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“Around 70 people were trapped after a hotel collapsed in China's eastern Fujian province on Saturday evening.”

— Katie Weston, Hotel in China holding coronavirus victims in quarantine collapses

“The images of the current outbreak of the new coronavirus have so far been very human: air travelers wearing masks, tourists stranded on cruise ships, medical workers wearing protective suits.”

— NPR, IMAGES

“I find myself trapped at home thanks to the simple act of attending a funeral at my synagogue — and while our quarantine so far is 'voluntary,' we all understand it really is not.”

— Samuel Heilman, The nightmare of living quarantined under coronavirus

“Maybe right now, your journey is about being alone. Maybe this is the season you are being challenged — to learn how to wake up in the middle of the bed, to finally find hope in the vacancy, hope in the quiet, hope in the way you stretch into your life and give yourself permission to take up space w…”

— Bianca Sparacino, Maybe Right Now Your Journey Isn't About Love

““I was in the hotel,” he said finally. “I followed your footprints in the snow.” There were tears on his face. “Okay,” someone said, “but why are you crying?” “I’d thought I was the only one,” he said.”

— Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

“If you need to measure it, you’ve failed.”

— Tyler Cowen, Tyler Cowen on Rationality, COVID-19, Talismans, and Life on the Margins

“There are still different messages coming from the [Trump] administration about how serious this is, right at the time when you need people to be as vigilant as possible. The population is your best surveillance system, and they need to be aware of how serious the problem is.”

— Bruce Aylward, Why the US is so vulnerable to coronavirus outbreak

“Only a swine thinks size and strength are the same thing. Remember that.””

— Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“Within the early days of the outbreak, Wuchang Hospital’s 51-year-old director, a neurosurgeon named Liu Zhiming, had warned colleagues about working too laborious and burning out. He apprehensive their immunities would decline.”

— apkmetro, One Doctor’s Life on the Coronavirus Front Lines. ‘If We Fail, What Happens to You All?’ – APK METRO

“The City of Austin has cancelled the March dates for SXSW and SXSW EDU. SXSW will faithfully follow the City’s directions.”

— SXSW, City of Austin Cancels SXSW March Events

“Concierge doctors”

— Ny Times, The Rich and Coronavirus — Concierge doctors, yachts, chartered planes and germ-free hideaways

“In the low-severity model — or best-case scenario of the seven — ANU researchers estimate a global GDP loss of $2.4 trillion, with an estimated death toll of 15 million.”

— Rosie Perper, As the coronavirus spreads, one study predicts that even the best-case scenario is 15 million dead and a $2.4 trillion hit to global GDP

“Cough into your elbow, not your hand. Or pull the collar of your T-shirt up to cover your mouth when coughing. That's the coughing advice from experts who seek to minimize risk of viral transmission.”

— Pien Huang, How Coronavirus Spreads

“Italy may have had about 4000 #COVID19 cases by end of Feb, rather than the 1100 that were reported, suggesting about 70% of cases went undetected.”

— Adam Kucharski, ...Italy may have had about 4000 #COVID19 cases by end of Feb, rather than the 1100 that were reported, suggesting about 70% of cases went undetected.

“Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads.”

— Brian Wilcox, Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. He could have given each American $1 million and have had lunch money left over. It’s an incredible way of putting it.

“Even before COVID-19 became a global crisis, Chinese leaders had been criticized for their handling of the situation and lack of transparency about the disease's progression. Things now look like they're on the upswing, and businesses even appear to be headed back to work — but whistleblowers and lo…”

— Kathryn Krawczyk, China's coronavirus recovery is 'all fake,' whistleblowers and residents claim

“While much is still unknown about the virus, the group of Australian experts has produced a warning about the impact the virus might have on people's lives if left unchecked.”

— Yahoo News, As the coronavirus spreads, one study predicts that even the best-case scenario is 15 million dead and a $2.4 trillion hit to global GDP

“One of the things to know with COVID-19: runny nose is rarely a component of the illness.”

— Marta Feldmesser, Coronavirus or allergy symptoms? How to spot the difference

“Olive Garden has fired the manager of one of its restaurants in southwestern Indiana who was accused of complying with a white customer's demand to replace her table's black server with one who wasn't black.”

— FOX5 New York, Olive Garden customer demanded and got white server, worker says

“Here’s what hand sanitizer actually kills. Pass it on. #COVID19”

— Popular Science, Here’s what hand sanitizer actually kills.