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Love in the time of COVID-19

ZaZu Lippert explores the importance — and difficulty — of maintaining relationships during the pandemic

Reporter ZaZu Lippert has moved houses six times. So home has always been more about the people in her life than a physical place. But with this home of friends and family scattered across the country with no way to physically interact with one another, she’s been thinking a lot about how we love during a pandemic. She’s found new ways to adapt: date nights have turned into short video chats, and game nights with friends have become virtual Netflix parties. But it isn’t easy.