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‘Our couch was our front line, our patience was our weapon’: German COVID ad hailing couch potatoes as heroes earns Trudeau’s nod

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A one minute and 37-second German video featuring an older gentleman recalling his youth and 'service' to his country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, much of which included staying at home and being a couch potato hero, got passing marks from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this month.Photograph courtesy of Justin Trudeau's Twitter

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BY PALAK MANGAT

November 23, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has 5.3 million followers on Twitter, threw his support behind a popular new COVID ad from Germany last week, encouraging people to stay home and hailing couch potatoes as heroes. The one minute and 37-second ad, which went viral on Twitter, feat...

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