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Quackery: A history of fake medicine and cure-alls

How does one treat a COVID-19 infection? If someone tells you “Drink bleach,” or tries to sell you a “coronavirus prevention pill,” run away! Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with “Quackery” co-author Dr. Lydia Kang, and with Dr. Stephen Barrett (who runs the Quackwatch website), about the history of quack medicine, and of charlatans and snake oil salesmen who use fears about medical conditions to separate fools from their money with almost surgical precision. Source

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Comfort clothes: Fashion for the self-isolating

In these anxious times, those living in lockdown may favor dressing down, wearing easy, comfortable clothes even while on Zoom calls. Nancy Giles talks with designer Michael Kors and Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan, and writer Laura Lippman about what homebound people are now wearing; how donning a favorite blazer, dress or pair of sneakers can boost confidence. Giles also finds out from Bloomingdale’s Sophia Tang what people are now ordering to wear while at home, all the time. Source

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Why was America unprepared for coronavirus?

News stories of a mysterious novel coronavirus outbreak spreading in Wuhan, China began appearing in America in early January. So, how did we get from those small but worrying early warnings to now, when our nation leads the world, not in managing the crisis, but in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths? Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Laurie Garrett (“The Coming Plague”); Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute; and Beth Cameron, who was once in charge of pandemic preparedness for the National Security Council, about the Trump administration’s response to COVID-19. Source

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Madison Reed CEO on emotion associated with hair coloring

In this web extra, Amy Errett, the CEO and founder of Madison Reed, a hair care and hair color products company, talks with “Sunday Morning” correspondent Faith Salie about the explosion of online business since the lockdown brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. Source

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Hair colorist Nancy Braun on supporting personal service workers

In this web extra, hair colorist Nancy Braun, of the Beverly Hills salon Balayage and an artist for L’Oreal, talks with “Sunday Morning” correspondent Faith Salie about business relationships for personal service workers during the lockdown brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. Source

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