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Extra Extra: The Dutch National Institute for Public Health Recommends A Seksbuddy
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Published May 16, 2020
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- The Dutch National Institute for Public Health recommends you get a seksbuddy: "meet with the same person to have physical or sexual contact (for example, a cuddle buddy or ‘sex buddy’), provided you are free of illness."
- For public transit, "The safe occupancy, if people do not wear masks, is 1, or maybe 2 if passengers sit at opposite ends of the vehicle," according to this analysis. So, what will public transit systems in the U.S. look like in the future?
- Dr. Debrorah Birx "believes the way the CDC gathers data on the coronavirus is antiquated, causing inaccurate and delayed numbers on both virus cases and deaths," reports CNN.
- On Friday, the House passed a $3 trillion pandemic relief package which would provide aid to state and local governments as well as taxpayers (in the form of another $1200 payment). But the NY Times called it "more a messaging document than a viable piece of legislation." The Republican-controlled Senate has no plans on taking up the bill.
- "Back in late March, I put out two lawn chairs, six feet apart, thinking that I’d have a friend over now and again; they could bring their own tea in a thermos, I thought, or a beer. But after a few weeks... that didn’t seem like such a good idea." An essay on this particular kind of solitude we're dealing with.
- Actor Fred Willard, who starred in Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, Anchorman, and Modern Family died at 86 of natural causes, according to his rep.
- Prince’s ‘Prince and the Revolution: Live’ concert film from 1985, filmed in Syracuse, NY, is now available to stream ... for the first time ever. It's on YouTube until Sunday, 11:59 p.m., and will "raise funds for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization"—viewer donations will be matched by Google.
- Watch Oprah's speech to the class of 2020, delivered on Friday via Facebook.
- And remember, never give up on your dreams:
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