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Hundreds in Massachusetts Self-Quarantined At Home for Coronavirus

Matthew McDonald

More than 600 people in Massachusetts are being monitored in Massachusetts for potential symptoms of coronavirus.

According to CBS Boston, 608 people have been self-quarantined as of Thursday, February 27, meaning they stay in their home. Among those, 377 have finished being monitored and have been released, showing no symptoms. The remaining 231 were still being monitored by the state in self-quarantine.

Pride and Prejudice vs. the Sexual Revolution
Commentary

Pride and Prejudice vs. the Sexual Revolution

NBP Editorial Board

Many of us have watched the 1995 A&E/BBC made-for-TV movie Pride and Prejudice, taken from the great Jane Austen novel written in 1812.  It is a marvelous film with superb acting, telling the timeless story of the love affair between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in Georgian England. One cannot help but be struck by the level of civility and grace with which people treated each other two hundred years ago compared with the toxic and vitriolic age in which we live currently.

(Spoiler Alert:  Happy ending coming.)

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