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

Unsurprisingly, some retailers are hiking prices amid coronavirus fears.

For instance, bottles of Purell were going for $149 on eBay this week.

Amazon has been cracking down on price gaugers and products that falsely advertise protection

against the virus.

Other effects of the epidemic might be less obvious to those who have been less affected by it so far.

I noted yesterday that the release of the new James Bond movie has been delayed because of theater closures in China and elsewhere. Now Disney is worried about its remake of Moulin for the same reason.

Shares of movie theater chains are dropping due to these closures.

Hundreds of conferences have been canceled, costing tens of millions of dollars in lost revenues for local economies.

Cruise lines are struggling with cancellations as well. Broadcasters could lose millions if the

2020 Olympics are postponed, and almost 300 million children are out of school due to the virus.

Close to home for me, Chinese restaurants in the Dallas area are reporting significant drops in business,

even though, as one owner says, she gets all her ingredients

locally and in the U.S. And the Texas Rangers are scheduled to open the baseball season in Seattle

on March 26th, plans that could be affected by the epidemic. Here's another side of the coronavirus

epidemic that is receiving less attention. Doctors around the world

are risking their personal health to fight a pandemic no one fully understands. They are also

risking the health of their spouses, children, and other close family members if they become infected.

They're not the only people serving others at personal

sacrifice. Faith-based disaster relief groups are working in Tennessee after tornadoes killed at least

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