They broke up 50 years ago. How the Beatles still bring joy in scary times

'At Mount Sinai South Nassau on New York's Long Island, the hospital staff reportedly spins 'Here Comes the Sun' on the public address system every time a coronavirus patient is discharged,' writes Jere Hester for CNNOpinion.

Jere Hester is a journalist and author of "Raising a Beatle Baby." He is the editor in chief of THE CITY, a New York local news site. The opinions in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles at CNN.

At Mount Sinai South Nassau on New York's Long Island, the hospital staff reportedly spins"Here Comes the Sun" on the public address system every time a coronavirus patient is discharged. Paul McCartney is set to play the upcoming"One World: Together at Home" charity special, joining a bill that includes 18-year-old superfan Billie Eilish, nearly 60 years his junior."Yellow Submarine" has gained new resonance as an intergenerational singalong, crooned by neighbors through windows-turned-portholes, socially distant, but inextricably linked.They may have broken up 50 years ago, on April 10, 1970.

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