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More People Infected By Contaminated Scopes In Seattle Than Previously Thought

Bill Radke talks to JoNel Aleccia, Seattle Times health reporter, about the investigation into scopes used by doctors that were found to sometimes have a deadly infection on them. At Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center, 18 people died and at least 39 got sick due to contaminated medical scopes. 

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