A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from May 01, 2020
“Fencing: The perfect Covid-19 sport. 1. masks 2. gloves 3. closer than 6ft, you stab them”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic saw people play many indoor games, but one sport was suggested by some people as especially appropriate.
 
“Best sport for the pandemic? Fencing! You get to wear gloves and a mask, and if anyone gets within 6 feet you stab them!” was posted on Facebook by Richard Bielak on April 29, 2020. “Fencing is perfect COVID 19 Sport 1) Masks 2) Gloves 3) If the opponent gets closer than 6 feet to you, You Stab them” was posted on Twitter by Nava Mohan Rao on May 1, 2020.
 
 
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
         
Facebook
Richard Bielak
April 29, 2020 at 7:49 PM ·
Best sport for the pandemic? Fencing! You get to wear gloves and a mask, and if anyone gets within 6 feet you stab them!
 
Twitter
Nava Mohan Rao
@NavaMohanRao1
Fencing is perfect COVID 19 Sport
1) Masks
2) Gloves
3) If the opponent gets closer than 6 feet to you, You Stab them.
8:00 AM · May 1, 2020·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Spooky Ghost
@SpookyGhostMary
We should all pick up the sport of fencing during the lockdown. You wear masks, you wear gloves, and if anyone gets closer than 6 feet you stab them.
8:51 AM · May 1, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
Twitter
AYEWALAD
@AyewMabeliever
FENCING: The perfect Covid 19 Sport
1. Masks
2. Gloves
3. If anybody gets closer than 6 feet to you, you stab them
10:15 AM · May 1, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Buck Woody
@BuckWoodyMSFT
We should only allow fencing to reopen for sports. It reinforces a good social message:
1.  All Athletes in Masks
2.  All Athletes Wear Gloves
3.  Anyone gets closer than 6ft you stab them
11:11 AM · May 1, 2020·Twitter Web App

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