Today's Close-Up

COVID-19: Families Open Up About Silent Grief (2020x23)

Air date: May 29, 2020

Many people who lose family members to the coronavirus are reluctant to talk about it for fear of being stigmatized and shunned. The experience compounds the pain of being separated from their loved ones in their final moments. We listen to the stories of their silent grief, and discuss how we can come together as a society to support people as we adjust to life with a deadly infectious disease.