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In this photo taken Wednesday, March 25, 2020, hardware clerk Rebecca Peil, right, works behind a plexiglass barrier built a few days earlier by a co-worker to help protect employees and customers during the coronavirus outbreak, in Seattle. The store is expected to remain open under Gov. Jay Inslee's stay-at-home order issued Monday in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, with only "essential" service providers allowed to go to their jobs. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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What's essential? In France: pastry, wine. In US: golf, guns
March 28, 2020 1:30 p.m.

What's essential? In France: pastry, wine. In US: golf, guns

The coronavirus pandemic is defining for the globe what's “essential” and what things we really can't do without, even though we might not need them for survival.