Coronavirus Insanity: Medieval Wine Windows Make a Comeback
Here’s a fresh round-up of coronavirus insanity . . .
1. Medieval wine windows are making a comeback in Italy. Those are small windows at shops and wineries where a person can hand someone outside a drink. They got their start during the bubonic plague in the 1600s.
Medieval ‘wine windows’ are reopening, reviving Italian plague tradition https://t.co/GwTz1PNl9X pic.twitter.com/gL2vJCHaDh
— New York Post (@nypost) August 6, 2020
2. 31% of people say it’s been more than four months since they hugged someone they don’t live with. 21% say they hugged someone they don’t live with less than a week ago. 9% of people say they never hug anyone ever.
3. If you had any sort of bad habit you were trying to break, the pandemic probably brought it storming back. A new survey of 800 cigar smokers, most of whom were trying to quit, found they’re smoking more cigars during the pandemic.
4. Some rich people have started buying second homes to use as an office.
5. 59% of Americans say they have no plans to travel internationally for their next trip, whenever it might be.
6. Two students in Georgia who shared pictures of their crowded high school online say they’ve been suspended because of it.
This is the first day of school in Paulding County, Georgia. pic.twitter.com/fzdidaAABM
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(@Freeyourmindkid) August 4, 2020
7. Here are the updated stats on CONFIRMED coronavirus cases as of last night . . .
New daily cases in the U.S.: 58,611, with 1,203 new deaths.
Total cases in the U.S.: 5 million, with more than 162,800 deaths . . . and more than 2.5 million who’ve now recovered.
Total cases worldwide: 19.2 million . . . with more than 717,000 deaths . . . and more than 12.3 million people who’ve beaten the virus globally.
