How Reddit's Coronavirus Community Became A Global Lifeline

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.1 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Redditors share how they're coping with the coronavirus pandemic. We also take an in-depth look at r/coronavirus, which has fast become one of the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and reliable sources of information for this constantly developing global story.

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0:00.0	Produced by the iLab at WBUR Boston.
0:12.0	Amory.
0:13.0	Ben.
0:14.0	It's been a strange week.
0:16.0	It's been a strange month.
0:19.0	I know.
0:20.0	And each week kind of feels like a month and each month feels like a year and each day feels like a week.
0:27.0	How are you doing?
0:31.0	You know, I can't complain.
0:33.0	I have a job for now.
0:36.0	I have food and I have a really good partner to be hunkered down with.
0:41.0	But I just feel like, and I'm sure a lot of people feel this way, I just have not found my rhythm.
0:46.0	I don't know when I'm supposed to be exercising or eating or going for a walk or meditating, which is a new thing that I do now.
0:55.0	But I'll find it.
0:56.0	What about you?
0:57.0	I'm doing mostly just eating well meditating, so that's how I get it done.
1:01.0	No, it's, I'm in the same boat.
1:05.0	I mean, things are a little challenging.
1:09.0	I don't have childcare and I have two children.
1:12.0	But I'm, you know, I'm finding myself incredibly thankful for the things I do have starting with a number one, my health at the moment.
1:23.0	So I feel, I feel good.
1:25.0	I've been playing Dungeons and Dragons via video chat.
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