When is it safe to lift coronavirus restrictions?
A resident waves from her window at Residence Herron, a senior’s long-term care facility, following a number of deaths since the coronavirus outbreak near in Montreal, Canada, April 13, 2020.
The US is now the center of the global pandemic. With more than a half a million confirmed cases and 22,000 deaths from COVID-19 and a surge still on the way for many parts of the country, is it premature to talk about opening things up again? And, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has downplayed the threat of the coronavirus in the country, but that’s not the only thing that’s making it hard for medical professionals to fight the outbreak. Also, kalsarikännit is a tradition in the Nordic country of Finland where people stay home, take their pants off and drink alcohol. With that first part — staying at home — now a reality for millions of people around the world, kalsarikännit is gaining traction outside Finland, too.
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