Voices of the Pandemic

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Most of America is entering its second month of lockdown in an ongoing effort to contain the coronavirus. Still, our reporters are — as safely as they can be — spread across the country, doing their best to document this unique, and at times scary, moment in our lives. Today, we listen in as they ask people in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, New York and Seattle about their new realities. Guests: Campbell Robertson, John Eligon, Alan Feuer and Mike Baker, reporters for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: Once-crowded American cities now feel abandoned, as if everyone suddenly moved out. There is no rush hour on the nation’s highways. “Closed” signs hang from the front doors of business after business. This was 24 hours in our new country.

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0:25.6	So I am standing outside of the Safeway supermarket in Eerie, Colorado and it is toilet paper
0:39.8	day.
0:40.8	There are three people standing out here in the cold around 6.30 in the morning and I'm
0:48.8	going to go talk to them.
0:50.8	Hello, how are you guys?
1:02.6	And did you have the intel that this place got its toilet paper shipment?
1:06.4	We were here Saturday and one nice young lady when Marty asked about toilet paper said
1:10.4	our truck has come and Monday will be open at 7 a.m.
1:14.0	And I said, honey, guess we're going to Marmorning.
1:18.6	I've been rationing two squares of trip for a couple of weeks.
1:25.6	I'm looking for two people.
1:29.0	The TV calculator on Facebook said I had three days worth and I'm like, no, this doesn't
1:33.6	work for me.
1:34.6	I'm like, no.
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