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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Feb 28, 2020
February 28, 2020
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Lotsa reaction to the possibility of the Coronavirus cancelling some of the bigger gatherings --like the San Diego Comic-Con (in mid July), audiences for concerts or popular TV shows and others.
In fact, over in Japan, baseball fans will be barred from all 72 remaining preseason games.
Meanwhile, the folks at the World Health Organization have issued some things that will --and won't-- keep you from getting the coronavirus.
What works:
- Cleaning your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or washing them with soap and water.
- Not kissing people. Limiting physical contact with other people is a good thing.
What doesn't work:
- Regularly rinsing your nose with saline.
- Using hand dryers.
- Eating food with garlic in it. Sorry --there is “no evidence” that it protects people.
- Applying sesame oil.
DUSTIN DIAMOND, who played “Screech” on “Saved by the Bell,” is reportedly ticked off that nobody contacted him about being in the sequel which starts later this year. He told TMZ.com “Screech should be dealing with parenthood and dealing with his kids, and finding out that... maybe he wasn’t a barrel full of roses to deal with growing up.”
Look for the “Saved by the Bell” follow-up on NBCU’s Peacock streaming service later this year.
The Canadian government says they won't be shelling out for PRINCE HARRY and MEGHAN MARKLE's security costs once they quit their royal duties on Mar 31.
Although Harry and Meghan will "continue to require effective security to protect them and their son" from the Metropolitan Police, the cost for those services is said to be around £20 million pounds a year (or $25.8 million dollars).
Couple that with the fact that Harry and Meghan are estimated to make hundreds of millions from book and TV deals, public speaking gigs, brand partnerships and fashion lines.
In other words: pay for it yourself.
Russia opens up its answer to Disneyland tomorrow (Saturday) with its first large-scale indoor theme park. "Ostrov Mechty" --or Dream Island in English-- is a castle stretching over 74 acres in an industrial neighborhood in southern Moscow, and like Cinderella's Castle in the Magic Kingdom, has its own rides, attractions and restaurants.
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