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“Umm yeah, 'til July sounds like a bunch of bullshit. I’m sorry. But like, it’s a virus, I get it like I respect it, but at the same time like even if everybody gets it like ya people are going to die, which is terrible, but like inevitable? I don’t know, maybe I shouldn’t be doing this right now.”
— Vanessa Hudgens, Vanessa Hudgens' career will be dead after posting this. It's like inevitable.
“As the news about the coronavirus pandemic becomes grimmer, and governments and businesses issue closing or work-from-home directives, many of us are experiencing a variety of negative emotions. We feel anxiety in response to the uncertainty of the situation; sadness related to losing our daily sour…”
— Jelena Kecmanovic, A psychologist's science-based tips for emotional resilience during the coronavirus crisis
“The world’s largest gun store, in metro Atlanta, has had lines that are six and eight people deep. A gun store in Los Angeles had lines that stretched down the block. And at least one store in Idaho put limits on sales after its shelves were nearly cleared out.”
— Lisa Marie Pane, Virus fears fuel spike in sales of guns and ammunition
“Six Bay Area counties announced ‘shelter in place’ orders for all residents on Monday — the strictest measure of its kind yet in the continental United States — directing everyone to stay inside their homes and away from others as much as possible for the next three weeks in a desperate move to curb…”
— Erin Allday, Bay Area orders 'shelter in place,' only essential businesses open in 6 counties
“What I mean is that it is possible to keep the good sides of capitalism, but nonetheless, through a coordinated state, social effort to mobilize. Not just with coronavirus, this is needed with other ecological crises, refugees and so on.”
— Slavoj Žižek, ‘What I like about coronavirus’ by Slavoj Žižek | Spectator USA