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<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: What to Watch During Social Distancing

Eight shows and movies to stream right now
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There’s enough uncertainty about pressing matters. Let us take one low-stakes decision off your plate: picking your next binge-watch. Here are eight shows and movies to stream right now, courtesy of our writers and editors. After that, we’ll continue your regularly scheduled programming: what to read today about the ongoing pandemic.

What to stream during social distancing

Just because there’s a pandemic going on doesn’t mean you have to watch movies about pandemics. In fact, maybe it’s best you don’t: As my colleague Megan Garber argued earlier this week, ,a standout of the genre, is particularly ill-suited to this moment.

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