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Extra Extra: Key Takeaways On What You Can Do To Protect Yourself From Coronavirus Now


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Published Mar 26, 2020


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  • Here are a few key takeaways on what you can do to protect yourself and people around you from COVID-19.
  • What comes after social distancing? A lot of patience and testing.
  • While the outcome still looks bad, experts say the trajectory of what will happen with the novel coronavirus over the coming months is unclear.
  • A union representing health care workers has found a supplier to provide 39 million masks for desperately under-resourced hospitals in New York and California.
  • Japan has had more success than just about any other country in containing coronavirus, but that may be about to change.
  • An NYC subway conductor has died from coronavirus, the first MTA employee to succumb to COVID-19.
  • Why won't Mayor Bill de Blasio release data showing which neighborhoods have been hit hardest in the outbreak?
  • A retirement community on Long Island is being ravaged by the virus.
  • Joe Exotic is suing the U.S. Department of Interior and the U.S. Federal Wildlife Service for over $78M.
  • Have you started cutting your own hair yet?
  • Here are some tips on how to deal with coronavirus anxiety.
  • Neil Young performed another incredible Fireside Session, featuring rare solo takes of "On The Beach," "Homefires," "Birds" and more.
  • And finally, whatintheworld...
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Ben Yakas was born and raised in New York, and has worked for Gothamist for over a decade, and WNYC for four years, covering literally everything. He has hung out with Dan Smith (who will teach you guitar), but still has yet to have a guitar lesson with him.

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