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Inside the Life of an EMT During Coronavirus
COVID-19 is the latest crisis to hit Detroit. VICE News joins a team of medics on the frontlines of the city’s pandemic.
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A Day in the World’s Only Open Disney Park
Shanghai Disneyland is back open, but with new COVID-19 safety measures. One park-goer gives VICE News an inside look.
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Russia Is Quarantining People Exposed to Coronavirus in a Hostel
COVID-19 cases are spiking in Russia, as the government enforces controversial containment policies. VICE News visits a hostel where the sick are quarantining with the healthy.
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Laugh! It Will Help Us Survive Coronavirus
While a health crisis with this severity is new, the use of dark humor as a coping mechanism. Laughing, even when the world falls apart, releases dopamine, the body chemical that makes you feel pleasure. The benign-violation theory — which explains that laughing at stuff that could kill us makes those threats easier to handle — also makes sense of this juxtaposition between chuckles and fear.
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College Students Across the Country Are Demanding Schools Give Back Their Money
College students across the country are demanding schools give back their money, now that spring semesters have been scrambled by the pandemic.
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Coronavirus Has Brought the USPS to the Brink of Collapse
The U.S. postal service is facing a funding crisis. VICE News looks at what closure would mean for letter carriers and America’s mail.
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Here Are the Companies Getting Rich From the Coronavirus Pandemic
Scott Disick, of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” fame, pushed out a line of T-shirts and hoodies emblazoned with the timely message “Wash Your Hands.”
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Prisoners Describe the Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak at Oakdale Federal Prison
“I just feel like we were all let down,” said one prisoner. At least 39 staff and 113 inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a staff source. As of May 4, the Bureau of Prisons confirms 46 positive cases of COVID-19 among the 1,000 or so prisoners at FCI Oakdale I, plus 17 cases among guards and staff.
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How New Zealand Got Its Coronavirus Cases Down to Zero in Seven Weeks
New Zealand’s strategy against COVID-19 seems to be working. VICE News finds out why.
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Rent Strikes are Growing Across the Country
Rent strikes are happening all over the U.S. as tenants face the economic crisis. VICE News looks at the latest efforts to cancel the rent.
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Georgia Is Open for Business. Here’s What That Looks Like.
Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp surprised everyone last Monday — including the White House — when he announced that the state would begin re-opening for business at the end of the week, starting with gyms, bowling alleys, barbers and salons.
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Why We’re Almost Certainly Undercounting the Coronavirus Dead
The official counts of coronavirus dead are hard to fathom. Even so, they almost certainly underestimate COVID-19’s true death toll.
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This Junior Doctor Was Suddenly Thrust Onto the Coronavirus Front Line. Here’s What He Saw.
View of the coronavirus battle from a London junior doctor
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No, Drinking Warm Water Won’t Stop You From Getting Coronavirus
We look at the claims swirling around online about harnessing what is supposedly the natural enemy of the virus: water.
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Coronavirus Is Revealing Gaping Holes in America’s Drug Supply Chain
With coronavirus slowing down production in places like China and India, it’s possible that a much wider range of medicines, from Tylenol to antibiotics, could soon run out.
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Life in Austria After Lockdown Starts to Lift
A cautious reopening for parts of Europe as the Covid-19 cases subside. VICE News looks at how Austria is leading the way.
