentin Prison in California as well as coverage of the pandemic in several other California state prisons.

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incarceration, transfer, testing, prison, California, San Quentin, San Francisco Bay Area

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/04/timeline-san-quentin-overtakes-ohio-prison-for-most-coronavirus-cases-in-u-s/

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Bay Area News Group

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2020-08-04
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