The Amazing Race shuts down production over coronavirus concerns

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Another day, another venerable pop culture institution stymied by our collective fear of death, as CBS announced this weekend that the upcoming season of The Amazing Race has been postponed due to concerns about the COVID-19 coronavirus. To be fair, it would be hard to imagine a reality show better suited for serving as a vector to spread the infection around the globe—say what you like about Love Is Blind, but at least most of those couples spend most of their time in quarantine—given that TAR is all about, well, hanging out in airports, chatting with people in airports, and just generally competing to see who can be the next, best, and fastest Patient Zero.