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    What Americans Are Doing Now Is Beautiful

    The public’s response to the coronavirus will stand as a remarkable moment of national mobilization.
    by Garrett M. Graff Mar 19, 2020 3 minutes
    Source: Josh Edelson / AFP / Getty

    The worry and unease about COVID-19 feels so inescapable that Americans can easily miss the sheer beauty of what is unfolding across the country right now. Yes, we are approaching errands that were routine just a week ago—to the hardware store or the grocery store—with the same wariness that we might bring to an Arctic exploration. Yet if we take a step back from the panic-buying of toilet paper, the response to COVID-19 should stand as one of the most beautiful moments in our country’s long history—a moment of shared, galvanizing national spirit that

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