Time - USA (2020-04-06)

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Amount spent, through February, by Michael Bloomberg’s
failed campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination,
according to filings made public on March 20; the campaign
also amassed more than $30 million in debt

For the Record

‘By the

end of

April, our

health care

system will

collapse.’

LUIZ HENRIQUE MANDETTA,
Brazil’s Health Minister,
as the number of confirmed
COVID-19 cases rose
45% to a total of
904 on March 

‘Yes, I’m Asian. And

yes, I have coronavirus.

But I did not get

it from China. I got it

in America.’

DANIEL DAE KIM,
actor, in a March 19 video, speaking out against anti-Asian
racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic

‘We who don’t

belong to a

risk group

have an

enormous

responsibility,

our actions

can be the

difference

between life

and death for

many others.’

GRETA THUNBERG,
climate activist, announcing on
Instagram on March 
that it’s “extremely likely”
she had COVID-

‘WE ARE NOT OWED

OUR DREAMS.’

ALLYSON FELIX, sprinter and six-time Olympic gold medalist, in a
TIME op-ed on coming to terms with disappointment after the 2020 Olympics
were postponed on March 24 in the name of public health

‘I was just

trying to

lighten the

m o o d.’

ANTHONY CRAPANZANO,
New Jersey restaurant
owner, on including a free
roll of toilet paper—which
has been in short supply—
with takeout orders; the
state imposed a broad
shutdown on March 

150,

New jobs Walmart, the U.S.’s
largest employer, said on March
19 it will need to fill because of
COVID-19; as states across the
country shut down nonessential
businesses, retailers like
Walmart have seen major
increases in demand

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GOOD NEWS

of the week

Figures published on
March 19 indicate
an increase in the
population of wild
black rhinos, a win for
conservation efforts
for the critically
endangered species

ILLUSTRATIONS BY BROWN BIRD DESIGN FOR TIME

SOURCES: NPR; ASBURY PARK PRESS; THE HILL; THE GUARDIAN

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