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Here is The Tyee’s Coronavirus Curated edition for April 2.

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Many nations will stop shipping so...
OUR MEDICAL GEAR SUPPLY IS ENDANGERED.

“Remember when outsourcing everything to other countries was assumed to make sense?” recalls Tyee founding editor David Beers.

Canada Facing 'Major' Medical Gear Shortage as 68 Countries Restrict Exports
(The Canadian Press)

Despite province’s moves…
RENT STRIKE RUMBLINGS PERSIST.

“Callers for a rent strike in B.C. aren’t dissuaded by the province’s $500 subsidy per renter paid to landlords,” notes Beers.

Housing Activists Call for Rent Strike in BC During COVID-19 Pandemic
(News1130)

Cancel Rent Day
(Ricochet)

Do Rent Strikes Actually Work?
(Vice)

As cars thin out…
RECLAIM THE STREETS!

“We need room more than ever. Why not free up the streets?” asks reporter Chris Cheung.

There’s No Better Time for Cities to Take Space away from Cars
(The Verge)

They’re crafty and put employees at risk…
BE GLAD YOU DON’T WORK FOR THESE PEOPLE.

“Hobby Lobby, the American craft supplies store that took Obamacare all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court because they were religiously opposed to offering employees insurance that covered birth control, sends another signal about employee health by quietly reopening stores during a pandemic,” observes Tyee reporter Katie Hyslop.

Hobby Lobby Quietly Reopened Stores in At Least Two States, Defying Coronavirus-related Shutdowns and Prompting Police Intervention
(Business Insider)

Grading countries’ actions on a curve…
CORONAVIRUS TESTING HAS NO RIGHT ANSWER.

“‘Testing is important but countries should adapt guidelines for testing that work for them.' A look at the risks of relying on testing to fight COVID-19,” shares Tyee senior editor Paul Willcocks.

COVID-19: to Test or Not to Test
(The Conversation)

A grim Boston snapshot of…
WORKING IN A NIGHTMARE HOSPITAL.

“‘It’s a different approach to medicine. Pure damage control.’ Inside a U.S. hospital where COVID-19's ‘severity has unsettled even our most experienced doctors,’" recommends Tyee’s Willcocks.

A Boston Hospital Near Its Limits
(The New Yorker)

A cautionary tale of…
ZOOM AND GLOOM.

“Just when we were all rushing onto Zoom. A dark warning about the new way of life we've adopted,” says The Tyee’s Cheung.

‘It Was Like Nazis Had Walked into Your Living Room’: Anti-Semitism Group’s Zoom Meeting Crashed with Hateful Messages
(The Toronto Star)

Except for Nazis, we’re on a roll…
KEEP BEING NICE.

“Screenwriters thought a pandemic would turn us against one another. Thankfully, no,” notes Tyee publisher Jeanette Ageson.

The Horror Films Got It Wrong. This Virus Has Turned Us into Caring Neighbours
(The Guardian)

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