The series has morphed to fit digitally savvy audiences and now runs as video banner ads. Likewise, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America’s 1997 “Your brain on drugs” PSA has been revitalized.

This ad is for Comcast Xfinity's new “Pause Device” home Wi-Fi feature. When I saw a Will Ferrell PSA about smartphone addiction last week, I thought a trend was emerging. Silly me.

The swoosh isn’t the only major brand that made a crisis-specific ad. On Sunday, Coke made a similar move with a single ad in New York’s Times Square. Staying apart is the best way to stay united.

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The PSA ends with the words, “When it’s hard to talk it’s up to us to listen.” The PSA was inspired by a true story shared by a former 911 dispatcher on Reddit last year.