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- Donald Trump is trying in real time to rewrite his own well-documented history of doubting the severity of the pandemic.
- Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon delivered some DIY monologues from home.
- Bernie Sanders will "assess his campaign" after Joe Biden swept three states in the Democratic primaries last night.
- Elizabeth Warren is asking Donald Trump to deploy part of the military across the country to turn existing facilities into hospitals as part of the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
- Yes, it is okay to go take a walk outside (just make sure to stay six feet from other people).
- Some NYers are seeking love during the quarantine on Craigslist.
- These people have been off-the-grid with no access to news for the last 25 days. They had a surprise waiting for them when they got back.
- The Washington Post has put together a damning video showing how Fox News has radically shifted its coronavirus rhetoric.
- At the first sign of trouble, rich people got the hell out of town: "When fake rumors inspired a run on toilet paper, the 1 percent made a panicked exodus to their second homes."
- New York has lost a staggering 20,000 hospital beds over the last two decades to budget cuts and insurance overhauls.
- The New Yorker has a photo essay in which they spoke to random New Yorkers about what they were panic-buying.
- Dog walkers are taking a huge hit to their businesses because of coronavirus: “I have a lot of friends in the industry so I talk to some who’ve lost 90% of their clients in two days.”
- Judi Dench donned her fluffiest dog hat to remind people to "just keep laughing."
- Here is an extremely grim report from Italy about what our immediate future might hold: "The restrictions came upon us slowly but steadily. Within two weeks, our old lives were gone."
- It's the end of the world as we know it, and Michael Stipe has four coronavirus tips for you.
- And finally, I find everything about this video incredibly relaxing:
Published Mar 18, 2020
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