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Death Toll Totals and the Coronavirus Musical

from #192 - Coronavirus The Musical | The Tim Dillon Show · #192

5 min

He runs through the current case and death totals worldwide and in the US, jokes about an old-school radio DJ reading pandemic numbers, and imagines a Broadway musical called Coronavirus the Musical modeled on Rent.

In this bit8 moments
  • The government and media are hiding worse information to avoid panic and chaos.
  • Mike Pence claimed most Americans don't need to worry about contracting coronavirus with no statistical backing.
  • Italy's death toll hit 4,825, rising from 793 the previous day.
  • We're barely at the start of the pandemic—just through the previews of what's coming.
  • Worldwide death toll sits at 301,627; United States deaths approach 13,000.
  • Tim imagines an old-time rock DJ announcing coronavirus death tolls like vintage radio news.
  • America has roughly 23,000 deaths and 22,813 confirmed cases so far.
  • Imagining a Broadway musical about coronavirus opening in 2023, structured like the play Rent.
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