Super spreaders.
Authorities are planning to lift the mass quarantine on Wuhan, where the global coronavirus outbreak began. 1/20
The UK becomes the latest country to go into lockdown. Meanwhile, Sweden continues its “laissez-faire” model. 2/20
Trump says he may soon push businesses to reopen, defying the advice of coronavirus experts. 3/20
A man is dead and his wife is in critical care after they took chloroquine phosphate—a drug Trump promoted as a potential treatment for the coronavirus. (It’s not.) 4/20
Sean Hannity reads Mike Pence a letter from an unidentified doctor detailing a drug “regimen” claiming to prevent deaths. 5/20
Sixteen people are sick following a party at LA’s Trump National Golf Club. A birthday party in Connecticut has become a “super spreader.” 6/20
Related: How Singapore’s and Hong Kong prevented the disease from infecting health-care workers. 7/20
"'Paradigm shift' is among the most overused phrases in journalism." Thirty-four thinkers on the coronavirus's big effects. 8/20
China has a history of mishandling outbreaks, yes, but we need candid conversation and strengthened institutions, not more tension and blame. 9/20
With Trump calling it the “Chinese virus,” Chinese-Americans report racist attacks. 10/20
San Francisco’s fanciest hotels are competing for new clientele: quarantined SRO residents. 11/20
Demand for some New York restaurants is so high, the police are required to monitor public health. 12/20
Brooklyn craft distilleries are producing artisanal hand sanitizer in pretty glass bottles. 13/20
A lost sense of taste and smell is a common early warning sign of a coronavirus infection, doctors say. 14/20
Social distancing is like the Milwaukee Protocol—used to treat rabies—just for the whole country, all at once. 15/20
A brief comparison of how people thought they’d dress for the Apocalypse versus how they are actually dressing for the Apocalypse. 16/20
A new favorite pastime for indoors recreation: Dancing with thousands of others. See also: album listening parties. 17/20
A French mix for your workday, or your whatever-day, or whatever. 18/20
In case you recently started streaming Dave, Lil Dicky wants you to know that all the shocking stuff is real. 19/20
A poem for your week: “Singularity” by Marie Howe. 20/20
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