“Something I learned today: At the Mount Sinai hospital in South Nassau, Long Island, every time a COVID-19 patient recovers enough to leave, they play “Here Comes the Sun” over the PA system. Across all Mount Sinai hospitals, more than 1,100 patients have been discharged so far.””— Brian M. Rosenthal, twitter.com
“It’s just that he, like all narcissistic personalities, has no clue how disgracefully — how shamefully, how deplorably — he’ll be enshrined in memory.”— Jennifer Senior, New York Times, nytimes.com
“A data scientist has claimed that Google search results from around the world could be key to determining undiscovered coronavirus symptoms as well as locating emerging outbreaks.”— Sophie Tanno, dailymail.co.uk
“Yet, as the United Kingdom—and nations all around the world—are in the midst of brutal battle against an invisible force, it was a welcome morale booster from a benevolent figure with no other agenda than caring for her country.”— Elise Taylor , Vogue, vogue.com
“Let’s be serious, numbers are tough to come by, but even Fauci would tell you that if someone you live with has corona you’re likely to contract it too.”— Emyli Lovz, thoughtcatalog.com
“Contracting COVID-19 through produce isn’t something you need to stress about. So chill out.”— Courtney Shea, refinery29.com
“British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to the intensive care unit of a London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms dramatically worsened Monday, just a day after he was admitted for what were said to be routine tests.”— Danica Kirka, apnews.com
“The stockpile ventilators, though, can be used for other patients, freeing up more COVID-19 compatible ventilators to help with the crisis.”— David Gutman, seattletimes.com
“Nadia, a tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York, has become the first of her kind to test positive for the coronavirus.”— Alaa Elassar, cnn.com
“The founders said that they have decided to forego salaries, have made salary cuts for other executives, and have sought assistance from the federal government, but that those were not enough to save the company.”— Lauren Kaori Gurley, vice.com
“A prestigious scientific panel told the White House Wednesday night that research shows coronavirus can be spread not just by sneezes or coughs, but also just by talking, or possibly even just breathing.”— Elizabeth Cohen, cnn.com
“Monica and Adrian Arima both were infected by the COVID-19 virus at the same time on the same Nile River cruise, probably during a shared dinner buffet between the Egyptian cities of Aswan and Luxor. As they traveled home to Palo Alto, the couple’s early symptoms — body aches and low-grade fever — w…”— Lisa M. Krieger, mercurynews.com
“Florida governor Ron DeSantis issued a statewide lockdown Wednesday after revealing coronavirus first started circulating in Miami during the Super Bowl in early February.”— Lauren Fruen, dailymail.co.uk
“It only took a month for coronavirus to become the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to a San Diego doctor and data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”— Mike Stunson, sacbee.com
“The self-isolation designed to arrest the coronavirus' spread has turned the tables on many norms — like living life outside the four walls of home, gathering socially at the drop of a hat and having everyday social interactions with anyone from your local barista to the guy at the corner store.”— Deepti Hajela, news.yahoo.com
“Lydia Bourouiba, an associate professor at MIT, has researched the dynamics of exhalations (coughs and sneezes, for instance) for years at The Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory and found exhalations cause gaseous clouds that can travel up to 27 feet.”— Jordan Culver, usatoday.com
“Losing your sense of smell and taste may be the best way to tell if you have COVID-19, according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.”— reuters, news.trust.org
“For those of us not in the medical and science communities, or in politics, where do we begin?”— Brooke Bobb, Vogue, vogue.com
“'For healthcare providers, beards present a problem because getting a good, tight fit for N-95 masks is difficult,' Russo said. 'Certainly, big fluffy beards are a big problem because unless they’re trimmed way back, you might not be able to get a good seal, making it not effective.'”— Jamie Feldman, huffpost.com
“President Trump asked Americans to continue social distancing until April 30, officials warned that tens or even hundreds of thousands of Americans could die — and that's the least depressing scenario.”— Catilin Owens, axios.com