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Caroline Buckee, a top epidemiologist at Harvards T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has devoted her professional life to studying malaria and other infectious diseases. As news of a novel coronavirus emerged from China, Buckee realized that her area of expertisehow infectious diseases evolve as they move through vulnerable populationswould be valuable to health-care workers and elected officials as the virus spread across the globe. The methods and the tools are the same, and epidemiological models are easily adapted, Buckee told me. But, for many of us, like me, we work with endemic pathogens. COVID-19 is new. There is so much we dont know. Since the most urgent imperative was to flatten the curve of infections, it was crucial to know where public-health strategies like stay-at-home orders were working and where they were not. Buckee quickly assembled a consortium of infectious-disease researchers to make the data accessible to policymakersdata that they did not yet have.

At just about the same time, Ian Allen, a former marine and C.I.A. paramilitary officer, cold-called Harvards School of Public Health and asked if there was anything that his new company, Camber Systems, could do to help with the pandemic. Soon afterward, Allen was connected with Buckee, the associate director of the School of Public Healths Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. Buckee had created the COVID-19 Mobility Data Network, a network of epidemiologists from universities around the world, to try to track the efficacy of social-distancing measures. Allen agreed to provide Buckee with the software to query and scrub data collected by tech companies and use it to track the coronaviruss spread without violating Americans privacy. I wasnt really expecting ever to hear back, assuming that Harvard, of all places, would have all the resources theyd ever need, Allen told me, while standing in a field in rural Virginia as his son shot at tin cans with a BB gun. (Like many parents, Allen has been homeschooling his children during the pandemic; this was geometry class.) Caroline asked me if we could help aggregate location data. Just aggregating the data and anonymizing it in the right way to protect privacy would take some of the burden off of her. Allen reached out to a handful of data firms, including Unacast, Kochava, and X-Mode. All agreed to provide their data for free.

Camber Systems, of which Allen is the C.E.O., is a year-old startup that, among other things, hopes to offer federal, state, and local government agencies ways to use commercially harvested location data to improve their operations without violating privacy laws. Shortly before the pandemic, Allen and his business partner, Navin Vembar, a mathematician who served as the chief technology officer of the General Services Administration, were searching for potential clients, talking with officials in Madison, Wisconsin, about using location data to shore up tourism and distribute the citys public resources equitably. Assisting Buckees COVID-19 Mobility Data Network was the kind of project they envisioned when they launched their company with Hangar, a venture-capital firm that funds companies that use technology in the public interest.

By presenting aggregated location data in an accessible and searchable format for epidemiologists studying COVID-19, the project would enable researchers and policymakers to see how members of the public move around their communities. When paired with other metrics, such as the number of new infections or mortality rates, the data would guide policymakers as they grappled with when and where to lift stay-at-home orders. Facebook is also supplying the network with data. According to Buckee, correspondence between the various groups gives researchers confidence in the trends they are seeing. One data set is not going to show whats going on, she said.

Location data are the bread and butter of ad tech. They let marketers know you recently shopped for running shoes, are trying to lose weight, and have an abiding affection for kettle corn. Apps on cell phones emit a constant trail of longitude and latitude readings, making it possible to follow consumers through time and space. Location data are often triangulated with other, seemingly innocuous slivers of personal informationso many, in fact, that a number of data brokers claim to have around five thousand data points on almost every American. Its a lucrative businessby at least one estimate, the data-brokerage industry is worth two hundred billion dollars. Though the data are often anonymized, a number of studies have shown that they can be easily unmasked to reveal identitiesnames, addresses, phone numbers, and any number of intimacies. As Buckee knew, public-health surveillance, which serves the community at large, has always bumped up against privacy, which protects the individual. But, in the past, public-health surveillance was typically conducted by contract tracing, with health-care workers privately interviewing individuals to determine their health status and trace their movements. It was labor-intensive, painstaking, memory-dependent work, and, because of that, it was inherently limited in scope and often incomplete or inefficient. (At the start of the pandemic, there were only twenty-two hundred contact tracers in the country.)

Digital technologies, which work at scale, instantly provide detailed information culled from security cameras, license-plate readers, biometric scans, drones, G.P.S. devices, cell-phone towers, Internet searches, and commercial transactions. They can be useful for public-health surveillance in the same way that they facilitate all kinds of spying by governments, businesses, and malign actors. South Korea, which reported its first COVID-19 case a month after the United States, has achieved dramatically lower rates of infection and mortality by tracking citizens with the virus via their phones, car G.P.S. systems, credit-card transactions, and public cameras, in addition to a robust disease-testing program. Israel enlisted Shin Bet, its secret police, to repurpose its terrorist-tracking protocols. China programmed government-installed cameras to point at infected peoples doorways to monitor their movements.

As unlikely as it may seem that such privacy-compromising measures will be adopted in the United States, the Trump Administration reportedly summoned tech executives to the White House to discuss sharing data with the government. Not much is known about the meeting. The Administration has classified all its discussions about COVID-19, and it later denounced Politico for reporting that the White House was in talks with tech firms to create a national coronavirus surveillance system. Last week, Gizmodo reported that Palantir, a secretive data-analytics firm owned by the conservative billionaire and the Trump backer Peter Thiel, has a contract from the Trump Administration to build a database to track the spread of the virus. Palantir is best known for its work with the N.S.A. and ICE, where its software is used to track undocumented immigrants. (Other private surveillance companies, most notably the Israeli firm NSO, are also pitching COVID-19 tracing to governments around the world.)

Were all too familiar with the historical record of crises, where new powers in the hands of governments and corporations lead to them holding on to them indefinitely, Adam Schwartz, a lawyer with the digital-rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told me. Schwartz pointed out that most of the sweeping investigative powers given to the intelligence community after the 9/11 terrorist attack are still in place nearly two decades later. As Senator Maria Cantwell wrote, on April 9th, in her opening remarks for a paper hearing by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the role of Big Tech during the pandemic, Rights and data surrendered temporarily during an emergency can become very difficult to get back.

As difficult as it is now to look ahead, lawmakers like Cantwell and privacy advocates like Schwartz are asking us to think about how much privacy we are willing to sacrifice to combat a rampaging virus. If we accept government data tracking, the surveillance necessary to curtail COVID-19 could become a permanent fixture in our lives. Its an unknowable trade-off. In this particular case, if we have technology for minimizing harm, we have a moral obligation to use it, Marcello Ienca, a bioethicist at the Swiss university ETH Zurich, told me. But we have to merge it with the best available technology in the areas of cybersecurity and privacy. To do this right, Ienca added, the public-health experts need to work with privacy advocates.

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I was thrilled to find myself suddenly craving hot dogs. After more than a week of living off yogurt, pasta and green tea, it was a sign that I might be able to swallow something else and actually enjoy it. It felt like a breakthrough.

I found a pack in the refrigerator, but my heart sank when I couldnt find any buns. My husband, Eric, offered to drive the two minutes to the local store to pick some up.

No! I said, with an intensity I did not completely understand until after the word had left my mouth. Hot dog buns are not worth the kids lives or mine or yours, I said.

Seemingly trivial situations have taken on incredible meaning now that Im immunocompromised in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

I found out on Thursday. Your white platelet count is down, my chemotherapy doctor explained. It was just slightly below normal levels, but enough to indicate that the four weeks of radiation and chemotherapy Ive had for my stage two cervical cancer had weakened my immune system. He scheduled me for a shot the next day that would stimulate blood cell growth in my bone marrow.

The doctor also explained that my creatinine is a little high, which means my kidneys arent functioning the way they should be. To help protect my organs, they only gave me 75% of my normal dose of chemo treatment that day.

He assured me that these were normal side-effects at this stage of cancer treatment. But I felt like I had somehow done something wrong. Maybe if I had just drunk a little more water, or eaten a healthier diet, this wouldnt have happened, I thought to myself.

But the truth is even worse. These numbers have nothing to do with what I have or havent done, which means there is nothing I can do to ensure they dont get worse.

I like solutions. I like to be in control. But all I can do is keep moving forward with the treatment and hope my body is able to handle it.

With this news, my family has become even more vigilant. Each time we bring home groceries or get an Amazon package, we wipe them down with a mixture of water and bleach, and leave packing materials outside.

When the four of us go for a walk around the neighborhood, we create what I like to call a family bubble. When we pass someone, we move as close as possible to each other, so we can all keep our distance together. Michael, my 15-year-old son, does not always participate, however.

On Easter Sunday, rather than our usual barbecue with friends, two families we are close with visited. They stood in two separate clumps outside our yard, as Eric, my daughter James and I yelled to them from our patio.

We chatted about what everyone had been up to, and how I was doing a subject I have come to despise. Before we ended the evening, I was able to stand with my back facing everyone and cram the group into one very large selfie. For a second, I could almost pretend everything was normal.

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A few days ago, I had my first hot flash. It was Tuesday evening and I was sitting around relaxing, when my heart started beating really fast. My cheeks flushed, and within seconds a volcanic heat was pulsing throughout my body. It felt like the heat was pushing up against my skin, trying to get out. And then as quickly as it had arrived, it disappeared.

I was expecting it, but it still surprised me. Im only 49 and easily could have gone years before having to go through menopause. But when I was diagnosed with cervical cancer, one of the first things the doctors said was, this treatment is going to render you infertile.

Im not scared about no longer having periods or even not being able to have kids. Im happy to close that chapter of my life. But I am really nervous about the physical and mental symptoms. Ive read that its harder to lose weight and stay in shape, and your bone density can go down. Am I going to wake up tomorrow and suddenly be rage-filled and hormonal?

I try to remind myself that I have plenty more pressing things to worry about. My mantra has become, lets get rid of cancer and then well figure the rest of this out.

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Many aspire to one day have six-pack abs, but lets be real, few have succeeded because carbs, booze, and time are not on your side.

But, if we unpack (pun intended) how to obtain that coveted six-pack, youll find its not mission impossible after all. What you really need to know is how long it takes and exactly what behaviors (ahem: endless couch chilling and junk food) you need to kick to the curb.

First and foremost, getting a six-pack (or four-pack, or eight-pack if you have great genes) comes down to the amount of body fat you have. Reducing body fat is a necessary step to reveal your chiseled midsection.

To lower body fat safely and effectively, its important to focus on both diet and exercise. With everything nutrition and fitness related, there remains one true constant: There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to achieving a goal.

Genetics, body shape, and build always factor into individual results.

Your timeline to a six-pack depends on the body fat percentage youre starting with. A good rule of thumb (and a safe one) is to aim to lose 1 to 2 percent of body fat per month.

So, unveiling your abs can take anywhere from 3 months to 2 years. It really does vary. Its also a good idea to consult a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer or exercise professional before beginning any nutrition and fitness plan.

Theres a lot of noise and misinformation in the food and exercise world, and its important to be sure youre on the best plan for your individual needs.

For starters, the ideal body fat percentage to see your midsection muscles pop is 14 to 19 percent for women and 6 to 13 percent for men. Getting (and staying) below 10 percent body fat may look aesthetically divine (ow ow!), but this takes dedication and discipline.

Your body will NOT like being here and will likely try every trick in the book to get you to eat more because it thinks youre starving.

Its also important to note that unless youre a professional bodybuilder or elite athlete, you dont need to be below the 10 percent point for your abs to be in view. Some body fat is good. We actually need it to survive.

Women naturally require more fat than men. Science points out most of this is due to the hormone estrogen, and to support fertility. Men on the other hand, need less body fat and naturally have more lean muscle tissue (thanks, testosterone ) which helps them drop weight faster.

Dudes are simply burning more calories, even at rest, because of this muscle mass. This chart from the American Council on Exercise can give you a better sense of what different body fat percentage ranges look like:

So youre really committed and ready for those abs? Lets look at how long it might take to get into ab-revealing shape based on beginning body fat percentage.

Men: 10 months to 2 years

Women: 1 to 2 years

At 30 percent body fat, whether youre a man or woman, this is considered obese. No one is seeing any muscle definition here. This number also puts you at risk for a number of chronic health conditions.

From this starting point your journey to visible abs is likely to be close to 1 to 2 years. Men may be able to shave a few months off and achieve this in 10 months, but 8 to 12 months is a reasonable time frame to set your sights on if you have around 30 percent body fat.

Add another year if you have closer to 40 percent body fat.

Men: 3 to 6 months

Women: 1 to 3 months

If youre starting with 20 percent body fat, it would take somewhere between 3 to 6 months to start seeing your abs. For men, up to 20 percent body fat is considered healthy, but the fat to muscle ratio is still skewed toward the former.

Women, however, are close to the top body fat percent range that allows you to reveal your six-pack. Women likely have anywhere from 1 to 3 months to go, give or take. This depends on their nutrition and fitness routine, and how much muscle mass they start with.

Men: 4 to 6 weeks

Women: Abs may be visible (or need a few more weeks)

At 15 percent body fat, you are in a very healthy place. Guys, your muscles are starting to show, you see definition in your arms, your legs, and now have a lower fat to muscle ratio.

At this rate, men are probably 4 to 6 weeks shy of their goal. Women, youve reached the goal and you should be seeing those abs visibly.

Depending on your specific body type you might see them more or less, but you should definitely see evidence of all your hard work and dedication.

Men and Women: Abs should be visible

At 10 percent body fat those abs should be poppin and at this percentage guys have made it to the ideal percentage for abs that can quickly be (or already are) defined.

For women, youve entered the essential fat range and are not likely to be able to stay here without some real effort.

Unless youre preparing for a competition, its OK to ease up and allow a few pounds to come back to ensure youre not jeopardizing your health for the sake of a visible six-pack.

It is unfortunately very true that you cant out-train a bad diet. In reality, we all have the coveted six-pack, it just sits under a protective covering called body fat (cue the dad jokes).

To uncover them, weve got to remove the fat. To do that, along with exercise, we need to change up our eating habits. Here are some things to consider.

Losing body fat means losing weight, which means reducing caloric intake. Generally, you can cut 500 calories per day in order to lose around 1 pound per week.

That can amount to consuming 250 calories less per day, while increasing activity to burn an additional 250 calories. There are a number of ways to look at this, but a calorie deficit will help you lose body fat.

Aiming for minimally processed, whole foods is the number one recommendation for healthy eating. Regardless of ab-revealing power, putting whole foods at the top of your diet to-do list ensures youre getting lots of nutrients, while avoiding cravings.

A diet focused on whole foods will include fruit, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein like eggs, fish, lean meats and poultry, and healthy fats like avocado, olive oil, nuts, and seeds.

Carbohydrates are necessary fuel, and you should aim to include complex carbohydrates in your daily plan. That means fruit, vegetables, beans, legumes, and whole grains.

Put the pasta on the back-burner for now and focus on sweet potatoes, quinoa, squash, and oats. On the road to a six-pack, the majority of your carbohydrates should come from vegetables, but all high quality complex carbs have their place. On that note

Foods high in fiber are great for weight loss. Besides the sheer number of nutrients in fiber rich foods, they also take a while to digest. Fiber rich foods include fruit, vegetables, beans, legumes, and whole grains.

Non-starchy vegetables in particular should be a diet staple when fat loss is the goal. Theyre nutrient dense gems full of fiber and water, which helps fill you up, while also being low in calories.

Aim for at least 4 servings of non-starchy vegetables per day.

Fruit brings the nutrient goodies to the table in the form of vitamins, minerals, and fiber and you should aim for 2 to 3 servings per day.

Looking for the best choices? You can never go wrong with berries. Low in calories and sugar with antioxidants for days, these babies will never steer you wrong.

Beans, legumes, and whole grains are also great sources of protein, in addition to fiber. Whole grains like steel cut oats, quinoa, farro, and sprouted grains also contain a bit of a protein punch.

Stick to 2 to 4 servings of whole grains per day for optimal results.

Not all sugar is bad, but to bust out those abs youll want to reduce as much added sugar from your diet as possible. Sugar-sweetened drinks like soda, juice, and energy drinks are obvious no-nos, but youd be amazed where added sugar shows up.

Would you expect sugar to be an ingredient in that whole-wheat bread you bought? What about the whole wheat crackers? Did you know that flavored yogurt can have as much sugar as a Snickers bar? Vitamin water, dressings, sauces and marinades, meal replacement bars, the list goes on and on.

Read labels and youll be shocked by all the products with added sugar.

Water is an essential nutrient. Its necessary to turn food into energy and to help nutrients reach your muscles, and also to support vital organs. If thats not enough, dehydration is a real energy killer.

If you feel thirsty, youre already dehydrated. Drink consistently throughout the day and aim for a minimum of 2 liters per day. Add 1 liter for each hour spent exercising.

Protein is necessary to maintain and build muscle. Losing weight can sometimes result in loss of muscle in addition to fat. In order to avoid this, focus on eating enough protein.

Of all the macronutrients, (carbs and fat, too) protein requires the most time and energy to digest. Your body actually burns calories as it digests protein, and because it takes a bit longer to break down, youll feel full longer.

This can ultimately reduce the number of calories you consume.

One study found increasing protein intake from 15 to 30 percent of total daily calories resulted in increased satiety, decreased overall calorie intake, and resulted in greater weight loss. This was while keeping calorie and carbohydrate intake the same.

Protein should come from high quality sources like omega-3 rich fish, lean red meat and poultry, nuts, seeds, eggs, low fat dairy like Greek yogurt, beans and legumes, and high quality grains.

Math is a really cool thing for abs

The slightly higher recommended protein intake is about 1.2 to 1.5 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight. If you want to aim for 30 percent of calories from protein you may want to consider a range of 1.8 to 2 grams per kilogram body weight.

Before your eyes roll into the back of your head (too late?), the best way to figure out how many grams of protein per day you should be eating involves some light math.

First divide your body weight in pounds by 2.2. That number equals your weight in kilograms. Then multiply your weight in kilograms by 1.2 and then 1.5 to obtain your ideal protein range. For a 130-pound person the equation would be: 130/2.2 = 59 kilograms.

59 x 1.2 = 71 grams

59 x 1.5 = 89 grams

So, a 130 pound person would need 71 to 89 grams of protein per day at a minimum.

We started this conversation when we mentioned added sugar. Its time to say goodbye to processed and refined foods like cakes, cookies, brownies, crackers, chips, white bread, and pasta (brb crying). Really anything fried or processed is devoid of any redeeming qualities.

These foods have been stripped of nutrients and loaded up with calories, sugar, fat, and sodium. Because of this they get a zero in the nutrient department and have some real ab-reveal squashing qualities.

It would be great if there were one tried-and-true exercise that would ensure a visible six-pack, right? Well, its more complicated than a few crunches.

Cardio, strength, and ab-focused exercises are all important. They work synergistically to get you those abs.

Cardio can be hardio, but its not the best route to fat loss alone. Especially when performed as a steady state exercise (i.e., jogging, walking or cycling at the same pace for the duration of your workout).

Your body becomes accustomed to this rate of exertion and does not have to spend any additional effort to perform. Dont get us wrong, its an important part of the routine that supports calorie burn and weight loss, but studies show you still need to strengthen muscle.

Resistance training is key to developing defined muscles. Did you know that muscle burns more calories than fat?

The more muscle you have, the more calories youre burning not only when you exercise, but also after you exercise, while going about your day-to-day activities, and even while you sleep. YES!

And, you can just forget the idea that building muscle will make ladies look bulky. Its total BS. Lift weights, even heavy ones sometimes. Bands, dumbbells, kettlebells, water, and bodyweight all can be used to add resistance to your routine.

Compound movements tend to be the most effective for building strength, while also boosting metabolism and burning calories. Squats, deadlifts, and pull-ups are good examples of compound movements that engage different muscles in the same movement while also working your abs.

By far the best bang for your heart pumping buck, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) consists of short bouts of intense activity followed by a period of rest or lower intensity movements.

HIIT is one of the most efficient workouts you can do because it burns a ton of calories. And, thats not just during the workout, but up to 2 hours afterward, according to the American College of Sports Medicine.

It can be done with just your bodyweight, with weights, or with more simple cardio exercises like running, jumping rope, cycling, and swimming.

Studies have shown that high-intensity interval exercise is associated with significant decreases in total body fat as well as insulin resistance.

In fact, a 2019 review found that those who participated in HIIT had a 28.5 percent greater reduction in total absolute fat mass compared to participating in moderate-intensity continuous training.

Ab-focused movements alone will not reveal your abdominal muscles (say, what?!), but they are just as important. You need to develop and strengthen these muscles before you even think about showing them off.

The good news is you dont need to perform hundreds of crunches in order to work your abs. Many compound movements, including those mentioned above, target the abdominal muscles while also working other parts of the body.

So if youve got yourself a strength training routine, youre likely already working them. Pilates is incredible for the core, as are planks, bicycle crunches, and V-ups to target all of the abdominal muscle groups.

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Daniel Zhou enjoyed working out and playing sports throughout childhood, but it wasnt until after graduating college in 2014 that he first started getting into competitive bodybuilding. But once he tried it, he was hooked. Over the last six years he and his twin brother Brian who shares his passion for the sport have participated in several regional competitions and one natural national competition. In 2017, they even placed first and second in their division.

Daniel said one of the reasons why he loves bodybuilding is because its a sport that requires a high level of discipline.

With bodybuilding, there really isnt an off-season, he said. You're constantly having to keep up with it.

These regular workouts have also become a way for him to blow off steam from work.

Its become therapeutic, he said. Going to the gym is a sort of sanctuary for me to de-stress.

Daniel is in between competitions right now, and said normally hed be spending this time trying to bulk up. This usually equates to going to the gym every day for an hour and a half and hitting up fast food restaurants to help him hit his daily goal of eating 3,500 to 4,000 calories. But with his gym closed because of the coronavirus, his usual routine is now out the door.

Instead of building size, the focus now for me is just to maintain, he said.

Daniel said he had to adjust his expectations to fit the realities of working out at home during quarantine.

It wasnt, What can I do to keep lifting like I did before? he said. It was What can I do now? And How can I change my mentality so I don't feel like Im disappointing my routine?

Daniel said he recently bought a pullup bar to help with back exercises, and does pull ups wearing a backpack filled with water bottles. For arm workouts, hes been using resistance bands that he had bought as a tool to prep for a past bodybuilding competition. To work different muscle groups, he changes the angle of the bands by attaching them to doors, sofa legs and other furniture in his apartment.

But he said the most unique adaptation hes made is enlisting his girlfriend Sandy to serve as a human weight. Sandy will straddle his shoulders during squats and calf raises, sit on his back for push ups and lie in his arms for bicep curls.

Daniel said the only drawback is that Sandy is about a hundred pounds lighter than most of the weights he lifts.

I would prefer her to be heavier, but she probably doesnt prefer that, he joked. Im going to have to think of other ways to make it harder for me over time.

Daniel also said that Sandy isnt just a tool, shes also his workout companion. On cardio days, he said the two initially tried running around their neighborhood in Skokie, but found it hard to stay socially distant from other people exercising. Now, theyve resorted to running laps in their apartment buildings parking lot.

The parking lot does get old and concrete is tough on the joints, he said.

The gym isnt just a place for lifting weights. One of the things hes missed the most the past two months, Daniel said, is the community at his gym. He said hes kept in touch with gym friends through a group chat on Instagram, but it doesnt replace the real thing.

What Ive learned is how much the setting of the gym actually motivates me, he said.

To pump himself up during workouts, hes started using his desktop computer monitor to play an hour-long video of bodybuilders working out at the gym together.

I look at the sweat, the iron, and [hear] the grunting and it evokes the gym mentality back into my workout, he said.

Daniel said hes trying to make the best of the situation, but cant help but feel anxious about losing muscle hes worked so hard to gain.

It doesnt feel too good, he said. There is a fear that youre going to lose your muscle. Ive sort of come to terms that Im going to lose some of it, [because] I know that once Im back in the gym eventually, its going to come back quickly.

Daniel said he hopes to get back into bodybuilding competitions in 2021, and intends to enter a more competitive division than hes been part of in the past. Until then, hes just looking forward to being back at the gym.

Going back to the gym is definitely going to re-motivate me, he said. Theres definitely going to be an aspect of being more appreciative of it than I was before.

Katherine Nagasawa is WBEZs audience engagement producer. Follow her@Kat_Nagasawa.

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2020 has seen New York heartthrobs Diet Cig drop three of the most joy-inducing singles weve heard in quite some time. Thriving, Who Are You?, and Night Terrors.

The band are set to release their highly-anticipated second album, Do You Wonder About Me? . If these singles are anything to go off, the album is going to be a total dream.

In anticipation for the release of Do You Wonder About Me? Diet Cig were so generous as to talk us through their favourite visual artists that theyve collaborated with throughout their career. So pop on their latest single, Who Are You? and check out what they had to say below.

Visual art has always been so important to our band, we love taking the time to create exciting visuals to accompany our music and launches! Were so lucky to have had the pleasure of collaborating with so many amazing artists in this way. We spent a lot of time making our own visual art in 2019 as we wrote our upcoming album Do You Wonder About Me? and diving into screenprinting, digital illustration and sculpture really helped us push our creativity and find other artists who we admire! Heres five visual artists we had the pleasure of working with on merch, album art and photography for our new record:

Dessy Baeva

Dessy is an illustrator that I had been following on instagram for a while, Im such a big fan of her work and when I started doing digital illustration she was such a big inspiration! Her colors are so beautiful and saturated and when we were brainstorming album art ideas I couldnt get her work out of my head. I dmd her and asked if shed be interested in taking on a big project with us and when she agreed we started working on our album cover! We went through lots of sketches and colorways, one of which appears within the physical album as a poster! It was so lovely working with an artist I admire so much on a personal level and I couldnt be happier with what she came up with!

Shannon Levin

Shannon created our logo and some of our merch items, shes a type wizard and created a custom logo/font for us! Her work is so cool and unique, full of really fresh and dynamic shapes. We worked together on creating our logo and it was really fun to go back and forth on the details of the type because weve never commissioned someone to make a logo before. She gave us three options to choose from to get started and it was so hard to choose what direction to go in because they were all so good!! Were really inspired by her illustration work and her type work and it was such a pleasure to work together on making our design dreams come true.

Megan Badilla

Megan is an illustrator in the Bay Area who weve had a bunch of mutual friends with for a while now! When we were planning our album preorder merchandise drop, we decided we wanted to do an exclusive bundle inspired by each single that was coming out. We wanted a special t-shirt in them that was designed by a different artist for each song, and Megan created the shirt for our first single Thriving! Her style is so cheeky and playful and she totally captured the vibe we were looking for in the Thriving tee. Im obsessed with all the characters in her illustrations, is it weird that I want to be friends with them all???

Fabiola Lara

Our second single weve made a bundle for is a song called Who Are You? and Fabiola designed the shirt for it! Her work is like if somehow your middle school birthday party was actually as cool as you remember it being, it feels nostalgic and fresh all at once, like some teenage fever dream. I love her textures and references to pop culture, her work just brings me joy!! I want to have a sleepover inside her illustrations <3

Em Dubin

Em is a super talented photographer who weve known for a couple years now, were gone on tour together, done photoshoots, and even made music videos. We worked with her on our album photoshoot, she not only took the photos but creative directed our looks, the set, everything. She always captures her subjects so beautifully and nobody has ever made me feel so comfortable in front of a camera. I love her live photos of bands, and her on-set work is so well executed.

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DUBLIN, April 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --ResearchAndMarkets.com published a new article on the fitness industry, "Weight Training Equipment Sales Grows by 307% due to the Mass Closures of Gyms & Fitness Centers"

COVID-19 has forced the closure of gyms and fitness centers to reduce the risk of infection. As a result, there has been a surge of interest in home fitness equipment and online coaching sessions. Some gyms have responded to this trend by offering to rent exercise equipment to members who are social-distancing and by offering online personal training sessions.

Weight training equipment in particular has seen a huge rise in sales, as consumers try to replicate their gym workout at home. Sales of other exercise equipment such as rowing machines, exercise bikes and elliptical machines have also grown.

Leading companies in fitness equipment include:

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Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE:PLNT) went up by 1.51% from its latest closing price when compared to the 1-year high value of $88.77 and move down -53.32%, while PLNT stocks collected +2.35% of gains with the last five trading sessions. MarketWatch.com reported on 04/24/20 that Stock winners and losers in the post-Covid 19 work-from-home world

Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: PLNT) scored price to earnings ratio above its average ratio, recording 41.15 times of increase in earnings at the present.

PLNT stocks went up by 2.35% for the week, with the monthly jump of 15.04% and a quarterly performance of -26.26%, while its annual performance rate touched -23.26%. The simple moving average for the period of the last 20 days is 14.74% for PLNT stocks with the simple moving average of -14.21% for the last 200 days.

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for PLNT stocks, with DA Davidson repeating the rating for PLNT shares by setting it to Buy. The predicted price for PLNT socks in the upcoming period according to DA Davidson is $60 based on the research report published on April 8, 2020.

JP Morgan, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see PLNT stock at the price of $60. The rating they have provided for PLNT stocks is Overweight according to the report published on April 6, 2020.

BMO Capital Markets gave Outperform rating to PLNT stocks, setting the target price at $60 in the report published on February 4, 2020.

After a stumble in the market that brought PLNT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, Planet Fitness, Inc. was unable to take a rebound, for now settling with -34.78% of loss for the given period.

The stock volatility was left at 7.89%, however, within the period of a single month, the volatility rate increased by 5.45%, while the shares surge at the distance of +10.54% for the moving average in the last 20 days. In oppose to the moving average for the last 50 days, trading by -31.60% lower at the present time.

In the course of the last 5 trading sessions, PLNT went up by +2.35%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200 days to the total of -24.48% of losses for the stock in comparison to the 20-day moving average settled at $50.74. In addition, Planet Fitness, Inc. saw -22.47% in overturn over the period of a single year with a tendency to cut further losses.

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at Planet Fitness, Inc. (PLNT), starting from Miller Craig Jeffrey, who bought 2,000 shares at the price of $53.18 back on Mar 13. After this action, Rushing now owns 7,580 shares of Planet Fitness, Inc., valued at $106,350 with the latest closing price.

Rondeau Christopher, the Chief Executive Officer of Planet Fitness, Inc., bought 20,000 shares at the value of $50.67 during a trade that took place back on Mar 12, which means that Rondeau Christopher is holding 68,604 shares at the value of $1,013,484 based on the most recent closing price.

The current profitability levels are settled at +33.84 for the present operating margin and +45.55 for gross margin. The net margin for Planet Fitness, Inc. stands at +17.09. Total capital return value is set at 23.83, while invested capital returns managed to touch 12.26. Equity return holds the value -26.20%, with 7.60% for asset returns.

The value for Enterprise to Sales is 6.31 with debt to enterprise value settled at 0.25. The receivables turnover for Planet Fitness, Inc. is 12.44 with the total asset turnover at the value of 0.45. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.71.

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HAMPTON, N.H., April 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: PLNT) (the "Company"), today announced that the Company will report results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2020 after the market closes on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. The Company will discuss its financial results on a conference call scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 5, 2020.

A live webcast of the conference call will be available at http://investor.planetfitness.com. An audio replay of the webcast will be available within two hours of the conclusion of the call and remain available for 1 year.

About Planet Fitness

Founded in 1992 in Dover, NH, Planet Fitness is one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the United States by number of members and locations. As of December31, 2019, Planet Fitness had approximately 14.4 million members and 2,001 stores in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Mexico and Australia. The Company's mission is to enhance people's lives by providing a high-quality fitness experience in a welcoming, non-intimidating environment, which we call the Judgement Free Zone. More than 95%of Planet Fitness stores are owned and operated by independent business men and women.

Planet Fitness logo. (PRNewsFoto/Planet Fitness)

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Vanessa Packer got out of her boutique fitness studios just in time.

Packer founded modelFit, a workout designed and branded to do just what it sounds like, in 2014, when boutique fitness was on an upswing. For $40 per class at modelFits Soho studio, New Yorkers could strive for long, lean limbs like Karlie Kloss, Chrissy Teigen, or Taylor Swift, all noted modelFit acolytes. By 2016the same year two of SoulCycles founders cashed out for about $90 million a piecemodelFit was opening a second studio in Los Angeles. But in November of last year, Packer, sensing a shift in the fitness economy, let the leases on modelFits studios expire.

Meanwhile, 7,000 miles away in central Wuhan, China, a seafood vendor went to the hospital with worsening symptoms from what he initially thought to be a cold. It turned out to be one of the first known cases of the contagious, mysterious illness we now know as Covid-19.

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