CJRU's Donovan Lacroxi interviews Zack Gallinger who is the founder of Covid Good News. The reason he came up with Covid Good News is to look at the positives of the pandemic. As lockdowns continue, there is no question that prolonged self-isolation, combined with economic worries, will have profound negative effects on the mental health of many groups including health care workers and the general public. Topics include: the growing COVID-19 meme economy (https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/the-funniest-coronavirus-jokes.html), John Krasinski’s Some Good News youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOe_y6KKvS3PdIfb9q9pGug,
cheering for healthcare workers (https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/nurse-almost-brought-to-tears-as-toronto-neighbourhood-cheers-for-health-care-workers-1.4874399)and of course, COVIDGood News
https://covidgoodnews.info/
