Up Close: After the conventions and COVID-19 concerns

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Up Close: Conventions and COVID-19
In this episode of Upclose, what impact did the conventions have on the voters and new concerns about politics seeping into COVID-19.

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The Republican and Democratic presidential conventions are over, so what impact did they have.

We talk to Democratic Congressman Max Rose, who represents Staten Island and a part of Brooklyn, and Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin of Long Island .

Also, the CDC guidelines for testing for COVID-19 and the FDA flip flop on plasma anit-body treatment.

Those actions are again raising concerns about politics seeping into the COVID-19 pandemic.

We talk to ABCs Dr, Jenn Ashton.

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