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• Dispatches from a Pandemic: I was one step ahead of the CDC’s new coronavirus policy on face masks. I went to a New York grocery store for my 95-year-old friend — wearing a balaclava
  As the CDC changes its policy on face masks, one New Yorker offers a survival guide while food shopping for a 95-year-old friend. Wear a mask or better still, a balaclava.
• The Moneyist: ‘Your boss is playing God’: My grocery store banned face masks for staff. I don’t want to contract coronavirus. How can I stay safe?
  ‘Wearing the mask makes me feel safer and helps to guard me against coronavirus. It does not interfere with my ability to do my job.’
• The Moneyist: I’m a cashier at a truck stop. I have COPD, asthma and hypertension. I’m scared of coronavirus. Should I stop working?
  ‘Even small mistakes that I might make could be huge for me.’
• Airline Stocks: Airlines are canceling flights, burning through cash as passengers stay home to shelter from coronavirus
  Major U.S. airlines on Friday painted a bleak picture of air travel across the country as the coronavirus pandemic forced passengers to stay home.
• Personal Finance Daily: The CDC now says all Americans should wear masks — here’s a simple DIY approach and meet the hospital cleaner on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic
  Thursday’s top personal finance stories
• Trump Today: Trump vows U.S. energy sector will come back as he sees Russia-Saudi oil agreement
  President Donald Trump on Friday met with chiefs of major oil companies and vowed that the U.S. energy sector will revive and he reiterated he saw a Russia-Saudi Arabia deal in the offing.
• The CDC now says all Americans should wear masks — here’s a simple DIY approach
  When you can’t buy a mask, make it yourself.
• Should all Americans be wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus? The CDC now says yes
  President Donald Trump indicated on Thursday that the White House Coronavirus Task Force will be ‘coming out’ with a nation-wide recommendation on wearing face masks.
• The Conversation: To fight coronavirus, here’s a trick to stop touching your face so often
  When you feel an itch...
• CityWatch: New York City nears equipment ‘D-Day,’ mayor says
  With as many as 5,000 intubated patients by Monday or Tuesday, the city will need hundreds more medical workers.