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An ominous scoop by The Courier-Journal, a local paper in Kentucky: judges in the state are ordering coronavirus patients to isolate — a demand they're enforcing by making them wear ankle monitors, as if they were under house arrest.

Police State

Devices

"These people aren't charged with a crime."

Kentucky Is Forcing Coronavirus Patients to Wear Ankle Monitors

Experts believe that World War II veteran Bill Lapschies maynow be the world's oldest survivor of the coronavirus currently causing a global pandeic.

Happy Birthday

Developments

Finally, some good news.

104-Year-Old World War II Veteran Survives Coronavirus

A team at Carnegie Mellon University has released an app that they say can determine whether you likely have COVID-19 — just by listening to your voice.

App For That

You can try it out right here.

New App Attempts to Detect Signs of COVID-19 Using Voice Analysis

That public health guideline to stay six feet apart from others is based on 90-year-old-reseach. We now know viruses can spread much farther.

Wing Span

The "six-foot rule" for the coronavirus is based on science from the 1930s.

MIT Professor: Guidelines to Stay Six Feet Apart Aren't Enough

In a grim milestone, the coronavirus has now taken more American lives than Al Qaeda did on the September 11 terror attack in 2001.

Twin Towers

What lessons will we take from this?

The Coronavirus Has Now Killed More Americans Than September 11

UK prime minister Boris Johnson downplayed the coronavirus pandemic for weeks. Now he says that he's tested positive for it.

Well Then

"The British government and its advisers had the chance to learn from what was happening in Italy. They blew it."

UK Prime Minister Who Downplayed Coronavirus Now Has It

Reuters reports that a number of research teams are zeroing in on a blood test to identify whether your body has developed immunity against the coronavirus.

Holy Grail

"People who are immune could be the first people to go back to normal life and start everything up again."

The Coronavirus Holy Grail: Testing Whether You're Immune

Microsoft co-founder and public health advocate Bill Gates has a gloomy message about the COVID-19 pandemic: We missed our chance to mitigate harm.

Gatestradamus

"Ignore that pile of bodies over in the corner."

Bill Gates Is Pissed: "We Should've Done More" to Stop COVID-19

Here are some of the most incredible drone videos to capture the enormous public loneliness of empty cities, cleared out by the coronavirus.

Candid Camera

From London to Manhattan, you've never seen cityscapes this empty before.

The Haunting, Beautiful Drone Footage of Cities Under Quarantine

Good news for a tired world: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, both of whom tested positive for the coronavirus, are now on the mend.

Protect Him

"This, too, shall pass. We can figure this out."

Good News: Tom Hanks Is Feeling Better After Catching Coronavirus

A growing number of doctors suspect that for many patients, the first symptom of the coronavirus could be the loss of the senses of taste and smell.

Smell Tell

Breakthroughs

"Almost everybody who is hospitalized has this same story."

Doctors Think This May Be the First Symptom of the Coronavirus

Four U.S. Senators unloaded millions of dollars in stocks after receiving a classified briefing about the coronavirus — saving them from vast losses.

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