UPDATE 1-It's okay to laugh again: Advertisers prepare for post-coronavirus economy
May 04, 2020 at 12:10 PM EDT
Sad piano chords, somber shots of empty streets and close-ups of people staring out their windows. So prevalent were coronavirus-themed ads that followed a similar template just a few weeks ago, they were parodied in a YouTube compilation video: "Every COVID-19 Commercial is Exactly the Same."
