Break out your collection of face masks: on Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated guidelines recommending that many fully vaccinated people once again wear masks indoors. This reverses the agency’s announcement nearly three months ago that those who had received their full dose of Covid …
Read More »Fauci Warns New Cases Are 'Disturbingly High' as US Races to Vaccinate
Even with millions of Americans already vaccinated, Dr. Anthony Fauci says he is concerned that the number of new covid-19 cases has plateaued is “disturbing.” The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases explained that although the number of deaths and hospitalizations has been on a downturn, …
Read More »Birx, Who Gushed Over Trump's Handling of Virus, Now Says He's Responsible for Hundreds of Thousands Dead
Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House’s coronavirus task force under Trump, says the former president’s response to the virus caused hundreds of thousands to die. In a new CNN documentary set to air on Sunday night, Birx said the initial wave of deaths caused by covid-19 in the …
Read More »We're Finally Starting to Understand How Covid-19 Affects the Brain
A couple of months into the pandemic, when scientists and physicians were still approaching Covid-19 primarily as a respiratory illness, Dr. Igor Koralnik, chief of neuro-infectious diseases and global neurology at Northwestern Medicine, began seeing a new category of patients seek treatment at his neurology practice in Chicago. In addition …
Read More »16 Stylish Face Masks You Won't Feel Self-Conscious About Wearing
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you’re going to be wearing face masks for the foreseeable future, you might as well pick a couple that actually look half-decent when you step outside the …
Read More »Dave Chappelle Tests Positive for Covid-19, Cancels Austin Shows
Dave Chappelle has cancelled his upcoming shows in Austin, Texas after testing positive for Covid-19, the comedian revealed Thursday night. On Wednesday, Chappelle appeared onstage for what was the first show of a five-night residency at Austin’s Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater. However, sometime soon after, the comedian was diagnosed with …
Read More »Life as a Covid-19 Long-Termer
On a damp and unseasonably cool late-March day in Southern California, Nicole Batenhorst looked around the triage tent and realized that getting a folding metal chair made her one of the lucky ones. She had just arrived at her local hospital in an ambulance after her heartbeat had become dangerously …
Read More »Jesus Christ, Superspreader?
A conservative Christian preacher promised to bring “salvations, signs and wonders, and miracles” to Nashville on Sunday night when he hosted a mass religious gathering in the city’s Public Square Park downtown. The real miracle, however, will be if no one catches the coronavirus. Sean Feucht, a Christian musician, online …
Read More »The Sedition of Donald Trump
Before Donald Trump got himself infected with the coronavirus, he had firmly secured his place as the worst president in American history. Now, after mocking Joe Biden at their first debate for mask wearing, Trump has proved to be a reckless superspreader, risking the lives of donors at a New …
Read More »Listen: Trump Admits on Tape He Deliberately Downplayed Covid-19
President Trump deliberately downplayed the severity of the coronavirus despite knowing in early February that the virus was “deadly.” according to a new book from Bob Woodward. “I wanted to always play it down,” he told Woodward on March 19th, according to audio obtained by CNN. “I still like playing …
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