May 06, 2020

TikTok but from Home


TikTok but from Home
Photo by Sunyu Kim on Unsplash

“I don’t know what to do here. What am I supposed to do, sing, dance? I don’t understand what people do on TikTok. ”

 – Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in his first post to TikTok, where he gained 130,000 followers in less than a week

Runner-Up Quotes

"Mikhail Vladimirovich remains under medical observation and continues to receive the necessary treatment…He feels generally well… [he] is doing paperwork and maintains contact with his colleagues on the phone.”

- Boris Belyakov, spokesperson for Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin,
who tested positive for coronavirus last week

 

"Clearly, it is impossible to remove precautions overnight, with a stroke of the pen. All of us, particularly the president, will have to live with these precautions for a little longer."

- Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov,
in an interview with Rossiya-1 on protecting the president’s health

 

"The restrictive measures must be lifted stage by stage as well, however, some of them will be maintained until medical prophylactic means are found."

- Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko,
who stressed the risk of a second wave of the virus
unless some sort of herd immunity is in place

 

"In general, the use of alcoholic beverages has risen by about 2-3%... However, I would like to say that alcohol definitely does not help in this situation.”

- Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko,
on the increase in alcohol usage since self-isolation began
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