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Read More »What the Long Covid Numbers Aren't Telling Us
Nearly two years ago, as the first confirmed Covid-19 cases in the United State began trickling in, before scientists understood how SARS-CoV-2 affected and infected humans, numbers were all we had. Our grasp on the magnitude of what was becoming a global pandemic came from state and national statistics, like …
Read More »Covid Surges Could Hit States with Low Vaccination Rates, Fauci Warns
With 12 states now reporting 70 percent of their adult population is vaccinated with at least one dose, medical experts are concerned about a possible surge of coronavirus cases in states and territories that have fallen behind. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert and chief medical adviser …
Read More »'Pastel QAnon' Is Infiltrating the Natural Parenting Community
Yolande Norris-Clark gazes placidly into the camera, speaking in her best ASMR voice, honey-colored bangs lying flat against her forehead as if stuck there by glue. She is, she says, with her five youngest children (she has eight) in the jungles of Costa Rica, where she’s recently relocated from her …
Read More »Politically Appointed Trump Aides Lie About 'Deep State Motives,' Alter CDC Virus Reports
In a disturbing new report from Politico, politically appointed cronies of the president have been interfering and making changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly scientific reports in order to better align with Trump’s publicly stated messages regarding the coronavirus. Politico’s Friday exclusive cites administration communications aides, …
Read More »Kid Rock's Nashville Bar Loses Beer Permit Over Covid-19 Violations
Kid Rock‘s Big Ass Honky Tonk and Rock & Roll Steakhouse will have its permit to sell beer suspended for five days after the Nashville venue served patrons at its bar — a violation of the city’s active public-health emergency order in regards to Covid-19. Currently, watering holes in Tennessee’s …
Read More »Drive-in Concerts Are the Latest Test for Concert Promoters. But Will They Last?
For the first time since the pandemic sidelined live music in the U.S. in March, veteran DJ D-Nice finally had the chance to play an in-person live gig. D-Nice, who’s been a mainstay amid safer-at-home regulations with his popular Club Quarantine Instagram Live Sessions, flew out to Hallandale Beach, Florida …
Read More »Trump Admin Buries CDC Reopening Guide: It 'Will Never See the Light of Day'
New coronavirus guidelines from the nation’s top scientists, meant to help the numerous states and cities who are in the process of reopening, have been put on ice by the Trump administration. According to a report by the AP on Thursday, a new guide “created by the nation’s top disease …
Read More »Why Metallica's Lars Ulrich Is Obsessed with Rage Against the Machine Right Now
For Lars Ulrich, quarantining during the pandemic has meant spending more time with his wife and kids. Just in the past few days, the drummer shared video of sons Myles and Layne, both home from NYU, playing their fuzzy, noisy instrumental take on the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” Metallica had intended …
Read More »Maryland National Guard Protecting COVID-19 Tests from Feds in Undisclosed Location Says Republican Governor
Maryland’s Republican governor said that he has deployed both the state’s National Guard and the state police to protect the 500,000 coronavirus tests he secured from seizure by the federal government and “whoever might interfere with us getting that to our folks who needed it.” On Thursday, Governor Larry Hogan …
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