Five Quick Links for Friday Afternoon

In lieu of the NBA season, ESPN will televise a HORSE tournament beginning April 12. Among the competitors are Chauncey Billups, Chris Paul, and Paul Pierce. [espn.com]

Some preliminary research by economists on the 1918 flu pandemic indicates that locations that locked down sooner & longer did better economically after the pandemic passed. [arstechnica.com]

Ezra Klein writes about something I've been pretty depressed about this week: "[For the US] there is no plan to return to normal." [vox.com]

"The Republican Party does not believe in free and fair elections, where free means equal access to the ballot and fair means equitable rules and neutral procedures." They just want to win. [nytimes.com]

Loved this Fran Lebowitz interview about being quarantined in NYC. "The only thing that makes this bearable for me, frankly, is at least I’m alone." [newyorker.com]

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