5 Coronavirus Facts to Use on Anyone Who Isn’t Listening

The time for being selfish is over

Dana G Smith
Elemental
Published in
3 min readMar 23, 2020

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People walk past a health advisory to help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus in South Beach, Florida, on March 19, 2020. Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP/Getty Images

CCollege kids on spring break in Miami. Your retired parents insisting they can still go out to lunch. Millennials throwing quarantine parties. Despite the scary Covid-19 projections, shelter-in-place orders, and all the talk of flattening the curve, some people still aren’t getting how serious the novel…

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Dana G Smith
Elemental

Health and science writer • PhD in 🧠 • Words in Scientific American, STAT, The Atlantic, The Guardian • Award-winning Covid-19 coverage for Elemental