buzzfeed--2020-04-10--Instagram And YouTube Have Been Accused Of "Moral Failure" Over Coronavirus Conspiracy Sales

Instagram and YouTube have been accused of a “ moral failure ” by allowing accounts that share coronavirus conspiracy theories with millions of viewers to profit by selling clothing , nutritional supplements , online courses , and more alongside the misinformation .
The accounts sell goods through their online stores while making false links between the coronavirus and 5G mobile phone networks , a mass electronic ID programme , and “ international bankers ” , according to research by the Centre For Countering Digital Hate ( CCDH ) and BuzzFeed News .
One video from an account called “ London @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the notorious conspiracy theorist David Icke , was removed by YouTube on Tuesday after breaching new rules prohibiting videos that make the claim the coronavirus is linked to 5G .
The video also breached a policy prohibiting videos denying the existence of COVID-19 , according to YouTube .
However , a separate interview with David Icke on the London Real channel called `` THE DANGERS OF A 5G WORLD '' was not been removed by YouTube , despite having the video hashtags `` # Coronavirus '' and `` # COVID19 '' — implying @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Instagram and YouTube have been accused of a “moral failure” by allowing accounts that share coronavirus conspiracy theories with millions of viewers to profit by selling clothing, nutritional supplements, online courses, and more alongside the misinformation.
The accounts sell goods through their online stores while making false links between the coronavirus and 5G mobile phone networks, a mass electronic ID programme, and “international bankers”, according to research by the Centre For Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and BuzzFeed News.
One video from an account called “London Real”, featuring an interview with the notorious conspiracy theorist David Icke, was removed by YouTube on Tuesday after breaching new rules prohibiting videos that make the claim the coronavirus is linked to 5G. The video also breached a policy prohibiting videos denying the existence of COVID-19, according to YouTube.
However, a separate interview with David Icke on the London Real channel called "THE DANGERS OF A 5G WORLD" was not been removed by YouTube, despite having the video hashtags "#Coronavirus" and "#COVID19" — implying a link between 5G and coronavirus.


buzzfeed--2020-04-28--Here’s Why Some Pictures Of People Supposedly Breaking Coronavirus Social Distancing Rules Can Be Mi

Here’s Why Some Pictures Of People Supposedly Breaking Coronavirus Social Distancing Rules Can Be Misleading

As coronavirus lockdowns enter their second month around the world , governments are coming under pressure to explain how and @ @ @ @ @ countries .
The debate about how the lockdowns will be eased is being accompanied by @ @ @ @ @ people supposedly breaking social distancing rules by gathering in public places — angering people who @ @ @ @ @ rules , and also suggesting that people ’ s patience with the measures is coming @ @ @ @ @ often there ’ s more to these pictures than meets the eye .
This weekend @ @ @ @ @ in digital marketing , wrote a viral Twitter thread breaking down how a photo of @ @ @ @ @ was not as busy as it seemed .

As coronavirus lockdowns enter their second month around the world, governments are coming under pressure to explain how and when they will reopen their countries.
The debate about how the lockdowns will be eased is being accompanied by media organisations publishing photos of people supposedly breaking social distancing rules by gathering in public places — angering people who feel they are observing the rules, and also suggesting that people’s patience with the measures is coming to an end.
But often there’s more to these pictures than meets the eye.
This weekend Luke Williams, who works in digital marketing, wrote a viral Twitter thread breaking down how a photo of a supposedly packed British seafront was not as busy as it seemed.


buzzfeed--2020-03-24--Most People Under 70 Were Told They’d “Easily” Beat The Coronavirus. These Stories And Data Suggest

Most People Under 70 Were Told They’d “Easily” Beat The Coronavirus. These Stories And Data Suggest It’s Way More Than Just A “Mild” Illness For Some.

“ I absolutely would not want anyone to get this , ” Holly Sutherland , a linguistics graduate from Cambridge , told BuzzFeed News .
“ I 'm 24 , not in any of the risk groups , no relevant underlying health conditions , usually pretty healthy.
” There was , she said , “ no reason I should have gotten it this bad ” .
While the strongest official warnings about the risk from the coronavirus have been aimed at the over-seventies and those with other health conditions , people who are younger tend to believe that , should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t be something that affects them that badly .
It ’ s perhaps not surprising that they think that because it ’ s a view that ’ s been encouraged by the UK government .
Speaking at a press conference two weeks ago , the chief medical officer for England , Chris Whitty , said the majority of those outside the elderly and vulnerable groups would “ easily ” be able to cope at home if they got COVID-19 , the disease caused by the novel coronavirus , without needing the NHS at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it and will have no symptoms at all , they won ’ t even realise that they ’ ve had it , ” he explained .
“ Of those who do have symptoms , the majority will have either a mild disease or a moderate disease , meaning they can easily manage it at home , without having to go to the NHS directly or indirectly in any other way.
” It was a message aimed at reassuring the public that has been repeated by prime minister Boris Johnson .
`` For the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus , this will be a mild disease from which they will speedily and fully recover , ” he has said .
Yet anecdotal evidence from the UK and data from the rest of the world suggests there are statistically significant numbers of younger people who have found the coronavirus a much tougher experience .
Most of the 422 people who have died in the UK so far had underlying health issues , but Labour MP and NHS doctor Rosena Allin-Khan told BuzzFeed News that she had seen cases of healthy young people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care in London hospitals .
Allin-Khan called on the government to release more data on hospitalisations by age .

“I absolutely would not want anyone to get this,” Holly Sutherland, a linguistics graduate from Cambridge, told BuzzFeed News. “I'm 24, not in any of the risk groups, no relevant underlying health conditions, usually pretty healthy.”
There was, she said, “no reason I should have gotten it this bad”.
While the strongest official warnings about the risk from the coronavirus have been aimed at the over-seventies and those with other health conditions, people who are younger tend to believe that, should they become infected, it won’t be something that affects them that badly.
It’s perhaps not surprising that they think that because it’s a view that’s been encouraged by the UK government.
Speaking at a press conference two weeks ago, the chief medical officer for England, Chris Whitty, said the majority of those outside the elderly and vulnerable groups would “easily” be able to cope at home if they got COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, without needing the NHS at all.
“Some people will get it and will have no symptoms at all, they won’t even realise that they’ve had it,” he explained. “Of those who do have symptoms, the majority will have either a mild disease or a moderate disease, meaning they can easily manage it at home, without having to go to the NHS directly or indirectly in any other way.”
It was a message aimed at reassuring the public that has been repeated by prime minister Boris Johnson. "For the overwhelming majority of people who contract the virus, this will be a mild disease from which they will speedily and fully recover,” he has said.
Yet anecdotal evidence from the UK and data from the rest of the world suggests there are statistically significant numbers of younger people who have found the coronavirus a much tougher experience.
Most of the 422 people who have died in the UK so far had underlying health issues, but Labour MP and NHS doctor Rosena Allin-Khan told BuzzFeed News that she had seen cases of healthy young people in their thirties and forties needing intensive care in London hospitals. Allin-Khan called on the government to release more data on hospitalisations by age.


buzzfeed--2020-03-25--The Coronavirus Has Pushed Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Online, And Regulars Are Worried About Newc

The Coronavirus Has Pushed Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Online, And Regulars Are Worried About Newcomers

`` I would not want to be in early recovery right now , '' Matthew told BuzzFeed News .
The three Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ) meetings he chairs each week in Sydney 's inner west have all moved online as Australians stop social gatherings to slow the spread of the new coronavirus .
`` When people are in early recovery the only thing they can do when they get home is to go straight to a meeting .
I was pretty much at a meeting every day for the first few months , '' Matthew — a pseudonym to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A lot of things happen in meetings that will help someone in early recovery get through one more day , and often it is sometimes getting through an hour or a minute at a time . ''
AA is an international support group aimed to help members stay sober .
The only prerequisite you need to attend is `` a desire to stop drinking '' .
Research released this month by the Stanford School of Medicine claimed the meetings were the most effective path to abstinence .
`` I think it is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Matthew said .
`` A big part of alcoholism is that alcoholics will tend to go into their own space and separate from everyone else and in meetings you get the opposite of that : connection , which is a very big part of recovery . ''
He said those new to meetings might not yet have a sponsor — a more experienced AA member who can guide you through the 12 steps and chat on the phone if needed .
The online meetings still offered a form of connection but he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … The dynamic was very different and it is different from having 20 or 30 people in the same room '' .
Eight people dialled in to Friday 's meeting .
Matthew , who has been sober for four years , said moving meetings online made it impossible to hold what is referred to by some members as “ the meeting after the meeting ” — an important element of AA .
`` After the meeting a lot of people will have heard someone in early sobriety share [ their experiences ] and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and offer support ... there 's a saying in AA that people in early recovery are the 'most important people in the room ' and they are because they remind us of where we were , '' he said .
`` The other thing that makes me nervous is we rely on the older members with experience heavily and they 're not as on board with technology . ''

"I would not want to be in early recovery right now," Matthew told BuzzFeed News.
The three Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings he chairs each week in Sydney's inner west have all moved online as Australians stop social gatherings to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.
"When people are in early recovery the only thing they can do when they get home is to go straight to a meeting. I was pretty much at a meeting every day for the first few months," Matthew — a pseudonym to protect his privacy — said. "A lot of things happen in meetings that will help someone in early recovery get through one more day, and often it is sometimes getting through an hour or a minute at a time."
AA is an international support group aimed to help members stay sober. The only prerequisite you need to attend is "a desire to stop drinking". Research released this month by the Stanford School of Medicine claimed the meetings were the most effective path to abstinence.
"I think it is a dangerous time for people in addiction," Matthew said. "A big part of alcoholism is that alcoholics will tend to go into their own space and separate from everyone else and in meetings you get the opposite of that: connection, which is a very big part of recovery."
He said those new to meetings might not yet have a sponsor — a more experienced AA member who can guide you through the 12 steps and chat on the phone if needed.
The online meetings still offered a form of connection but he said "it wasn't the same … The dynamic was very different and it is different from having 20 or 30 people in the same room".
Eight people dialled in to Friday's meeting.
Matthew, who has been sober for four years, said moving meetings online made it impossible to hold what is referred to by some members as “the meeting after the meeting” — an important element of AA.
"After the meeting a lot of people will have heard someone in early sobriety share [their experiences] and they'll go and speak to them and offer support... there's a saying in AA that people in early recovery are the 'most important people in the room' and they are because they remind us of where we were," he said. "The other thing that makes me nervous is we rely on the older members with experience heavily and they're not as on board with technology."


buzzfeed--2020-04-06--Boris Johnson's Condition Has Worsened And He Has Been Moved To Intensive Care

Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care after his condition worsened on Monday , Downing Street has announced .
The prime minister , who has COVID-19 , was moved to the intensive care unit at St Thomas ' hospital at around 7pm on Monday night .
He remains conscious at this time and has been moved as a precaution should he require ventilation to aid his recovery , his office said .
`` Since Sunday evening , the prime minister has been under the care of doctors at St Thomas ’ Hospital , in London , after being admitted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Number 10 spokesperson said .
`` Over the course of this afternoon , the condition of the prime minister has worsened and , on the advice of his medical team , he has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital . ''
Dominic Raab , the foreign secretary , will deputise for the prime minister in leading the UK 's response to the coronavirus .
Confirming to reporters that he would be standing in for Johnson , Raab said : `` We 'd like to take this opportunity as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and down the country for all of their dedication , hard work and commitment in treating everyone who 's been affected by this awful virus . ''
Asked if the public should be worried about the prime minister 's health , Raab replied : `` The government 's business will continue , and the prime minister is in safe hands with a brilliant team at St Thomas ' hospital , and the focus of the government will be making sure the prime minister 's direction — all the plans that mean we can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this challenge — will be taken forward .
`` There 's an incredibly strong team spirit behind the prime minister and making sure that we get all of the plans that the prime minister has instructed us to deliver — to get them implemented as soon as possible .
`` The PM is receiving excellent care , and thanks all NHS staff for their hard work and dedication , '' he added .
The chancellor , Rishi Sunak , tweeted that he would `` come out of this even stronger '' and offered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Carrie Symonds .

Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care after his condition worsened on Monday, Downing Street has announced.
The prime minister, who has COVID-19, was moved to the intensive care unit at St Thomas' hospital at around 7pm on Monday night. He remains conscious at this time and has been moved as a precaution should he require ventilation to aid his recovery, his office said.
"Since Sunday evening, the prime minister has been under the care of doctors at St Thomas’ Hospital, in London, after being admitted with persistent symptoms of coronavirus," a Number 10 spokesperson said.
"Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the prime minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital."
Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, will deputise for the prime minister in leading the UK's response to the coronavirus.
Confirming to reporters that he would be standing in for Johnson, Raab said: "We'd like to take this opportunity as a government to thank NHS staff up and down the country for all of their dedication, hard work and commitment in treating everyone who's been affected by this awful virus."
Asked if the public should be worried about the prime minister's health, Raab replied: "The government's business will continue, and the prime minister is in safe hands with a brilliant team at St Thomas' hospital, and the focus of the government will be making sure the prime minister's direction — all the plans that mean we can defeat coronavirus and pull the country through this challenge — will be taken forward.
"There's an incredibly strong team spirit behind the prime minister and making sure that we get all of the plans that the prime minister has instructed us to deliver — to get them implemented as soon as possible.
"The PM is receiving excellent care, and thanks all NHS staff for their hard work and dedication," he added.
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, tweeted that he would "come out of this even stronger" and offered his thoughts to Johnson's pregnant partner, Carrie Symonds.


buzzfeed--2020-03-24--Lady Gaga Postponed Her New Album And A Surprise Coachella Set Because Of The Pandemic

She ended her statement by reminding fans that although they may feel angry or sad over the news , they @ @ @ @ @ kind during these times .
And ultimately she hopes that when the album is released @ @ @ @ @ together , sweat together , hug and kiss each other , and make it the @ @ @ @ @ time . ''

She continued by saying that a new date forwill be announced soon, and then pivoted attention toward the medical-equipment shortage that health care professionals are experiencing. She also highlighted the need to feed students who are now out of school and help those who've been financially impacted by this pandemic.


buzzfeed--2020-03-24--19 Photos Of Iceland That Prove It's The Most Unique Place On Earth

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Stay safe and informed by checking government health sites and following our latest coverage. Oh, and please wash your hands.


buzzfeed--2020-03-24--"Stay At Home": Here's What Australia's New Coronavirus Restrictions Mean For You

From midnight on Wednesday , Australians will have to abide by a number of further social distancing restrictions to try and protect against the spread of the coronavirus .
Prime minister Scott Morrison announced a long list of rules , restrictions and changes in a press conference on Tuesday night .
Stay at home unless you have to go out for supplies or for a walk/jog .
The `` do not travel '' advice on overseas trips is becoming an actual ban .
The list of businesses that have to close is now much , much longer .
You can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at funerals — and haircuts can only last 30 minutes .
What are the big changes in day-to-day life ?
Stay at home unless it is absolutely necessary you go out .
Morrison listed permitted activities as going to work , going out `` for the basics '' , exercising , or going out in a small group e.g .
with your partner or family members .
You should not congregate outside in large groups .
`` You should only go outside your home to go to those essential things I talked about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groups .
We need you to stop doing that , '' Morrison said .
People are strongly encouraged to work from home where possible .
Home visits should be restricted to very small numbers of guests .
No more big BBQs , birthday parties , or even large dinners with extended family , Morrison said .
Weddings are restricted to five people or fewer : just the couple , celebrant , witnesses .
Funerals are restricted to 10 people or fewer .
Hairdressers and barbers can remain open but customers must be in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boot camps and personal training sessions are restricted to 10 people or fewer .
Shopping centres remain open , but the food courts within shopping centres are restricted to takeaway only .
Cafes and restaurants can continue to trade with takeaway only .
You definitely can not travel now Last week , Australia put in place a Level 4 warning — meaning `` do not travel '' — for the entire world for the first time .
That warning is now escalating into an actual travel ban from midday Wednesday .
There will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ services and activities have to close down ?
- Community and recreation centres ( can only stay open for essential services e.g .
food banks ) , health clubs , fitness centres , yoga , barre , spin class , saunas , wellness centres - Social sporting activities ( aka , do not get together with your mates to play soccer at the oval ) , swimming pools OK , what about schools ?
The advice on schools has not changed .
That is : kids can still attend .
Morrison said he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relevant unions tomorrow to talk about how to keep schools open while protecting teachers and other staff .
Pressed on the incongruity of the above restrictions with the advice that kids can continue going to school , Morrison said schools should remain open so parents who have jobs such as nurses , doctors , Centrelink officers , etc , can continue to go to work .
`` What we don ’ t need are arrangements we put in place which compromise society ’ s ability to function and deliver important services , whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is education , whether it ’ s driving a tram or providing public transport , '' he said .

From midnight on Wednesday, Australians will have to abide by a number of further social distancing restrictions to try and protect against the spread of the coronavirus.
Prime minister Scott Morrison announced a long list of rules, restrictions and changes in a press conference on Tuesday night.
What's the 101?
Stay at home unless you have to go out for supplies or for a walk/jog. The "do not travel" advice on overseas trips is becoming an actual ban. The list of businesses that have to close is now much, much longer. You can have five people at weddings, 10 at funerals — and haircuts can only last 30 minutes.
What are the big changes in day-to-day life?
Stay at home unless it is absolutely necessary you go out. Morrison listed permitted activities as going to work, going out "for the basics", exercising, or going out in a small group e.g. with your partner or family members.
You should not congregate outside in large groups. "You should only go outside your home to go to those essential things I talked about, not to go and congregate in groups. We need you to stop doing that," Morrison said.
People are strongly encouraged to work from home where possible.
Home visits should be restricted to very small numbers of guests. No more big BBQs, birthday parties, or even large dinners with extended family, Morrison said.
Weddings are restricted to five people or fewer: just the couple, celebrant, witnesses.
Funerals are restricted to 10 people or fewer.
Hairdressers and barbers can remain open but customers must be in and out within 30 minutes.
Outdoors boot camps and personal training sessions are restricted to 10 people or fewer.
Shopping centres remain open, but the food courts within shopping centres are restricted to takeaway only.
Cafes and restaurants can continue to trade with takeaway only.
You definitely cannot travel now
Last week, Australia put in place a Level 4 warning — meaning "do not travel" — for the entire world for the first time. That warning is now escalating into an actual travel ban from midday Wednesday. There will be few exceptions.
What shops, services and activities have to close down?
- Real estate auctions and open house inspections
- Beauty therapy, tanning, waxing and nail salons; tattoo parlours
- Spas and massage parlours
- Cinemas, nightclubs, casinos, gambling venues, adult entertainment venues, concert venues, theatres, stadiums
- Amusement parks, arcades, play centres (both indoor and outdoor)
- Community and recreation centres (can only stay open for essential services e.g. food banks), health clubs, fitness centres, yoga, barre, spin class, saunas, wellness centres
- Social sporting activities (aka, do not get together with your mates to play soccer at the oval), swimming pools
- Galleries, museums, national institutions, historic sites, libraries, community centres
OK, what about schools?
The advice on schools has not changed. That is: kids can still attend.
Morrison said he would meet with the education minister and relevant unions tomorrow to talk about how to keep schools open while protecting teachers and other staff.
Pressed on the incongruity of the above restrictions with the advice that kids can continue going to school, Morrison said schools should remain open so parents who have jobs such as nurses, doctors, Centrelink officers, etc, can continue to go to work.
"What we don’t need are arrangements we put in place which compromise society’s ability to function and deliver important services, whether that is aged care, whether it is education, whether it’s driving a tram or providing public transport," he said.


buzzfeed--2020-03-24--Kim Kardashian And Kris Jenner Remind Everyone To Practice Social Distancing

`` We went on a walk six feet apart and it really did make a difference to get out .
@ @ @ @ @ backyard now that it 's not raining .
I just want you guys to still @ @ @ @ @ is definitely the way to go and what is really going to make a difference @ @ @ @ @ this curve . ''

"We went on a walk six feet apart and it really did make a difference to get out. We just went on our backyard now that it's not raining. I just want you guys to still be encouraged. Social distancing is definitely the way to go and what is really going to make a difference here to get us over this curve."


buzzfeed--2020-04-28--News O'Clock: Kim Jong Un Is "Missing Kim Action"

You can listen to today 's episode above !
Another option : check it out on the iHeartRadio app , Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you listen to your favorite shows .
Check out the full episode transcript here : Hayes Brown : Jeff Goldbloom and drag racing , a match made in heaven , right ?
Turns out , Nope .
Sondheim 's 90th birthday has this inspired in today 's list and have you heard ?
There 's a rumor in North Korea .
Luckily , Buzzfeed News ' Megha Rajagopalan is here to help us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And I 'm Casey Rackholm .
Welcome to News O'Clock .
HB : Okay .
I love the East coast , but it is really dragging me down today .
It feels like just the Monday-est of Monday 's possible out here .
CR : Which is insane because we usually do n't know what any day is , but today it 's very clear .
It 's a Monday .
HB : It is super clear through all of the fog and panic .
The Monday slices through like a knife to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it 's Monday-ness .
CR : And in the most Monday fashion , I woke up at 7:00 AM to gardeners doing landscaping around my apartment .
HB : What are they even doing out there right now ?
CR : I do n't know , but I saw them cutting down a tree that then hit several wires , so it all sounds good to me , right ?
HB : Are they at least social distancing between themselves as they are cutting down trees .
Are there six feet between them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It is time for the corona update .
CR : Ah , yes , the best time of the day .
HB : Your sarcasm is heard and honestly appreciated .
So here 's what you need to know today .
For instance , briefings might be over for now .
We 've gotten kind of used to his daily , kind of rambly , briefings at the end of the day… on the coronavirus , but over the weekend , the White House indicated a pause after last week 's bleach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
He 's actually briefing again tonight even though the White House said that he was n't going to brief again tonight ?
Okay .
That did n't last too long then did it .
Meanwhile , speaking of things not lasting very long , some states are beginning to open up again , including Georgia , which last week allowed hairdressers to open , and this week is allowing restaurants to reopen .
HB : Now , most of those are states that you would call red states , with Republican governors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has a Democrat for governor Jared Polis , who was with the progressive caucus when he was in Congress .
Meanwhile , the World Health Organization is warning us not so fast on the hope that if you 've had coronavirus , you 're done with it .
While there is hope that people with antibodies have some form of resistance to the coronavirus , the WHO warned over the weekend that there 's not any evidence saying that for sure yet .
So once you get your antibodies test , which are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there just coughing willy-nilly on people .
Do n't take the risk .
And finally , Dr. Anthony Fauci , one of the lead members of the President 's Corona Task Force , was asked a few weeks ago who he 'd to play him on Saturday Night Live .
CR : Who ?
Which actor would you want to play you ?
Here are some suggestions that I 've heard .
Ben Stiller , Brad Pitt , which one ?
HB : Oh , Brad Pitt , of course .
President Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wish , courtesy of guest host , Brad Pitt , playing Fauci reacting to some of the president 's more , out there comments , including Trump 's denial that he 'd ever fire Fauci .
Let 's see what he said about that .
Today , I walk in .
I hear , I 'm going to fire him .
I 'm not firing him .
I think he 's a wonderful guy .
HB : Can you imagine having that kind of poll though ?
Just to demand who plays you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I would be happy with whomever they gave me at that point .
CR : I know , most definitely .
I 'd be like , `` Oh my God .
Thank you .
Thank you .
Thanks for considering me . ''
HB : Who would be your dream pick though ?
CR : Oh my dream pick ?
I do n't know .
I do n't think that I have a celebrity doppelganger , so it would really just have to be whoever I loved at the moment .
I love @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to say Saoirse Ronan and everyone could just pretend I have an Irish accent .
HB : Yeah , done .
Sold .
I will totally buy that .
I think my person would , based on things I 've been told over the years , Jeffrey Wright from Westworld , the Hunger Games is what I 've been ... You 're in agreement with them then ?
CR : Oh my God .
That is the most ... CR : I am in such agreement .
As soon as ... You could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and I was like , `` Oh my God .
Yes . ''
HB : I mean the age difference is there , but you know what ?
Honored if that 's even a consideration .
CR : All right , well it 's time for today 's Good News , Bad News .
CR : As you might guess from the name , this is where I bring you some of the most , `` Oh my God , yes ! ''
and most , `` No , thanks , '' stories @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weekend seems like it was a smorgasbord of both , to be honest .
CR : Indeed , but we shall begin with the good news .
Buffy the Vampire Slayer exists and it 's at least in part thanks to the Queen of Country Dolly Parton .
Her production company , Sand Dollar Entertainment , was apparently one of the original producers of Buffy , which is , I guess some people knew that who were in the know but a lot of fans did not know that , including me , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weekend and it 's been nuts .
And also her production company helped with ...
They produce Father of the Bride and Fly Away Home .
I mean it 's insane but also as soon as I heard it I was like , `` Oh my God , that makes so much sense .
Dolly and Buffy . ''
HB : Right ?
Two great tastes that apparently go great together .
I was shocked and delighted when I learned this because I thought I knew some shit about Buffy the Vampire Slayer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Definitely not .
But yeah , it makes so much sense because Dolly Parton is so campy , she loves telling female stories and it 's just like , `` Wow , what a match made in heaven . ''
HB : But also what loss that we never got a Dolly Parton cameo on Buffy the Vampire Slayer .
CR : I know .
Apparently , it 's a rumor that Buffy 's birthday , January 19th , was a Dolly shout out , but I 'm like , `` No , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I want to see Dolly and Buffy together . ''
HB : I want to see Dolly as Vampire Number Three , is what I wanted to have seen .
That would have been amazing .
CR : You know what ?
No , I think it 's time for a rewatch to find her somewhere in the background .
HB : Put George Lucas , Buffy , and just digitally put her in years later .
CR : Okay , so onto the bad news .
For anyone who is excited to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ race this weekend , it did not go well .
No spoilers if you did n't see it , but Goldbloom was a guest judge alongside Rachel Bloom from Craziest Girlfriend and the category for the runway was patriotic looks and Persian American drag queen Jackie Cox wore a hijab with her outfit .
And then Jackie and Goldbloom had this exchange .
Jeff Goldbloom : Are you religious , may I ask ?
Jackie Cox : I 'm not .
And to be honest , this outfit really represents the importance that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have in this country .
Jeff Goldbloom : Is n't this an interesting wrinkle though ?
Is there something in that religion that is anti-homosexuality and anti-woman ?
How does that complicate the issue ?
I 'm just raising it , thinking out loud and maybe being stupid , but what do you think ?
Jackie Cox : No .
I think drag has always shaken the tree .
CR : Yeah , it 's not great .
There 's lots of backlash online with people calling the comments Islamophobic .
Though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just asking questions .
HB : That was so messy .
What 's wild is just how Jeff Goldbloom , he was , while he was asking it , just in a sort of just kind of a pontificating kind of way .
Not really paying attention to where the question 's going .
Just filming me to ask the question .
HB : That was my… by the way .
CR : That sounds like him during the episode .
He is extremely , that was his voice the entire time .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it 's just a messy situation because he 's bringing up this homophobia and religion , but I 'm like , `` Okay , are we not going to bring up Christianity and the homophobia that 's rooted in that ? ''
CR : So it was definitely felt like a pointed question .
HB : Whether he knew it or not .
And while the only way to learn is to ask , the problem is not that the question was asked is that the question 's been asked so many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , why are you still catching up on this one ?
CR : Right .
And it felt like it was just taking away from Jackie Cox 's beautiful moment on stage .
HB : A mess all around , indeed .
CR : Well , after the break , we 've got Megha Rajagopalan to give us the tea about North Korea .
Be right back .
HB : Welcome back .
It 's time for Say More .
This is where we get to talk to some of the best people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with us .
CR : He 's alive .
he 's dead .
He 's got a train .
The last week has seen rumor after rumor about North Korean leader , Kim Jong-un , and whether he 's even still breathing , let alone in charge of his country .
HB : To help us sort through the mess , we 're lucky to have Buzzfeed News World Correspondent , Megha Rajagopalan , who 's joining the conversation from London .
Hello Megha .
CR : So over the weekend we had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Kim Jong-un wound was dead .
On a scale of one to 10 , how panicked were the text messages you got when that story went up ?
MR : Oh my God .
I was like everyone else on earth .
I was on a massive Zoom call playing a trivia game and someone was looking at their phone .
They 're like , `` Oh my God , Kim Jong-un is dead . ''
And I was like , `` Holy shit . ''
So I ran inside and Googled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TMZ ?
That TMZ ? ''
And then I looked at it and it was like , `` According to media outlets in China and Japan , '' and it said , `` We have not verified this information . ''
So I was like , `` Okay , maybe not .
Maybe let 's chill . ''
HB : So what is the latest on what we actually do know for sure about Kim Jong-un ?
Because I feel like it 's not a lot .
Something about a train managed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this weekend .
But that 's about it .
MR : Yeah , I mean it 's the most secretive state in the world .
It just bears repeating over and over again .
So anything you see on this that has n't actually been said by the North Korean government just treat with a huge amount of suspicion .
The train thing is that basically there is a thing called 38 North , which is based in D.C. And they do a lot of monitoring satellite images of North Korea and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that a train that belongs to Kim Jong-un , it 's his train , has been spotted at this resort town in the East of the country called Wonsan .
He has a compound there .
So considering it 's his train , that 's maybe one piece of evidence that he 's actually there .
Then again , the North Koreans know that everybody is monitoring satellite images for info about them because there 's literally very few other ways to be able to do it .
So I mean if I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death , maybe I would just send us train up there .
It 's hard to say .
HB : Okay , really quickly .
Why a train ?
Why does he own a train ?
Why is that his preferred transportation method ?
MR : It 's a communist country .
They are known for being very into train travel .
But I mean seriously , he takes the train to visit China .
I think the subway in Pyongyang is known for how beautiful it is .
It has the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that sort of thing .
So I just think it 's part of the kind of infrastructure of North Korea .
CR : Okay , so he 's only 36 .
Why are we so worried about his health like this ?
MR : Well , he 's a heavy smoker .
He 's thought to be diabetic .
He 's thought to be overweight .
He 's a heavy drinker by many accounts .
I think the UN once estimated that his alcohol budget topped $ 30 million or something like that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of expensive whiskey and that sort of thing .
He had ankle surgery , which has been linked to his weight .
So not necessarily the most healthy person .
So all of those are factors .
HB : So I mean really quickly since I feel like we did n't really get into it , why have we been worried that he 's dead to begin with ?
What set off this chain of suspicions ?
MR : Essentially , if you 're thinking about how do you know if the leader @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , dead or in poor health , you have a limited amount of tea leaves to read .
So in this case , essentially Kim Jong-un did n't show up in state media for a long time , for several weeks .
The train , I should mention , has been parked in Wonsan since April 21st , but he 's sort of disappeared for a few weeks before that .
And then there was a celebration and commemoration of his grandfather Kim Il-sung , who 's the founder of the country , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that , which was highly unusual .
So that 's sort of where all the speculation began .
HB : So if he does die , huge if here , since we do n't even know if he 's already dead or not , who takes over North Korea ?
Because there 's no heir apparent .
He 's not married with a kid or anything .
He has n't named a successor or anything .
MR : Yeah , that 's true .
So it 's worth remembering that when Kim Jong-un @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing about him .
We had a few photos of him from Swiss boarding school .
He had shown up , I think , two seats down from his father , Kim Jong-Il , at a state banquet .
So it 's really hard to say who the successor is going to be .
It 's just too early .
He does n't not have children that are old enough to take over from him .
However , he does have a younger sister whose name is Kim Yo-jong , who has actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I guess in the past few years .
MR : She was at the Olympics in Pyeongchang in South Korea .
She 's also shown up in state media and stuff like that .
So that 's the person that the North Korean analyst community has probably been talking the most about .
That being said , North Korea is an incredibly patriarchal kind of culture .
It 's sort of hard to see a woman taking over for the Kim dynasty , which is kind of the ultimate example of strong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of other examples of patriarchal societies that have had women leaders , so it 's possible for sure .
CR : Wow .
Okay .
What is the weirdest rumor you 've ever heard about North Korea ?
MR : There are so many to choose from , but I think for me the one that takes the cake is the rumor that Kim 's uncle , Jang Song-thaek , was executed by being stripped naked and eaten by a pack of wild dogs , which I think is an instructive example because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that basically started because somebody made a joke about it on Chinese social media .
It was then picked up by a tabloid in Hong Kong and then a bunch of Western news outlets that were n't reading critically basically reported it unchallenged and then it came out that there was literally no basis for this story .
And it 's funny because there 's a little kernel of truth there , which is that Kim really did purge his uncle who was quite a powerful figure at the time , but it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we think North Korea really is , that we 're willing to believe that he did it by feeding him to a pack of wild dogs .
HB : See , that 's an interesting point , which gets me into my last question for you .
Why does this country fascinate Americans just so much ?
Because I feel like of all the international news out there , people seem the most willing and like eager to latch onto the North Korea stories .
MR : Yeah , that 's so true @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how many readers were coming to the stuff that I wrote about North Korea , I was just blown away .
And it 's interesting because in the context of these Kim Jong-un death rumors , it 's literally like no one has any information about this .
There 's so much speculation , yet all of the stuff that people are publishing about North Korea are getting just piles and piles of readers .
MR : I think North Korea is different from other countries that have kind of weird or quirky @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also kind of geopolitically significant because it is a nuclear power , because Trump has had this kind of much publicized diplomacy with them , because of all of these other figures from the West who have become part of this strange North Korea news cycle .
People like Dennis Rodman , for instance .
MR : I just think that there 's like an endless appetite .
And I think that the last factor is just that the lack of information just makes people want to know more .
That makes people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crumbs of information there may be .
And I kind of include myself in that to be honest .
HB : I mean , ditto that here .
Megha , thank you so much for talking us through this and I will wait with bated breath to see if we figure out that Kim is alive or dead by the time this episode publishes .
MR : Thanks guys .
Talk to you soon .
CR : It 's time for The List because if you know Buzzfeed at all , you know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today we 're inspired to look at our six best movie musicals .
HB : Yeah , today we 're still reeling from this weekend 's performance of some of composer and lyricist , Stephen Sondheim 's 90th birthday performance .
It was so good .
So we decided to channel that energy into today 's list .
CR : Okay , so good , minus all of the technical issues that happened .
Was n't it delayed by like an hour .
CR : Okay .
We 're ignoring it , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for clarity sake , we 're only talking live-action musicals .
Sorry to all the Disney fans out there .
So first up on our list of the six best movie musicals , number one , Grease .
HB : Number four , Little Shop of Horrors .
CR : I 'm already so sad about every single movie musical that did n't make the cut .
Immediately , I want- HB : Right , all of your loved .
CR : Everyone is loved .
If this list could be over a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ HB : I think it 's a pretty solid list though .
CR : I think so .
I think we have a good range of ... Mama Mia , I just want to watch when I 'm happy , have a drink in hand , singing with some other friends in my apartment .
Same with grace , honestly .
HB : Little Shop of Horrors , you watch for when you want to see Steve Martin be absolutely deranged with a giant puppet .
And Moulin Rouge for when you want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lot .
CR : And then if you want to cry some more , just start watching Once .
HB : And then West Side Story to round it out and really get that classic musical experience , complete with intermission , which surprised the hell out of me when I first watched the movie .
Oh , you 're actually you 're just going to play music now while I go get a snack ?
I love this .
CR : Okay , so I know we 're talking about movie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we were compiling this list , I could n't help but think of the most insane musical that I 've ever watched .
My parents played it for my sister and I when we were younger and I recently revisited it .
The musical is called Seven Brides for Seven Brothers .
Have you seen it , Hayes ?
HB : I have n't seen it , but I know it because my high school did it years before I showed up .
I do n't even know the plot of it though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the plot because I actually found the soundtrack at a record store and I sent it to my sister and I was like , `` Oh my God , do you remember this ? ''
And then I looked it up on Wikipedia and I could n't believe we watched it .
Okay .
So just to sum it up as quickly as I can .
Basically , there are these seven brothers that live in the mountains and then there 's this town down below .
One of the men gets married @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back with him and she 's like , `` Oh my God , all you boys , you 're so messy , blah blah blah . ''
CR : And she 's cleaning everything .
And they love that it 's clean and that someone cooks for them .
So they 're like , `` We want brides too . ''
And their brother is like , `` Okay , well the only way we can do that is if you kidnap them . ''
So all the brothers go down to town @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back and then there 's a snow storm , so that all the families ca n't rescue their daughters and they have to wait until spring .
But by the time it 's spring , they 've all fallen in love with the brothers .
HB : Wow .
Screaming forever .
How is this possible that this was an idea that became , not just a play , but a musical ?
Thank you , Casey , for bringing that to my attention .
CR : Oh , you are welcome .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ watch any of these , you can rent all these fantastic films from the usual places online , but for a couple that are currently on streaming services , there 's Moulin Rouge , which is on HBO Go , HBO NOW , Mamma Mia on Hulu , and West Side Story on Starz .
HB : Is one of your favorites still missing from our list ?
Let us know about it and why it 's at the top of yours .
CR : Just open the voice memo app on your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where you 're sending it from , and email it to us at newsoclock @ buzzfeed.com .
That 's newsoclock , all one word , @ Buzzfeed .
Or just DMS at the News O'Clock account on Twitter .
HB : Okay .
We have time for one more thing because we can not let you go until we talk about this .
Casey , real quick .
Have you seen a video lately that just made you feel better because of how pure it is ?
CR : Yeah .
I think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You know that I 've been crying most recently .
It was during an episode of Great British Bake Off .
That sounds very common to me .
So there you go .
HB : I mean , same .
So the version I 'm talking about today came across my timeline on Saturday and it 's a video of a girl and her uncle , possibly her fake uncle , her play uncle , singing the classic Ai n't No Mountain High Enough .
Please listen .
CR : Oh my God @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : They just fucking crush it .
It 's so good .
I had real tears coming from my face when I first listened .
Then I played it for my fiance and the real tears came back again .
And beyond their vocals , the video itself is great because she 's this tiny twelve-year-old girl , braids and sitting on the arm of a chair or a couch and he 's sitting next to her , but looks to be about five times her size and built like a refrigerator .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ those lovely vocals .
CR : I know the contrast makes it even crazier .
I mean she 's so tiny and the voice she has , it 's so beautiful and strong and all the different levels to it .
I mean , who is she ?
HB : Her name is Bri'Anna Harper from Virginia , shout out to Carolyn Moss of the Just Bought It podcast for that info .
Bri'Anna is on Instagram as @ ya_gurl , G-U-R-L , bri , where she has 53,000 followers and when I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saw that she 's now working on a song with Neo .
CR : Okay , that 's so cool and make sense .
She is talented enough to be doing that .
And going back to the song they did , it 's such a good one for this moment and actually it 's kind of ironic that they 're sitting together in that video .
HB : Why ?
Why is that ironic ?
CR : Okay .
Because Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell were not in the room together when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shout out to that early social distancing , which is while considering the fact that that song sounds like they were just right next to each other , just riffing off of each other .
CR : I mean , if you know what ?
That 's what we 're doing now .
That 's probably what tons of podcasters are doing , we are truly in a wild time .
HB : You 're right .
Innovators in more ways than one .
CR : That 's it for today .
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You just can not .
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Hayes Brown: Jeff Goldbloom and drag racing, a match made in heaven, right? Turns out, Nope. Sondheim's 90th birthday has this inspired in today's list and have you heard? There's a rumor in North Korea. Luckily, Buzzfeed News' Megha Rajagopalan is here to help us separate fact from fiction.
Casey Rackholm: The date April 27th, 2020.
HB: The time News O'Clock.
HB: Hello friends. I'm Hayes Brown.
CR: And I'm Casey Rackholm. Welcome to News O'Clock.
HB: Okay. I love the East coast, but it is really dragging me down today. It feels like just the Monday-est of Monday's possible out here.
CR: Which is insane because we usually don't know what any day is, but today it's very clear. It's a Monday.
HB: It is super clear through all of the fog and panic. The Monday slices through like a knife to the heart, just informing us of it's Monday-ness.
CR: And in the most Monday fashion, I woke up at 7:00 AM to gardeners doing landscaping around my apartment.
HB: Oh no.
CR: It's been a noisy morning.
HB: What are they even doing out there right now?
CR: I don't know, but I saw them cutting down a tree that then hit several wires, so it all sounds good to me, right?
HB: Yeah, I'm sure.
HB: Are they at least social distancing between themselves as they are cutting down trees. Are there six feet between them as they fell?
CR: Hopefully, Hayes.
HB: Okay. It is time for the corona update.
CR: Ah, yes, the best time of the day.
HB: Your sarcasm is heard and honestly appreciated. So here's what you need to know today. For instance, briefings might be over for now. We've gotten kind of used to his daily, kind of rambly, briefings at the end of the day… on the coronavirus, but over the weekend, the White House indicated a pause after last week's bleach briefing. At ... what's that? He's actually briefing again tonight even though the White House said that he wasn't going to brief again tonight? Okay. That didn't last too long then did it. Meanwhile, speaking of things not lasting very long, some states are beginning to open up again, including Georgia, which last week allowed hairdressers to open, and this week is allowing restaurants to reopen.
HB: Now, most of those are states that you would call red states, with Republican governors, but that includes Colorado, which has a Democrat for governor Jared Polis, who was with the progressive caucus when he was in Congress. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization is warning us not so fast on the hope that if you've had coronavirus, you're done with it. While there is hope that people with antibodies have some form of resistance to the coronavirus, the WHO warned over the weekend that there's not any evidence saying that for sure yet. So once you get your antibodies test, which are ramping up, don't go out there just coughing willy-nilly on people. Don't take the risk. And finally, Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the lead members of the President's Corona Task Force, was asked a few weeks ago who he'd to play him on Saturday Night Live.
CR: Who? Which actor would you want to play you? Here are some suggestions that I've heard. Ben Stiller, Brad Pitt, which one?
HB: Oh, Brad Pitt, of course.
President Donald Trump: This weekend he got his wish, courtesy of guest host, Brad Pitt, playing Fauci reacting to some of the president's more, out there comments, including Trump's denial that he'd ever fire Fauci.
Brad Pitt (Dr. Fauci):
Let's see what he said about that.
President Donald Trump:
Today, I walk in. I hear, I'm going to fire him. I'm not firing him. I think he's a wonderful guy.
Brad Pitt (Dr. Fauci):
So yeah, I'm getting fired.
HB: Can you imagine having that kind of poll though? Just to demand who plays you on SNL? I could never, I would be happy with whomever they gave me at that point.
CR: I know, most definitely. I'd be like, "Oh my God. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for considering me."
HB: Who would be your dream pick though?
CR: Oh my dream pick? I don't know. I don't think that I have a celebrity doppelganger, so it would really just have to be whoever I loved at the moment. I love Saoirse Ronan, so I'm going to say Saoirse Ronan and everyone could just pretend I have an Irish accent.
HB: Yeah, done. Sold. I will totally buy that. I think my person would, based on things I've been told over the years, Jeffrey Wright from Westworld, the Hunger Games is what I've been ... You're in agreement with them then?
CR: Oh my God. That is the most ...
CR: I am in such agreement. As soon as ... You couldn't even say Jeffrey all the way and I was like, "Oh my God. Yes."
HB: I mean the age difference is there, but you know what? Honored if that's even a consideration.
CR: All right, well it's time for today's Good News, Bad News.
CR: As you might guess from the name, this is where I bring you some of the most, "Oh my God, yes!" and most, "No, thanks," stories from around the internet
HB: This weekend seems like it was a smorgasbord of both, to be honest.
CR: Indeed, but we shall begin with the good news. Buffy the Vampire Slayer exists and it's at least in part thanks to the Queen of Country Dolly Parton. Her production company, Sand Dollar Entertainment, was apparently one of the original producers of Buffy, which is, I guess some people knew that who were in the know but a lot of fans did not know that, including me, and they just realized it over the weekend and it's been nuts. And also her production company helped with ... They produce Father of the Bride and Fly Away Home. I mean it's insane but also as soon as I heard it I was like, "Oh my God, that makes so much sense. Dolly and Buffy."
HB: Right? Two great tastes that apparently go great together. I was shocked and delighted when I learned this because I thought I knew some shit about Buffy the Vampire Slayer but not this one.
CR: Definitely not. But yeah, it makes so much sense because Dolly Parton is so campy, she loves telling female stories and it's just like, "Wow, what a match made in heaven."
HB: But also what loss that we never got a Dolly Parton cameo on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
CR: I know. Apparently, it's a rumor that Buffy's birthday, January 19th, was a Dolly shout out, but I'm like, "No, let's put Dolly in it. I want to see Dolly and Buffy together."
HB: I want to see Dolly as Vampire Number Three, is what I wanted to have seen. That would have been amazing.
CR: You know what? No, I think it's time for a rewatch to find her somewhere in the background.
HB: Add her in.
CR: Exactly.
HB: Put George Lucas, Buffy, and just digitally put her in years later.
CR: Okay, so onto the bad news. For anyone who is excited to see Jeff Goldbloom on RuPaul's drag race this weekend, it did not go well. No spoilers if you didn't see it, but Goldbloom was a guest judge alongside Rachel Bloom from Craziest Girlfriend and the category for the runway was patriotic looks and Persian American drag queen Jackie Cox wore a hijab with her outfit. And then Jackie and Goldbloom had this exchange.
Jeff Goldbloom: Are you religious, may I ask?
Jackie Cox: I'm not. And to be honest, this outfit really represents the importance that visibility for people of religious minorities need to have in this country.
Jeff Goldbloom: Isn't this an interesting wrinkle though? Is there something in that religion that is anti-homosexuality and anti-woman? How does that complicate the issue? I'm just raising it, thinking out loud and maybe being stupid, but what do you think?
Jackie Cox: No. I think drag has always shaken the tree.
CR: Yeah, it's not great. There's lots of backlash online with people calling the comments Islamophobic. Though there were supporters who said Jeff was just asking questions.
HB: That was so messy. What's wild is just how Jeff Goldbloom, he was, while he was asking it, just in a sort of just kind of a pontificating kind of way. Not really paying attention to where the question's going. Just filming me to ask the question.
CR: That's a really good impression.
HB: That was my… by the way.
CR: Really good.
HB: Thank you.
CR: That sounds like him during the episode. He is extremely, that was his voice the entire time. I don't know. It is, it's just a messy situation because he's bringing up this homophobia and religion, but I'm like, "Okay, are we not going to bring up Christianity and the homophobia that's rooted in that?"
CR: So it was definitely felt like a pointed question.
HB: Whether he knew it or not. And while the only way to learn is to ask, the problem is not that the question was asked is that the question's been asked so many times before at this point. Jeff, why are you still catching up on this one?
CR: Right. And it felt like it was just taking away from Jackie Cox's beautiful moment on stage.
HB: A mess all around, indeed.
CR: Well, after the break, we've got Megha Rajagopalan to give us the tea about North Korea. Be right back.
HB: Welcome back. It's time for Say More. This is where we get to talk to some of the best people out there into spending some quality time with us.
CR: He's alive. he's dead. He's got a train. The last week has seen rumor after rumor about North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, and whether he's even still breathing, let alone in charge of his country.
HB: To help us sort through the mess, we're lucky to have Buzzfeed News World Correspondent, Megha Rajagopalan , who's joining the conversation from London. Hello Megha.
Megha Rajagopalan: Hey.
CR: So over the weekend we had a story from TMZ go viral claiming that Kim Jong-un wound was dead. On a scale of one to 10, how panicked were the text messages you got when that story went up?
MR: Oh my God. I was like everyone else on earth. I was on a massive Zoom call playing a trivia game and someone was looking at their phone. They're like, "Oh my God, Kim Jong-un is dead." And I was like, "Holy shit." So I ran inside and Googled and then I was like, "TMZ? That TMZ?" And then I looked at it and it was like, "According to media outlets in China and Japan," and it said, "We have not verified this information." So I was like, "Okay, maybe not. Maybe let's chill."
HB: So what is the latest on what we actually do know for sure about Kim Jong-un? Because I feel like it's not a lot. Something about a train managed to weave its way up to my brain this weekend. But that's about it.
MR: Yeah, I mean it's the most secretive state in the world. It just bears repeating over and over again. So anything you see on this that hasn't actually been said by the North Korean government just treat with a huge amount of suspicion. The train thing is that basically there is a thing called 38 North, which is based in D.C. And they do a lot of monitoring satellite images of North Korea and the latest discovery that they've made is that a train that belongs to Kim Jong-un, it's his train, has been spotted at this resort town in the East of the country called Wonsan. He has a compound there. So considering it's his train, that's maybe one piece of evidence that he's actually there. Then again, the North Koreans know that everybody is monitoring satellite images for info about them because there's literally very few other ways to be able to do it. So I mean if I was trying to cover up someone's death, maybe I would just send us train up there. It's hard to say.
HB: Okay, really quickly. Why a train? Why does he own a train? Why is that his preferred transportation method?
MR: It's a communist country. They are known for being very into train travel. But I mean seriously, he takes the train to visit China. I think the subway in Pyongyang is known for how beautiful it is. It has the same style as the Metro and Moscow and that sort of thing. So I just think it's part of the kind of infrastructure of North Korea.
CR: Okay, so he's only 36. Why are we so worried about his health like this?
MR: Well, he's a heavy smoker. He's thought to be diabetic. He's thought to be overweight. He's a heavy drinker by many accounts. I think the UN once estimated that his alcohol budget topped $30 million or something like that. I think it's a lot of expensive whiskey and that sort of thing. He had ankle surgery, which has been linked to his weight. So not necessarily the most healthy person. So all of those are factors.
HB: So I mean really quickly since I feel like we didn't really get into it, why have we been worried that he's dead to begin with? What set off this chain of suspicions?
MR: Essentially, if you're thinking about how do you know if the leader of a really secretive country is alive, dead or in poor health, you have a limited amount of tea leaves to read. So in this case, essentially Kim Jong-un didn't show up in state media for a long time, for several weeks. The train, I should mention, has been parked in Wonsan since April 21st, but he's sort of disappeared for a few weeks before that. And then there was a celebration and commemoration of his grandfather Kim Il-sung, who's the founder of the country, and he didn't show up at that, which was highly unusual. So that's sort of where all the speculation began.
HB: So if he does die, huge if here, since we don't even know if he's already dead or not, who takes over North Korea? Because there's no heir apparent. He's not married with a kid or anything. He hasn't named a successor or anything.
MR: Yeah, that's true. So it's worth remembering that when Kim Jong-un came to power, we basically knew nothing about him. We had a few photos of him from Swiss boarding school. He had shown up, I think, two seats down from his father, Kim Jong-Il, at a state banquet. So it's really hard to say who the successor is going to be. It's just too early. He doesn't not have children that are old enough to take over from him. However, he does have a younger sister whose name is Kim Yo-jong, who has actually been appearing in public quite a bit, I guess in the past few years.
MR: She was at the Olympics in Pyeongchang in South Korea. She's also shown up in state media and stuff like that. So that's the person that the North Korean analyst community has probably been talking the most about. That being said, North Korea is an incredibly patriarchal kind of culture. It's sort of hard to see a woman taking over for the Kim dynasty, which is kind of the ultimate example of strong man rule. But there are lots of other examples of patriarchal societies that have had women leaders, so it's possible for sure.
CR: Wow. Okay. What is the weirdest rumor you've ever heard about North Korea?
MR: There are so many to choose from, but I think for me the one that takes the cake is the rumor that Kim's uncle, Jang Song-thaek, was executed by being stripped naked and eaten by a pack of wild dogs, which I think is an instructive example because this is another example of a rumor that basically started because somebody made a joke about it on Chinese social media. It was then picked up by a tabloid in Hong Kong and then a bunch of Western news outlets that weren't reading critically basically reported it unchallenged and then it came out that there was literally no basis for this story. And it's funny because there's a little kernel of truth there, which is that Kim really did purge his uncle who was quite a powerful figure at the time, but it's a testament to like how weird we think North Korea really is, that we're willing to believe that he did it by feeding him to a pack of wild dogs.
HB: See, that's an interesting point, which gets me into my last question for you. Why does this country fascinate Americans just so much? Because I feel like of all the international news out there, people seem the most willing and like eager to latch onto the North Korea stories.
MR: Yeah, that's so true. When I started paying attention to how many readers were coming to the stuff that I wrote about North Korea, I was just blown away. And it's interesting because in the context of these Kim Jong-un death rumors, it's literally like no one has any information about this. There's so much speculation ,yet all of the stuff that people are publishing about North Korea are getting just piles and piles of readers.
MR: I think North Korea is different from other countries that have kind of weird or quirky aspects to their politics because it's also kind of geopolitically significant because it is a nuclear power, because Trump has had this kind of much publicized diplomacy with them, because of all of these other figures from the West who have become part of this strange North Korea news cycle. People like Dennis Rodman, for instance.
MR: I just think that there's like an endless appetite. And I think that the last factor is just that the lack of information just makes people want to know more. That makes people want to kind of grasp any little crumbs of information there may be. And I kind of include myself in that to be honest.
HB: I mean, ditto that here. Megha, thank you so much for talking us through this and I will wait with bated breath to see if we figure out that Kim is alive or dead by the time this episode publishes.
MR: Thanks guys. Talk to you soon.
CR: It's time for The List because if you know Buzzfeed at all, you know how much we love lists. And today we're inspired to look at our six best movie musicals.
HB: Yeah, today we're still reeling from this weekend's performance of some of composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthday performance. It was so good. So we decided to channel that energy into today's list.
CR: Okay, so good, minus all of the technical issues that happened. Wasn't it delayed by like an hour.
HB: Yeah, but shh.
CR: Okay. We're ignoring it, we're ignoring it. Okay. And for clarity sake, we're only talking live-action musicals. Sorry to all the Disney fans out there. So first up on our list of the six best movie musicals, number one, Grease.
HB: Number two, Moulin Rouge.
CR: Number three, Once.
HB: Number four, Little Shop of Horrors.
CR: Number five, Mamma Mia.
HB: And number six, West Side Story.
CR: I'm already so sad about every single movie musical that didn't make the cut. Immediately, I want-
HB: Right, all of your loved.
CR: Everyone is loved. If this list could be over a hundred I would watch them all.
HB: I think it's a pretty solid list though.
CR: I think so. I think we have a good range of ... Mama Mia, I just want to watch when I'm happy, have a drink in hand, singing with some other friends in my apartment. Same with grace, honestly.
HB: Little Shop of Horrors, you watch for when you want to see Steve Martin be absolutely deranged with a giant puppet. And Moulin Rouge for when you want to be really happy and then cry a lot.
CR: And then if you want to cry some more, just start watching Once.
HB: And then West Side Story to round it out and really get that classic musical experience, complete with intermission, which surprised the hell out of me when I first watched the movie. Oh, you're actually you're just going to play music now while I go get a snack? I love this.
CR: Okay, so I know we're talking about movie musicals that we love, but while we were compiling this list, I couldn't help but think of the most insane musical that I've ever watched. My parents played it for my sister and I when we were younger and I recently revisited it. The musical is called Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Have you seen it, Hayes?
HB: I haven't seen it, but I know it because my high school did it years before I showed up. I don't even know the plot of it though.
CR: I will tell you the plot because I actually found the soundtrack at a record store and I sent it to my sister and I was like, "Oh my God, do you remember this?" And then I looked it up on Wikipedia and I couldn't believe we watched it. Okay. So just to sum it up as quickly as I can. Basically, there are these seven brothers that live in the mountains and then there's this town down below. One of the men gets married to this one woman and she comes back with him and she's like, "Oh my God, all you boys, you're so messy, blah blah blah."
CR: And she's cleaning everything. And they love that it's clean and that someone cooks for them. So they're like, "We want brides too." And their brother is like, "Okay, well the only way we can do that is if you kidnap them." So all the brothers go down to town, kidnap six women, bring them back and then there's a snow storm, so that all the families can't rescue their daughters and they have to wait until spring. But by the time it's spring, they've all fallen in love with the brothers.
HB: Wow. Screaming forever. How is this possible that this was an idea that became, not just a play, but a musical? Thank you, Casey, for bringing that to my attention.
CR: Oh, you are welcome. Okay, so if you want to watch any of these, you can rent all these fantastic films from the usual places online, but for a couple that are currently on streaming services, there's Moulin Rouge, which is on HBO Go, HBO NOW, Mamma Mia on Hulu, and West Side Story on Starz.
HB: Is one of your favorites still missing from our list? Let us know about it and why it's at the top of yours.
CR: Just open the voice memo app on your phone. Record your answer, including where you're sending it from, and email it to us at newsoclock@buzzfeed.com. That's newsoclock, all one word, @Buzzfeed. Or just DMS at the News O'Clock account on Twitter.
HB: Okay. We have time for one more thing because we can not let you go until we talk about this. Casey, real quick. Have you seen a video lately that just made you feel better because of how pure it is?
CR: Yeah. I think this is a point in question. You know that I've been crying most recently. It was during an episode of Great British Bake Off. That sounds very common to me. So there you go.
HB: I mean, same. So the version I'm talking about today came across my timeline on Saturday and it's a video of a girl and her uncle, possibly her fake uncle, her play uncle ,singing the classic Ain't No Mountain High Enough. Please listen.
Singer:
“Ain't No Mountain High Enough”
CR: Oh my God, that is so good.
HB: They just fucking crush it. It's so good. I had real tears coming from my face when I first listened. Then I played it for my fiance and the real tears came back again. And beyond their vocals, the video itself is great because she's this tiny twelve-year-old girl, braids and sitting on the arm of a chair or a couch and he's sitting next to her, but looks to be about five times her size and built like a refrigerator. Just a brick of a man with those lovely vocals.
CR: I know the contrast makes it even crazier. I mean she's so tiny and the voice she has, it's so beautiful and strong and all the different levels to it. I mean, who is she?
HB: Her name is Bri'Anna Harper from Virginia, shout out to Carolyn Moss of the Just Bought It podcast for that info. Bri'Anna is on Instagram as @ya_gurl, G-U-R-L, bri, where she has 53,000 followers and when I went to visit her page, I saw that she's now working on a song with Neo.
CR: Okay, that's so cool and make sense. She is talented enough to be doing that. And going back to the song they did, it's such a good one for this moment and actually it's kind of ironic that they're sitting together in that video.
HB: Why? Why is that ironic?
CR: Okay. Because Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell were not in the room together when they recorded the song.
HB: Shout out to that early social distancing, which is while considering the fact that that song sounds like they were just right next to each other, just riffing off of each other.
CR: I mean, if you know what? That's what we're doing now. That's probably what tons of podcasters are doing, we are truly in a wild time.
HB: You're right. Innovators in more ways than one.
CR: That's it for today. Join us tomorrow for all the best and worst of what Tuesday has to offer us, plus coronavirus conspiracies.
HB: And remember, just because the Michael Jordan documentary is inspiring, there's no reason to embarrass yourself trying to be him on the basketball court in a pandemic. No, you cannot dunk. You just cannot.
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buzzfeed--2020-04-28--These Women Healthcare Workers Say They Are Being Put At Risk During The UK's Coronavirus Crisis By

These Women Healthcare Workers Say They Are Being Put At Risk During The UK's Coronavirus Crisis By Ill-Fitting PPE

Women health workers have told BuzzFeed News that ill-fitting personal protective equipment designed for men is putting them at risk of infection for the coronavirus , as a trade union released data showing that almost half of women found their PPE didn ’ t fit properly .
The results of an online survey from the Prospect union , released exclusively to BuzzFeed News , showed that roughly twice as many women as men had problems with poorly fitting PPE — an issue it said should not be allowed to persist in the “ middle of the biggest acute health crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surveyed workers across a range of sectors , including energy generation , lab technicians , airport workers , and Defra vets — all of whom would use the same items of PPE as frontline health workers .
One ICU doctor working on the front line told BuzzFeed News her biggest problem was with gowns .
She described herself as “ a petite woman , who wears a size 8 to 10 , ” but said that the gowns she is provided with are designed “ for a man several sizes larger.
” She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come in extra-large type sizes ” , adding , “ That particularly means that the neck of the gown , it gapes really quite far down , so that part of your upper chest and your scrub top is exposed , so you 're not really getting the full protection .
If people cough or there 's exposure to coronavirus through medical procedures , that part of your body is quite exposed.
” She said the fact they were so cumbersome meant : “ You 're sort of breaching the standardised way of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yourself at risk of touching parts of the dirty gown that have been exposed to [ ... ] coronavirus secretions because you 're [ ... ] having to hold on to bits of furniture to stay [ stable ] as you pull this giant thing on or off.
” She said there were other issues with the gowns : `` [ They ] are too big at the sleeves , and so they 're not fully covered by the gloves that we ’ re asked to put on top of them .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gaping sections where the skin of your wrist can be exposed . ''

Women health workers have told BuzzFeed News that ill-fitting personal protective equipment designed for men is putting them at risk of infection for the coronavirus, as a trade union released data showing that almost half of women found their PPE didn’t fit properly.
The results of an online survey from the Prospect union, released exclusively to BuzzFeed News, showed that roughly twice as many women as men had problems with poorly fitting PPE — an issue it said should not be allowed to persist in the “middle of the biggest acute health crisis in generations”.
The trade union surveyed workers across a range of sectors, including energy generation, lab technicians, airport workers, and Defra vets — all of whom would use the same items of PPE as frontline health workers.
One ICU doctor working on the front line told BuzzFeed News her biggest problem was with gowns. She described herself as “a petite woman, who wears a size 8 to 10,” but said that the gowns she is provided with are designed “for a man several sizes larger.”
She said the supplied gowns “tend to come in extra-large type sizes”, adding, “That particularly means that the neck of the gown, it gapes really quite far down, so that part of your upper chest and your scrub top is exposed, so you're not really getting the full protection. If people cough or there's exposure to coronavirus through medical procedures, that part of your body is quite exposed.”
She said the fact they were so cumbersome meant: “You're sort of breaching the standardised way of taking them on and off and putting yourself at risk of touching parts of the dirty gown that have been exposed to [...] coronavirus secretions because you're [...] having to hold on to bits of furniture to stay [stable] as you pull this giant thing on or off.”
She said there were other issues with the gowns: "[They] are too big at the sleeves, and so they're not fully covered by the gloves that we’re asked to put on top of them. So you end up with these sort of gaping sections where the skin of your wrist can be exposed."


buzzfeed--2020-03-17--The Food Industry Wants The Government To Second Hospitality Workers To Production Lines

The UK food industry is calling on the government to deliver a massive economic package to ensure it can continue to feed the nation , including seconding hospitality workers to “ to plug the gaps that are already appearing on our production lines ” .
Leading food businesses reassured environment secretary George Eustice at a meeting on Monday that they were currently meeting demand .
Eustice said following the meeting : “ The food industry is doing everything it can to rise to this challenge — and we will continue to work closely together over the coming days and months.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ministers and officials that bottlenecks at production depots due to the coronavirus outbreak could eventually lead to food shortages unless there is immediate government intervention .
One industry source said that without new measures , “ things could get ugly very quickly ” .
The chief concern in the food industry is that a labour shortage caused by workers self-isolating following the latest government health advice will cause production to slow .
They are calling on Downing Street to relax the stringent social distancing measures for some food production workers .
Their fear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ industry representatives said , but about millions more Britons now eating three meals a day at home , and supermarket demand soaring as a result .

The UK food industry is calling on the government to deliver a massive economic package to ensure it can continue to feed the nation, including seconding hospitality workers to “to plug the gaps that are already appearing on our production lines”.
Leading food businesses reassured environment secretary George Eustice at a meeting on Monday that they were currently meeting demand. Eustice said following the meeting: “The food industry is doing everything it can to rise to this challenge — and we will continue to work closely together over the coming days and months.”
But concerns have been raised with ministers and officials that bottlenecks at production depots due to the coronavirus outbreak could eventually lead to food shortages unless there is immediate government intervention.
One industry source said that without new measures, “things could get ugly very quickly”.
The chief concern in the food industry is that a labour shortage caused by workers self-isolating following the latest government health advice will cause production to slow. They are calling on Downing Street to relax the stringent social distancing measures for some food production workers.
Their fear is not so much about stockpiling, industry representatives said, but about millions more Britons now eating three meals a day at home, and supermarket demand soaring as a result.


buzzfeed--2020-04-06--These People Are Facing The Coronavirus Without Jobs Or Medicare

Two weeks ago , Mostafa Z. lost his job at a cleaning company , joining millions around the world who are now unemployed due to the coronavirus .
But unlike most people in Australia , Mostafa doesn ’ t just need money to pay for food , rent and other daily expenses — he also needs it for basic healthcare .
Under the terms of his temporary visa , he doesn ’ t have access to Medicare , Australia ’ s universal health insurance scheme .
Mostafa , a 36-year-old Kurd , fled Iran and sought asylum in Australia , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 2010 .
His refugee claim has travelled between different bureaucrats , tribunals and courts for the past decade , and is still unresolved .
In the meantime , he ’ s been on a series of short bridging visas , which have given him work rights but no access to welfare payments or Medicare .
For over three years , he worked in a food factory , but injured his hand at work in mid-2015 .
His surgery and physiotherapy were covered by workers ’ compensation , but the pain in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ job .
Since then , he has found it difficult to find full-time work and has jumped between contracts .
The cleaning gig lasted four months .
Most Australians are accustomed to visiting the GP for free , but Mostafa usually avoids doctors because of the expense .
In March , he was forced to get a tetanus shot after he scraped his skin on metal while playing with his puppy Bobby .
That cost him $ 650 , he said .
He fears what will happen if he develops COVID-19 symptoms .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ he was waiting on a call from a friend to let him know if he would be able to get a third day of work at a construction site , even though the work is painful with his injury .
“ If tonight my friend is not calling me , the pressure is coming for me tomorrow , ” he said .
Mostafa has limited savings , and he drives for hours from his home in Frankston south of the Melbourne CBD to get food from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Footscray @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ m worrying for my future , ” he said .
“ I ’ m worried about next week , not next year.
” “ I don ’ t know what ’ s the solution for me , honestly , I don ’ t know .
I want to just work and pay my bills and stay at home.
” Caseworkers with Sydney ’ s Jesuit Refugee Service ( JRS ) are seeing others in Mostafa ’ s position seeking help .
Some temporary visas do permit access to Medicare , but many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are saying that [ the asylum seekers ] already have serious and complex physical health conditions , ” JRS director Carolina Gottardo told BuzzFeed News .
“ They are very worried about presenting to hospitals .
If they don ’ t , this is a massive issue for public health .
There is a massive risk of transmission.
” The federal government has not extended any extra help to asylum seekers on temporary visas in its mammoth assistance packages , announced as unemployment numbers rise .
A health department spokesperson told BuzzFeed News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ continue to consider the health implications of the outbreak for all people currently in Australia ” .
The federal government has agreed to fund half the costs incurred by state governments in diagnosing and treating all people suspected or confirmed of having COVID-19 in their public health and hospital systems , no matter their Medicare eligibility , the spokesperson said .
The government ’ s Health Direct website advises those without Medicare that “ some states and territories ( such as NSW and WA ) will waive healthcare costs associated with COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state- or territory-run health facility ” .
The health department spokesperson did not indicate which states and territories have this policy .
Shadow home affairs minister Kristina Keneally wrote to acting immigration minister Alan Tudge on March 20 , urging the government “ to ensure that all temporary visa holders can access coronavirus testing and treatment on a doctor ’ s recommendation , and where necessary , some form of income support ” .
In a press release issued on Saturday , Tudge told temporary visa holders who could not support themselves , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was “ time to go home ” and they should “ make arrangements as quickly as possible ” .

Two weeks ago, Mostafa Z. lost his job at a cleaning company, joining millions around the world who are now unemployed due to the coronavirus.
But unlike most people in Australia, Mostafa doesn’t just need money to pay for food, rent and other daily expenses — he also needs it for basic healthcare. Under the terms of his temporary visa, he doesn’t have access to Medicare, Australia’s universal health insurance scheme.
Mostafa, a 36-year-old Kurd, fled Iran and sought asylum in Australia, arriving by boat in the first days of 2010. His refugee claim has travelled between different bureaucrats, tribunals and courts for the past decade, and is still unresolved. In the meantime, he’s been on a series of short bridging visas, which have given him work rights but no access to welfare payments or Medicare.
For over three years, he worked in a food factory, but injured his hand at work in mid-2015. His surgery and physiotherapy were covered by workers’ compensation, but the pain in his hand persisted and he left the factory job.
Since then, he has found it difficult to find full-time work and has jumped between contracts. The cleaning gig lasted four months.
Most Australians are accustomed to visiting the GP for free, but Mostafa usually avoids doctors because of the expense. In March, he was forced to get a tetanus shot after he scraped his skin on metal while playing with his puppy Bobby. That cost him $650, he said. He fears what will happen if he develops COVID-19 symptoms.
When he spoke to BuzzFeed News, he was waiting on a call from a friend to let him know if he would be able to get a third day of work at a construction site, even though the work is painful with his injury.
“If tonight my friend is not calling me, the pressure is coming for me tomorrow,” he said.
Mostafa has limited savings, and he drives for hours from his home in Frankston south of the Melbourne CBD to get food from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Footscray in the inner west.
“I’m worrying for my future,” he said. “I’m worried about next week, not next year.”
“I don’t know what’s the solution for me, honestly, I don’t know. I want to just work and pay my bills and stay at home.”
Caseworkers with Sydney’s Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) are seeing others in Mostafa’s position seeking help. Some temporary visas do permit access to Medicare, but many don’t.
“The caseworkers are saying that [the asylum seekers] already have serious and complex physical health conditions,” JRS director Carolina Gottardo told BuzzFeed News. “They are very worried about presenting to hospitals. If they don’t, this is a massive issue for public health. There is a massive risk of transmission.”
The federal government has not extended any extra help to asylum seekers on temporary visas in its mammoth assistance packages, announced as unemployment numbers rise.
A health department spokesperson told BuzzFeed News the government response to the pandemic would “continue to consider the health implications of the outbreak for all people currently in Australia”. The federal government has agreed to fund half the costs incurred by state governments in diagnosing and treating all people suspected or confirmed of having COVID-19 in their public health and hospital systems, no matter their Medicare eligibility, the spokesperson said.
The government’s Health Direct website advises those without Medicare that “some states and territories (such as NSW and WA) will waive healthcare costs associated with COVID-19 if a person is treated in a state- or territory-run health facility”. The health department spokesperson did not indicate which states and territories have this policy.
Shadow home affairs minister Kristina Keneally wrote to acting immigration minister Alan Tudge on March 20, urging the government “to ensure that all temporary visa holders can access coronavirus testing and treatment on a doctor’s recommendation, and where necessary, some form of income support”.
In a press release issued on Saturday, Tudge told temporary visa holders who could not support themselves, including by accessing superannuation, that it was “time to go home” and they should “make arrangements as quickly as possible”.


buzzfeed--2020-03-26--Next Is Closing Its Warehouses And Stopping Online Orders After Staff Said They Didn't Feel Safe

The clothing retailer Next is closing its warehouses and stopping online orders after BuzzFeed News revealed its staff had complained they did n't feel safe going into work during the coronavirus pandemic .
On Wednesday , two staff members at different Next distribution centres told BuzzFeed News that the government 's social distancing guidelines were not being followed onsite .
In a statement on Thursday evening , the company said : `` NEXT has listened very carefully to its colleagues working in Warehousing and Distribution Operations to fulfil Online orders .
`` It is clear that many increasingly feel they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate .
`` NEXT has therefore taken the difficult decision to temporarily close its Online , Warehousing and Distribution Operations from this evening , Thursday 26 March 2020 .
NEXT will not be taking any more Online orders after this time until further notice . ''
When workers arrived at work on Wednesday , dozens of them stood together waiting to be assigned tasks , one employee had told BuzzFeed News .
“ There were 50 people stood together brushing shoulders.
” A second employee at a different Next distribution centre told BuzzFeed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that scanners were being passed between dozens of employees per day with only minimal sanitisation .
They also confirmed that staff were having to eat in the road outside because the canteen had been shut .

The clothing retailer Next is closing its warehouses and stopping online orders after BuzzFeed News revealed its staff had complained they didn't feel safe going into work during the coronavirus pandemic.
On Wednesday, two staff members at different Next distribution centres told BuzzFeed News that the government's social distancing guidelines were not being followed onsite.
In a statement on Thursday evening, the company said: "NEXT has listened very carefully to its colleagues working in Warehousing and Distribution Operations to fulfil Online orders.
"It is clear that many increasingly feel they should be at home in the current climate.
"NEXT has therefore taken the difficult decision to temporarily close its Online, Warehousing and Distribution Operations from this evening, Thursday 26 March 2020. NEXT will not be taking any more Online orders after this time until further notice."
When workers arrived at work on Wednesday, dozens of them stood together waiting to be assigned tasks, one employee had told BuzzFeed News. “There were 50 people stood together brushing shoulders.”
A second employee at a different Next distribution centre told BuzzFeed News a similar story. They said that scanners were being passed between dozens of employees per day with only minimal sanitisation.
They also confirmed that staff were having to eat in the road outside because the canteen had been shut.


buzzfeed--2020-03-30--15 Photos That Show How Deserted Airplanes And Airports Are Right Now

Right now , thousands of people across the nation are practicing social distancing to flatten the curve of COVID-19 , @ @ @ @ @ novel coronavirus .
While it 's not entirely surprising that very few people are traveling @ @ @ @ @ see just how empty flights are right now .

Right now, thousands of people across the nation are practicing social distancing to flatten the curve of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. While it's not entirely surprising that very few people are traveling, it's shocking to see just how empty flights are right now.


buzzfeed--2020-03-29--13 Of The Best Food And Grocery Delivery Services

Sun Basket 's focus is on organic ingredients , and you can customize your deliveries to specific diets like pescatarian @ @ @ @ @ is ideal for home cooks who want to make sophisticated and satisfying meals .
The @ @ @ @ @ globally inspired recipes that you might not come up with on your own like sesame-crusted @ @ @ @ @ chicken with basmati rice pilaf .
Order your first delivery from Sun Basket ( meal @ @ @ @ @ per serving ) .

If you're practicing social distancing, at a high risk of contracting the coronavirus, or just don't feel comfortable going to the market right now, there are a handful of awesome delivery services that will deliver meal kits and groceries right to your door. Just remember that when it comes to tipping, these delivery people are putting themselves at risk to work during a pandemic, and now is a great time to be generous if you have the means.