In this July 26, 2018, photo provided by Nadia Davoli, comedian Erica Rhodes performs in Montreal. Rhodes says quarantined people need humor as much as toilet paper, and the memes and amusing anecdotes peppering our social media feeds are helping them heal and hope. (Nadia Davoli via AP)
March 26, 2020
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March 26, 2020 10:14 a.m.
If you don't laugh, you cry: Coping with virus through humor
BOSTON (AP) — Neil Diamond posts a fireside rendition of "Sweet Caroline" with its familiar lyrics tweaked to say, "Hands ... washing hands." A news anchor asks when social distancing will end because "my husband keeps trying to get into the house." And a sign outside a neighborhood church reads: “Had not planned on giving up quite this much for Lent.”