From Harper’s Weekly Review:<\/p>\n
In Brazil<\/strong>, President Jair Bolsonaro flouted the government\u2019s recommendation to stay indoors, and gangs in Rio de Janeiro enforced their own lockdown. \u201cIf the government won’t do the right thing, organized crime will,\u201d their official statement read.<\/em><\/p>\n U.K.<\/strong> prime minister Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, who said at a press conference four weeks ago that he had shaken the hands of people hospitalized for the coronavirus and whose government had promoted a policy of herd immunity, announced that he had tested positive for the virus.<\/em><\/p>\n The president of Belarus<\/strong> criticized other nations\u2019 responses to the coronavirus as \u201cjust another psychosis\u201d and recommended as treatments 40 to 50 grams of vodka daily, going to a Russian-style sauna two to three times a week, and working on a farm.<\/em><\/p>\n A technical officer at the World Health Organization<\/strong> warned that consuming alcohol was an \u201cunhelpful coping strategy\u201d for cabin fever.<\/em><\/p>\n English<\/strong> police officers pulled over a man who had put his wife in the trunk because the \u00a315 windows he had purchased on eBay took up too much space in his car.<\/em><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Harper’s Weekly Review: In Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro flouted the government\u2019s recommendation to stay indoors, and gangs in Rio de Janeiro enforced their own lockdown. \u201cIf the government won’t do the right thing, organized crime will,\u201d their official statement … Continue reading