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Social Media Buzz: Rachel Maddow Gets Personal About COVID-19

NPR

Published November 20, 2020 at 12:25 PM CST

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has been trending on social media after sharing her family’s story with the coronavirus. She returned to her show Thursday night with a blunt warning for viewers, revealing that her longtime partner almost died from COVID-19.

Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley talks about the reactions this has been getting online with Femi Oke, host of “The Stream” on Al Jazeera English.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.