• New findings from one of the earliest coronavirus patients in Italy suggest that traces of the virus can live in the eye for some 20 days.
• This reinforces the conventional wisdom, that one of the few methods of preventing the virus we have right now are the tried-and-true methods of washing your hands and avoiding touching your face.
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By now, it should be pretty widely known that washing your hands thoroughly and often, along with not touching your face, are some of the strongest tools in our arsenal right now in terms of limiting the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. But for those of you who still aren’t paying sufficient heed to those best practices, perhaps this will wake you up in a hurry — the fact that a coronavirus patient in Italy has been found to have the virus living in her eye long after it had left her nose.

That’s according to researchers writing about the case of the 65-year-old woman who was Italy’s first confirmed coronavirus case in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. In this case, the woman was exhibiting signs of conjunctivitis after being admitted to a hospital in January. A few days later, an eye swab found traces of the virus, and for the duration of her stay she submitted to additional eye swabs which showed the virus replicating, implying that the traces from her eye could be contagious.

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• Coronavirus vaccine research is advancing at a fast pace, but that might not be enough for some lawmakers and scientists.
• There’s increasing support for a different type of COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial, one that involves purposely infecting young, healthy volunteers with the novel virus after vaccine inoculations.
• Challenge trials are risky for diseases that have no cure like COVID-19, as there’s no guarantee the young patients will survive the infection.
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A vaccine for the novel coronavirus will be the kind of drug that can help eradicate the virus for good. A vaccine would prevent infection and the more people get it, the less likely it is for the virus to spread. The good news is that some 77 vaccines are already in testing, including six that have reached at least phase I of human trials. Also good is the fact that the virus isn’t showing significant mutations that would hinder vaccine efficacy. However, the first COVID-19 vaccines won’t be ready for mass inoculations for up to 18 months. Some of them could be deployed as soon as this fall, but only specific categories of patients will be allowed to get one, including healthcare workers who constantly exposed to the virus.

The vaccines can’t come sooner than that because authorities need to make sure they’re safe, not just effective against the vaccine. The last thing we need to treat COVID-19 is a vaccine that can cause unexpected side-effects. You’d never hear the end of it from anti-vaxxers, not to mention that such an event might delay other vaccine work. But there is an idea to speed up coronavirus research that’s both bold and dangerous.

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• Netflix always loads the release schedule at the beginning of the month, and May is no different, with 53 new shows and movies coming to the streaming service this week.
• Some of the highlights this week include The Last Kingdom season 4, the first two Back to the Future movies, Mindy Kaling’s Never Have I Ever, and Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood.
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April turns to May this week, and if you are a Netflix subscriber, you know what that means. On the first day of every month, Netflix rolls out dozens of movies, TV shows, and specials — most of them being licensed content as opposed to originals. But it’s a pretty interesting mix on May 1st, with movies like Back to the Future and Willy Wonka mixed in with a new limited series from Ryan Murphy and a few original films as well.

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• Bandai Namco is giving away Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 for free.
• Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 came out on PS4, Xbox One, and PC in 2016, and was later ported to the Switch in 2018, but only the PS4, Xbox One, and PC versions are free.
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At this point, there are unquestionably enough movies, shows, games, streaming services, and YouTube channels to keep most of us entertained until this novel coronavirus pandemic subsides, but we’re never going to turn away more free stuff. As such, we thought it might be a good idea to point you in the direction of Pac-Man Championship Edition 2, which developer Bandai Namco made free on PS4, Xbox One, and PC from April 24th to May 10th.

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• A couple sailing the Atlantic had no clue the coronavirus pandemic was sweeping the globe.
• It wasn’t until the couple tried to dock at an island and were turned away that they realized something was up.
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I remember a few years ago I came up with what I thought was an original premise for a TV show or a movie. As I imagined it, a full-on nuclear world war breaks out and decimates the planet. Meanwhile, airplanes that happened to be in the air at the time ultimately land and the passengers find themselves returning to a world that is not the same as they left it. But as it turns out, there was already a Stephen King book that essentially covered that exact same plot.

What’s wild, though, is that the storyline above — in a general sense — actually played out recently in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. As initially reported by the BBC, a couple from the UK were busy sailing across the Atlantic over the past few weeks and were completely oblivious to what was happening across the world.

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There’s no better way to close out the weekend and mentally prepare yourself for the week again than by taking advantage of today’s roundup of the best daily deals out there. The stars of the show on Sunday’s list include three different types of face masks that are all in stock and ready to ship: Best-selling 3-layer face masks by Jointown for $0.78 each, Pacli 3-ply face masks for $0.80 apiece, and Anntuk 4-ply face masks that offer even better protection.

Other top deals top include a popular UV-C smartphone sanitizer that’s back in stock and ready to ship, top-selling TOZO true wireless earbuds with 23,000 5-star ratings for $35.99, AirPods Pro at their lowest price on Amazon, the single greatest Fire HD 8 Tablet sale we’ve ever seen, a rare sale that cuts the Bose 700 wireless noise cancelling headphones to their lowest price ever, the best-selling $650 Roomba 960 robot vacuum for only $399, and a great one-day sale that slashes iPhone screen protectors and car chargers to some of the best prices we’ve seen all year. Check out all of today’s best deals below.

Face Mask, Pack of 50: $38.99 ($0.78 / Item)

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Thick 4-Ply Face Shield with Elastic Ear Loop Cover Full Face Anti-Dust（1PCS）: $14.99

KASMOTION UV-Clean Phone Sanitizer, Faster Than Any UV Sanitizer On The Market, Kills Up to 99.…: $59.99

TOZO T10 Bluetooth 5.0 Wireless Earbuds with Wireless Charging Case IPX8 Waterproof TWS Stereo…: $35.99

Apple AirPods Pro: $234.95

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Bose Noise Cancelling Wireless Bluetooth Headphones 700, with Alexa Voice Control, Black: $349.00

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Save up to 40% on Maxboost iPhone Screen Protectors & Car Chargers: $5.49 – $12.99

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• At this point, millions of Americans have started receiving their IRS stimulus payments as the coronavirus pandemic continues to exact a catastrophic economic toll on the US.
• Many more millions of Americans, however, are still waiting and constantly checking the IRS website for their stimulus check status. If you’re among those wondering ‘where’s my stimulus money,’ a new update from the IRS provides insight into how much cash it’s distributed so far – and how much is left to come.
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As of Friday, April 24, the IRS has issued 88.1 million stimulus checks to taxpayers, with the average check amount totaling $1,791.

That’s according to new data released from the tax agency, which came the same week that the IRS began issuing paper checks via the mail after a few weeks of sending out stimulus payments electronically, via direct deposit. The data also reflects that the IRS has paid out more than $157 billion so far as a direct disbursement to Americans, which generally comes in the form of up to $1,200 to individuals and $2,400 to married couples (that $1,791 average above also includes the fact that parents can get an extra $500 per child, and individuals and married couples above a certain income threshold can still qualify for an amount below the max amount).

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• The asteroid known as 1998 OR2 will pass by Earth next week, and a new image of the rock makes it look as though the rock is wearing a face mask.
• Face masks are in high demand with the coronavirus pandemic still looming, so it’s nice to see an asteroid respecting the health of Earth’s inhabitants.
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Thanks to the ongoing global health crisis, face masks are a highly sought-after item these days. Companies that never made face masks before are now making them by the thousand, and government agencies are rolling out their own DIY guides on how to make masks at home. It’s a whole thing.

Now, wouldn’t you know it, an asteroid is about to make a flyby of Earth next week and, well, it kinda looks like it’s wearing a face mask of its own. The space rock known as 52768 (1998 OR2) is fairly large, measuring an estimated 1.2 miles in diameter, and a recent image of the object sure looks familiar.

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• Mosquitos are known to carry a variety of microorganisms capable of causing disease, but is coronavirus one of them?
• At the moment, the CDC and the World Health Organization don’t believe mosquitoes pose a threat.
• The novel coronavirus is transmitted primarily through the air, and there are no known cases of mosquito-borne coronavirus infections at this time.
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The novel coronavirus pandemic is still an incredibly serious problem for, well, just about every country on the planet. Even areas where new cases are beginning to wane, the risk of a new wave of outbreaks remains present. With that in mind, and as we inch toward warmer summer months, it’s worth considering whether mosquitos are capable of carrying and transmitting the virus from one person to another.

Elizabeth McGraw, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and professor at Penn State University, tackles that question in a new video where she explains the likelihood of COVID-19 being carried by mosquitos.

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• Parks and Recreation is returning for a scripted special on NBC on April 30th to raise money for Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund.
• The entire original Parks and Recreation cast is going to be part of the special, and a few “guests stars from the Pawnee universe” will show up as well.
• The special is about Leslie Knope staying in touch with her friends during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Fans have been clamoring for a Parks and Recreation reunion ever since the show ended in 2015, and next week, at long last, their wish is going to be granted. On Thursday, NBC announced that the citizens of Pawnee, Indiana will be returning to the small screen as part of a scripted, in-character special episode to raise funds for Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund. The half-hour special will air at 8:30 PM ET/PT on April 30th.

According to the press release, all of the main cast will be featured in the special: Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, Jim O’Heir, and Retta. There are also going to be “several guest stars from the Pawnee universe” that will pop in and out during the special.

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