Enjoy these theme park rides from home during your coronavirus quarantine
- Staying at home during your coronavirus quarantine as we ride out the spread of the virus doesn’t have to be an exercise in boredom.
- The YouTube channel Virtual Disney World has been posting 360-degree videos of theme park rides at Universal Studios, Disney World, and Disney Land, which can be a creative way to explore more of the world outside right from your couch until health officials get the coronavirus under control and we can start going outside again.
- Social distancing and staying home remain among the primary tools for halting the spread of the virus, which as of Monday morning has resulted in more than 741,000 confirmed cases around the world, according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University.
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These are so many creative ways you can entertain yourself while you’re stuck at home during the social distancing era of the moment as the US struggles to keep the coronavirus at bay. Many of you, in fact, are probably stuck at home right now thanks to either a quarantine order that’s also temporarily closed up businesses and other gathering places around your city. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t still ways you can “virtually” get out of the house and explore a bit of the world around you, right from your couch.
The web makes it possible to remotely visit everything from museums and art galleries to iconic city streets around the world. Another coronavirus quarantine entertainment option that families with children might especially want to be aware of is the YouTube channel Virtual Disney World, which posts videos of 360-degree, interactive rides at Disney Land, Disney World, and Universal Studios.
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Coronavirus transmission video shows why we should all be wearing masks
- Coronavirus transmission research from Japan says micro-droplets that linger in the air after a cough or during conversation may carry the virus.
- Talking to someone in a setting where the air doesn’t move might increase your risk of getting COVID-19.
- More research is needed to prove the empirical findings of the scientists, as it’s unclear how many micro-droplets would be enough to cause an infection.
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We should all be wearing masks to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission, said the general director of the Chinese CDC in an interview recently. That’s contrary to the current guidelines in Europe and the US, which state that only people who suspect they might be infected with the novel coronavirus should wear masks in public.
At the same time, there’s a shortage of masks and other protective equipment for healthcare workers and first responders, so any available supply should go to them. But new research out of Japan shows that talking to an infected person while not wearing a mask increases the risk of getting COVID-19.
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Roku is offering extended free trials of Showtime, EPIX, and more
- Roku has partnered with more than 20 networks to offer extended free trials while everyone is stuck at home waiting out the novel coronavirus pandemic.
- Showtime, EPIX, Lifetime, Hallmark, and History are just some of Roku’s partners for this initiative.
- You’ll need to put down a debit or credit card to sign up for these trials, so be sure to cancel them before they run out if you don’t want to get charged.
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If you’ve been on the internet at all over the past few weeks as lockdowns and quarantines and social distancing are becoming inextricable parts of our everyday lives, you have probably seen lists of streaming services that are free or offering free trials during the novel coronavirus pandemic. We have published one or two on BGR, but if you’d prefer not to click on a bunch of links to sign up for tons of disparate services, Roku’s got you covered.
Last week, Roku announced a new initiative dubbed Home Together, which focuses on helping the nearly 100 million Roku device owners find free streaming content. Roku has partnered with over 20 premium networks to offer 30 days of free streaming through extended trials within The Roku Channel app.
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John Krasinski chats with ‘The Office’ co-star Steve Carell on new YouTube show
- With the coronavirus dominating the news, ‘The Office’ star John Krasinski launched a new YouTube series with a focus on uplifting news.
- The series is called ‘Some Good News’ and premiered over the weekend.
- The first episode included a guest appearance from fellow ‘Office’ co-star Steve Carell.
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John Krasinski was trending late last night on Twitter, prompting many to mistakenly assume that The Office star had come down with the coronavirus. Thankfully, that’s not the reason Krasinski was trending at all. As it turns out, Krasinski is launching a new YouTube series called Some Good News which, as the name implies, will focus on sharing positive stories designed to counterbalance the deluge of sad coronavirus-related stories that currently dominate the headlines.
Krasinski’s new show comes in the wake of the actor taking to Twitter last week and asking folks online to send him uplifting stories that made them smile or feel particularly good. The new series made a splash right from the get-go with Krasinski getting his former Office co-star Steve Carell to join in on the fun.
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Brazen art thieves stole a Van Gogh painting from a museum closed because of coronavirus
- The coronavirus pandemic has caused countless businesses, landmarks, buildings, museums, and more public spaces around the world to be temporarily shuttered as officials work to get control of the deadly virus.
- In the early morning hours on Monday, art thieves broke into a Dutch art museum — the Singer Lauren museum, near Amsterdam — that had been closed because of the virus and stole a Vincent Van Gogh painting.
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A brazen overnight art heist in The Netherlands involving a stolen Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece sounds so perfectly timed that it could have been pulled off by Danny Ocean and his fictional crew of thieves from the Ocean’s Eleven movie franchise.
The “smash-and-grab” raid, as officials have described it, occurred at the Singer Lauren museum near Amsterdam and involved the theft of Van Gogh’s The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884. What made the thieves feel emboldened enough to pull off their heist? The museum was closed as a result of the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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New coronavirus vaccine will begin human testing by September
- The first coronavirus vaccine could begin human testing by September of this year.
- Projections pegged late 2021 as the earliest we could realistically expect to see a vaccine, but Johnson & Johnson expects its coronavirus vaccine to be available in emergencies by early next year.
- This is an accelerated timeline for the development of a vaccine, but the novel coronavirus pandemic has put us in a position where we cannot afford to wait years for an antidote.
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Ever since the novel coronavirus outbreak in China morphed into a global pandemic, people have been asking when their lives are going to go back to normal. Sadly, not a single medical expert or epidemiologist can give us a definitive answer to that question, but until a vast majority of the population has either been infected and developed immunity to the virus or received a vaccine to prevent them from getting it in the first place, the disruption of our daily lives is going to continue. But the vaccine might be much closer than we initially expected.
In an alarming study released to the public earlier this month, the Imperial College COVID-19 response team asserted that a vaccine could be at least 18 months away, but on Monday, Johnson & Johnson announced that it had chosen a lead vaccine candidate that it expects to begin testing on humans by September.
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Apple planning to release new HomePod, iMac, and cheaper iPads in 2020
- The coronavirus has made it more challenging for Apple to work on new products.
- Apple this year plans to release a new HomePod and more budget-friendly iPads.
- Other products on track for a 2020 release include a new MacBook Pro, a new Apple Watch, and a new Apple TV.
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Though the vast majority of Apple employees are now working from home due to stay-at-home directives in California, the company is still working diligently on new products. In short, Apple’s ability to innovate and work on new products may be somewhat stunted, but it hasn’t been completely stifled. According to a report from Bloomberg, some of Apple’s hardware engineers have received special permission to work at Apple’s spaceship campus in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Specifically, Apple is said to be working on a slew of new devices, including next-gen versions of the HomePod and Apple TV. Other products Apple may release sometime this year include new iterations of the Apple Watch and iMac, along with a new MacBook Pro and budget-friendly iPads.
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Tokyo Summer Olympics officially rescheduled for 2021
- The coronavirus pandemic forced the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to delay the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.
- The Tokyo Summer Games will now kick off in 2021 and will run from July 23th through August 8th.
- Any athlete who already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics will be automatically qualified for the 2021 Summer Olympics.
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When the NBA canceled its season nearly three weeks ago, a lot of people thought the decision was overkill. With the benefit of hindsight, and with the coronavirus still spreading across the United States, it’s now abundantly clear that the NBA was way ahead of the curve. Before long, the entire sports world was put on pause as March Madness was canceled, along with MLB spring training, European soccer, and everything in between.
The longest holdout, however, was the Olympics. Originally set to take place in Tokyo, Japan this summer, the IOC waited until last week to officially cancel the Summer Games. And now the IOC has issued a new schedule for what will now be referred to as the 2021 games. Specifically, the Summer Olympics next year will run from July 23rd through August 8th.
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‘HQ Trivia’ rises from the grave less than two months after its demise
- HQ Trivia hosted its first live game in over a month on Sunday night.
- HQ Trivia shut down in February following a series of internal struggles and a lack of viewership.
- The first prize pool for the resurrected HQ Trivia was $1,000, and the company also donated $100,000 to a charity working to feed those in need during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Considering that less than a month ago most Americans weren’t even aware that there was a possibility they would all be stuck in their homes waiting out a deadly pandemic, it is not going to be easy to surprise them. But the unexpected return of a beloved mobile quiz app certainly created some buzz on Sunday night as HQ Trivia returned with a brand new game for the first time since the app suddenly shut down in the middle of February.
HQ Trivia was a viral hit when it launched in 2017, giving everyone who downloaded the app a chance to compete for cash prizes by answering questions on a live quiz show. Much like Pokemon Go, the popularity of the concept peaked and began to fade, but parent company Intermedia Labs Inc. failed to adapt, and the internal issues that the company was facing started to come to light, punctuated by the departure of host Scott Rogowsky.
That tumultuous period ended with the demise of the app, but just over a month later, HQ Trivia is back.
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Your health insurance premium may skyrocket because of coronavirus
- The number of coronavirus cases in the US continues to spike, with more than 143,000 people having been infected as of Monday morning, according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University.
- A new analysis projects that health insurance premiums are going to skyrocket next year as a result of the unexpected costs of the coronavirus this year.
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News coverage hasn’t focused as intently on the dollars and cents of the coronavirus pandemic as much as it, rightfully, has zeroed in on the human cost of the virus — in terms of lives lost, hospitalizations, and the race to find a cure as well as a treatment to help people get over the virus in the meantime.
The longer this stays with us, though, the more the economic toll of the COVID-19 coronavirus is going to come into stark relief. Setting aside the impact of the virus on the economy (which has been so catastrophic that a $2 trillion economic stimulus bill from Congress was needed), a new analysis from an entity called Covered California finds that health insurance premiums may see a big spike next year because of all the medical bills incurred this year as a result of the virus.
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