The Big Apple: “They say you can’t fix stupid. Turns out you can’t quarantine it, either”

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

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

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Entry from April 08, 2020

“They say you can’t fix stupid. Turns out you can’t quarantine it, either”

“You can’t fix stupid” is a saying of American stand-up comedian Ron White. The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines, and many people were quarantined with “stupid.”

“You can’t fix stupid. And you can’t quarantine it either, it keeps escaping” was posted on Twitter by “bad websites” on March 9, 2020.

“They say you can’t fix stupid, Turns out you can’t quarantine it either!” was posted on Facebook by Pam Gaddis on April 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.

Twitter
bad websites
@badwebsites
You can’t fix stupid. And you can’t quarantine it either, it keeps escaping.
3:29 PM · Mar 9, 2020·Twitter Web App

Facebook
Pam Gaddis
April 1, 2020 at 10:47 AM ·
They say you can’t fix stupid,
Turns out you can’t quarantine it
either!

Twitter
Luch
@devilsdawg
They say you can’t fix stupid; turns out you can’t quarantine it, either!
2:53 PM · Apr 3, 2020·Twitter Web App

Twitter
Daniel Thornton
@Panamadan61
Replying to @SpeakerPelosi
They say you can’t fix stupid,
Turns out you can’t quarantine it
either!
3:13 PM · Apr 3, 2020·Twitter Web App

Twitter
Kimberly
@rosiemynewf
Replying to @JRubinBlogger and @CBSPolitics
They say you can’t fix stupid,
Turns out you can’t quarantine it
either!
7:56 PM · Apr 3, 2020·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Liza
@Lizads3
They say you can’t fix stupid, turns out you can’t Quarantine it either. #StayHome #lockdownuk
6:47 PM · Apr 5, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Mohamad Safa #StayHomeSaveLives
@mhdksafa
They say you can’t fix stupid. Turns out you can’t quarantine it either.
2:48 AM · Apr 9, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

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