Eric Clapton detailed his “disastrous” health experience after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine and blamed “the propaganda” for overstating the safety of the vaccine in a letter the guitarist shared with an architect/anti-lockdown activist. Clapton previously shared his thoughts on the Covid-19 shutdown when he appeared on Van Morrison’s anti-lockdown song …
Read More »The Year That TV Saved Us
Back in March, while my son and his friends were enjoying a chilly morning of socially distanced outdoor fun at a campground, all the dads lingered near the fire our kids had built. We spent a few minutes catching up on how we’d all been dealing with one year and …
Read More »Bernie Sanders: No Pentagon Funding Without a Vote on $2,000 Checks
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wants to force a vote in the U.S. Senate on increasing Covid-19 relief checks from $600 to $2,000 per person. And he says he willing to hold up a massive defense-spending bill to get that vote. The Senate is set to vote this week on whether …
Read More »Amazon Confirms Nearly 20,000 Covid-19 Cases Among Employees
Amazon confirmed that nearly 20,000 of its employees in the United States have tested positive — or were presumed to have been positive — for Covid-19. In a blog post published Thursday night, October 1st, the company said it conducted an analysis of its 1,372,000 frontline employees and found 19,816 …
Read More »Senators Introduce Bill to Fund Independent Venues Struggling During COVID-19
Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota introduced a new relief bill for independent music and entertainment venues struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Per a press release, the “Save Our Stages Act” would provide six months of financial support to help “keep venues afloat, pay employees and …
Read More »Coronavirus Is Killing the Working Mother
In Deb Perelman’s recent New York Times op-ed, “In the COVID-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have Both,” she details the impossibility of parenting small children during the COVID-19 epidemic, writing, “We are not burned out because life is hard this year. We are …
Read More »7 Ways For Couples to Chat, Date and Get Intimate Even If They're Quarantining Apart
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s challenging enough dealing with the physical limitations of a government or work-imposed quarantine, but for couples who are dating, the current social distancing restrictions have put a …
Read More »Trump Pushes Narrative That China Was 'Knowingly Responsible' for Coronavirus
President Trump took a question about possible ramifications for China if it were clear that their mishandling of the coronavirus crisis affected other countries and turned it into an opportunity to raise the specter that China may have been “knowingly responsible” for the virus. During Saturday’s COVID-19 daily briefing, Trump …
Read More »Lady Gaga Calls on Tech Developers to Step Up During COVID-19 Crisis
Lady Gaga has called for the world’s 24 million tech developers to work toward solutions to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The pop star issued her Call for Code statement Tuesday, in association with the 2020 IBM Call for Code Global Challenge. The initiative was created in 2018 by David Clark …
Read More »Thanks to Trump, There's a Hydroxychloroquine Shortage for People Who Need It
Peter Morley was outraged. Last weekend, President Trump had once again touted the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19, despite the protestations of medical professionals urging caution. “It’s not going to hurt people,” he said, adding that the government had stockpiled 29 million pills to fight the virus. …
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