In search of lost time.

Yesterday, Dr. Anthony Fauci prepared Americans: "We've got to get through this week that's coming up, because it is going to be a bad week." 1/22

"If things collapse, and cases start to go up substantially, then you need to go back to the earlier phase." What needs to happen before lifting pandemic restrictions. 2/22

US federal agencies didn't begin placing bulk orders of N95 masks, ventilators, and other medical equipment until mid-March. 3/22

Two months of political and institutional failures resulted in the US being woefully underprepared for COVID-19. 4/22

Between the moment the coronavirus surfaced and when Trump enacted travel restrictions, 430,000 people traveled on direct flights from China to the US. 5/22

Just under a month since going on lockdown, Italy's death toll is at its lowest in more than two weeks, and its infection rate is finally on a downward slope. 6/22

Related: "It looks like it splits humanity into two, the strong and the weak." Italy grapples with ethical questions over whether antibodies should be the basis for who can return to work. 7/22

"Across the United States, even as coronavirus deaths are being recorded in terrifying numbers...the true death toll is likely much higher." 8/22

How Google searches can detect emerging COVID-19 outbreaks, as well as help identify symptoms that were previously unknown. 9/22

Charts and maps show the extent to which the coronavirus outbreak is affecting US cities. 10/22

Boris Johnson has been admitted to the hospital after 10 days of persistent COVID-19 symptoms. 11/22

"But what do I know? I'm not a doctor." Trump continues to pitch hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus, despite the deadly risks the drug may hold for some patients. 12/22

See also: How some wellness influencers are exploiting public fear by promoting unproven products as antidotes to the coronavirus. 13/22

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for COVID-19, and six other cats are suspected of having the virus, apparently infected by a person caring for them. 14/22

"The COVID-19 pandemic is making an acute emergency out of something that's been the case since the beginning: Methadone shouldn't be relegated to clinics." 15/22

Trolls are zoombombing AA meetings and harassing recovering alcoholics. 16/22

Related: Federal prosecutors in Michigan announce those who engage in zoombombing "can be charged with state or federal crimes." 17/22

Patterns and instructions for how to make medical isolation gowns that can be donated to healthcare workers. 18/22

A televised H-O-R-S-E competition with quarantining NBA players is now in the works. 19/22

On the apparent indestructibility of Nintendo devices—such as the Game Boy that survived being hit by a bomb during the Gulf War. 20/22

JK Rowling announces a new site—including free e-books and audio—to help homebound Harry Potter fans combat boredom. 21/22

Play an escape-room game inside Google Docs. 22/22

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