Coronavirus odd couples that make the world a little brighter – CNN

Then again, the novel coronavirus pandemic is an unusual and strained moment -- one that's scrambling society and people's roles in it."If @NYGovCuomo says we need masks my team will help make some. I have a full sewing team still on staff working from home that can help," the fashion designer Christian Siriano, who won Season 4 of the hit competition series "Project Runway," tweeted a couple weeks ago.

He was responding to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's concern that New York City, which has become the most overwhelmed area in the US, doesn't have enough face masks -- among other supplies, including hospital beds and ventilators -- to effectively confront the escalating crisis.

Another peculiar pairing: Cuomo and Rihanna.

Over the course of about 30 minutes, Fauci answered questions from the basketball player: How is Covid-19 different from the flu? What's your assessment of the testing process? What does it mean to recover -- can you get the virus a second time?

Curry, then, essentially serving as a proxy for America's anxious citizenry, effected a sort of justice: He used his cachet to illuminate vital information.

But this inspiring work also seems a bit sobering, doesn't it?

Indeed, in the absence of consistent, meaningful guidance from federal officials, the governed are attempting to govern themselves.

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