We put The Sims on coronavirus lockdown. It didn't end well
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Why Modeling the Spread of COVID-19 Is So Damn Hard - IEEE Spectrum
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Who Do You Miss Most During COVID Isolation?
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End of an era 'at the coalface': Blacktown Hospital's COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic is closing its doors
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Continual lockdowns are not the answer to bringing Covid under control, Devi Sridhar
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Global big banks plot back-to-office plans as vaccines roll out
Tina Arena on cutting ties with her record label, Covid lockdowns, love and her new album Love Saves
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The fantasy is just ordinary life': How gamers are returning to 'The Sims' to escape the pandemic
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Omicron Is Turning Europe's Busy Season Silent - The New York Times
Did Covid-19 Create A Comeback for The Sims?, by M. R. Prichard, Age of Awareness