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Extra Extra: Wedding Photographer Recounts Nightmare Pandemic Wedding
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Ben Yakas
Published Dec 16, 2020
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- Here is a nightmare story about nightmare people who value their weddings over people's lives: "She recalled one conversation from that wedding, before she left the reception. 'I have children,' she told a bridesmaid, 'What if my children die?' The bridesmaid responded, 'I understand, but this is her wedding day.'"
- Paul Alexander, a top Trump appointee, repeatedly urged top health officials over the summer to adopt a "herd immunity" approach to COVID-19 and allow millions of Americans to be infected by the virus.
- Some of America's biggest companies are flourishing during the pandemic...and yet they're still laying off thousands of people.
- New research shows that COVID-19 is a lot deadlier for younger people than was previously thought: "Among U.S. adults ages 25 to 44, from March through the end of July, there were almost 12,000 more deaths than were expected based on historical norms."
- This is the hardest quiz you'll take this week: can you tell the difference between Barack Obama quotes and Cazzie David quotes?
- Andi Schmied, a Hungarian artist whose work involves documenting high-end real estate, pretended to be a mysterious billionaire and toured 25 of New York's apartments for sale and photographed the views from each.
- The CDC is working with an industry standards group to develop minimum filter efficiency standards for masks, and labels showing which products meet them.
- Monarch butterflies have been denied endangered species listing despite the fact they have reached a record low this year which has put them at the brink of extinction.
- HBO Max has finally come to an agreement with Roku, and will be available on the device starting tomorrow.
- Citi Bike will temporarily shut down during the snowstorm this week.
- Night Court is being rebooted, and co-star John Larroquette will be back.
- And finally, these are the biggest bois you've ever seen:
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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