The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak caused many people to stay at home and to avoid being with other people. Antisocial people felt vindicated.
A joke was posted on Twitter by Snarky Mommy on March 3, 2020:
“I don’t like to brag, but I’ve been avoiding people since way before the coronavirus.”
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak is an ongoing global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China on 1 December 2019, spreading to every province-level administrative division of the country by 29 January 2020. On 30 January, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern following an increase in the number of cases outside China.
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Snarky Mommy
@SnarkyMommy78
I don’t like to brag but I’ve been avoiding people since way before the coronavirus.
9:24 AM · Mar 3, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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Gryphen 2009
@Gryphen2009
The thing i like about the corona virus is that before the fact that I avoided people was seen as antisocial, now it’s just health conscious.
2:01 PM · Mar 3, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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Alana banana.
@Alanascottish
I don’t like to brag but I’ve been avoiding people since way before the coronavirus.
4:34 AM · Mar 4, 2020·Twitter Web App
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kellyAnn Noble
@starmagicsoul
Not to brag but I have been avoiding people before the coronavirus.
7:11 PM · Mar 9, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
SeaBastian4X
@SeaBastian4X
Not to brag, but I’ve avoided people long before the coronavirus broke out.
1:30 PM · Mar 10, 2020·Twitter for Android
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Shaksham Shrestha (XM)
@the_xm
i dont like to brag but i have been avoiding people since way before the coronavirus.
#Corona
#COVID19
5:03 AM · Mar 11, 2020·Twitter Web App
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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