Reopen, reclose, reopen.

The US coronavirus death toll from COVID-19 has topped 40,000 people, among more than 750,000 cases. 1/21

A live, state-by-state measure of Rt, an important value for how fast COVID-19 is growing. 2/21

In Nova Scotia, a gunman murdered at least 16 people over the course of 12 hours in Canada's deadliest mass shooting since 1989. 3/21

Contamination during manufacturing of the CDC's test for the coronavirus resulted in delays that cost the US weeks in response time. 4/21

"Even in mid-February, Fauci was describing the risk to Americans as 'relatively low.'" A timeline of health experts' magical thinking on the topic of COVID-19. 5/21

Related: The 38 days when Britain sleepwalked into disaster. 6/21

How the biggest COVID-19 cluster in the US occurred at a South Dakota pork plant—where state officials and the company alike appeared to do little to stem the tide. 7/21

"I had my temperature taken more during that trip to China than I ever have in my entire life." How quarantining in China differs from the US. 8/21

A symptom-by-symptom, organ-by-organ walkthrough of how COVID-19 kills. 9/21

"It's fine to say you are worried." How not to say the wrong thing to healthcare workers. 10/21

This weekend, thousands gathered to protest US states' stay-at-home orders; flouting social-distancing and face-covering rules. 11/21

Boeing is set to reopen manufacturing plants in Washington state, where 27,000 employees will come back to work under new safety measures. 12/21

See also: How working in offices will likely change in the pandemic era. 13/21

Looking ahead to what the next two years in the US may be like—with work starting and stopping, surges followed by lockdowns, and a virus that could become less deadly. 14/21

"Some have brought their own medical equipment." How the super-rich quarantine in Jackson Hole. 15/21

Quarantines are exacerbating the digital divide, which separates those who have a smartphone or high-speed home internet, and those who don't. 16/21

What people are googling how to do now, compared to one year ago: "Make a mask with fabric," versus "Train Your Dragon." 17/21

Submissions to the "Best of Nextdoor" Twitter account have quadrupled under quarantine—overall, submissions have been more positive than usual. 18/21

The crisis facing professional tennis: Low-ranked players are the sport's future, but some are giving up on paying for travel to now-canceled tournaments. 19/21

On the history of 4:20 as code for smoking pot, and how this year's 4/20 will take on a very different (and non-public) feel. 20/21

"I'm definitely socially isolating, at least." A man who bought an abandoned—and reputedly haunted—California town says he's quarantining with ghosts. 21/21


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