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FILE - In this March 15, 2020, file photo Ultra Orthodox Jews practicing social distancing pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The coronavirus pandemic has much of the world contemplating an existential question amid a growing number of stay-at-home orders, with only "essential" service providers allowed to go to their jobs. As U.S. states enact sweeping stay-at-home orders, there is lots of agreement on what's essential, but some have their own notions. A few are eyebrow raisers. Among them are guns, golf and cannabis. Most lists, being compiled by governors and others, capture the basics of what's essential. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

FILE - In this March 15, 2020, file photo Ultra Orthodox Jews practicing social distancing pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The coronavirus pandemic has much of the world contemplating an existential question amid a growing number of stay-at-home orders, with only "essential" service providers allowed to go to their jobs. As U.S. states enact sweeping stay-at-home orders, there is lots of agreement on what's essential, but some have their own notions. A few a…

March 28, 2020

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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.