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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

This year's Super Bowl was one of the best games in years.

The halftime show, by contrast, was one of the most shocking.

My wife and I were appalled at the sexual nature of the performance,

agreeing that if our grandchildren had been with us,

we would have been forced to change the channel.

It turns out we were not alone. The Federal

Communications Commission has received 1,312 complaints from viewers concerned about the show. Some

parents felt their children were exposed to a porno show. Others thought the show encouraged

sex trafficking or was a major setback for the Me Too movement.

At least there is a way for viewers to do something about abhorrent television content.

That seems to be less the case for the other big story in today's news.

The number of new coronavirus cases in China is dropping. That's the good news. The bad news is that the virus is spreading rapidly elsewhere. This morning, Prime Minister Shenzhou Abe asked all of Japan's schools to close for a month to help contain the spread of the virus. Federal health officials are preparing for a potential pandemic in the U.S.

President Trump has appointed Vice President Pence to head up the American response to the virus.

A U.S. soldier in South Korea has tested positive for the virus, which has spread to every continent

except Antarctica. What can we do to prepare? A Yale medical professor says we can

reduce our risk of contracting the virus by regularly washing our hands, not going to school or

work if we are sick, and getting the flu shot to reduce overcrowding at health care facilities

during the outbreak. Public health tactics could include

reducing mass gatherings, dismissing students or closing schools for a while, and implementing

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