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Bloomberg Businessweek: Google scrubs coronavirus misinformation, oil's "knife fight"

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Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, Chief Clinical Officer at Providence St. Joseph Health, discusses efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak in the US which she says are being hampered by a lack of testing kits. Bloomberg News Technology Reporter Gerrit De Vynck explains how Google is blocking coronavirus ads and is pulling YouTube videos claiming cures. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News P&I Reporter Peter Robison talk about how Seattle's patient zero spread the coronavirus despite being in lockdown. Stewart Glickman, Energy Analyst at CFRA Research, discusses what's making energy investors scream. And we Drive to the Close with Peter Tchir, Head of Macro Strategy at Academy Securities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Mar 2020 1PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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