Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is still refusing to say whether he received a Covid-19 vaccine booster, despite former President Trump calling him “gutless” for dodging the question last month. “That’s something that, you know, I think people should just make their own decisions on,” DeSantis said on Friday when asked …
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Former NFL player and current Georgia GOP Senate candidate Hershel Walker promoted a “dry mist” that promised to “kill any Covid on your body” in an interview on Glenn Beck’s podcast during the summer of 2020. “Do you know right now, I have something that [you can bring] into a …
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The coronavirus pandemic is entering its third year, and the United States still isn’t doing enough to track the virus. It’s not just a testing shortfall. The U.S. government is falling short on “genomic surveillance” — that is, sequencing enough tests in the right places at the right times in …
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On the same day that New York state announced its highest single-day case total of the coronavirus pandemic, the Mayor’s office and the organizers behind the annual Times Square New Year’s Eve extravaganza confirmed that the Times Square ball drop will go ahead as planned on Dec. 31. The event, …
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The long-awaited drive to inoculate 28 million children against Covid-19 could begin on Nov. 4, medical experts tell Rolling Stone. Pfizer has 15 million children’s shots—which contain one-third of the dose given to adults and kids 12 and over—ready to ship to private practices, hospitals, pharmacies and other providers across …
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Nine Inch Nails have canceled their scheduled 2021 shows due to rising Covid-19 cases, the band announced in a statement on Thursday. “It is with great regret that we are cancelling all NIN appearances for the remainder of this year,” the band wrote. “When originally planned, these shows were intended …
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Puerto Rico will receive nearly $4 billion in federal pandemic relief funds for education as part of the American Rescue Plan, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announcedwhile visiting the island. “The students of Puerto Rico have suffered enough,” Cardona said on Monday, according to the AP,during a trip to the …
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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 …
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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 …
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A year ago, things were looking pretty grim, climate-wise. The president of the United States was a thug who thought climate change was a hoax and science was a conspiracy to remove him from office. In Oregon, when a bill came up to put a price on carbon, Republican legislators …
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