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- Here are some good graphs showing which countries have or have not been able to flatten the curve so far.
- An expert explains why it's so important to have digital gatherings and maintain social contact during social distancing.
- Here is a terrible story about a New Jersey family that has been ravaged by coronavirus: the matriarch of the family along with her two oldest children have all died, and four other family members remain hospitalized.
- Tulsi Gabbard has finally dropped out of the presidential race.
- An ER doctor working at a major academic hospital in NYC told The Cut about what she's been seeing in her emergency room: "We all know that it’s going to get worse. We’re very concerned that we’re going to have to start choosing who we’re going to treat and who we’re not."
- Elon Musk has maybe offered to help make ventilators? But he also thinks panic will cause more harm than the virus?
- Remember early aughts nu-metal band Trapt? They have been in the midst of an absolutely spectacular Twitter meltdown.
- Brooklyn Paper reports people are still flocking to the Most Instagrammable Street In DUMBO.
- The Times profiled friend-of-Gothamist Brian Lehrer, who they called "a cross between Tom Brokaw and Mister Rogers."
- Gal Gadot got all her celebrity friends to sing "Imagine" together on Instagram—hey, at least it wasn't "Hallelujah."
- Listen to "Running Red Lights," a new song from The Avalanches featuring Rivers Cuomo, Pink Siifu, and some lyrics by David Berman.
- And finally, this dog sings along with the Law & Order theme:
Published Mar 19, 2020
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