If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. As Covid-19 vaccines and booster shots continue to become more accessible, you, and many people that you know, might slowly start to feel comfortable going out again. It’s …
Read More »Cuomo Forced Staff to Work on His $5.2 Million Vanity Book Instead of Dealing With Covid: Report
The New York state legislature was moving to impeach Andrew Cuomo before he stepped down as as governor last August, days after state Attorney General Letitia James released a bombshell report about the political scion’s sexual misconduct. Cuomo’s resignation may have led the state Assembly Judiciary Committee to suspend its …
Read More »DeSantis Invites Anti-Vaxx Law Enforcement and First Responders to Move to Florida
This past week, videos of police and firefighters in Seattle returning their boots as they are laid off for not complying with vaccine mandates popped up on Twitter. In a Sunday interview, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said he hopes officers and first responders refusing the vaccine move to Florida, …
Read More »Florida Georgia Line Cancel Tour, Cite Rising Covid Cases
Florida Georgia Line have canceled their 2021 I Love My Country Tour. The duo of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley issued a statement on Friday citing the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic as the reason for the cancellation. “We were hopeful we could get back on the road this fall, and are …
Read More »CDC's About-Face Raises One Question: Why Were Mask Recommendations Lifted at All?
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 »Olivia Rodrigo Visits White House to Extol the Importance of Covid-19 Vaccine
Olivia Rodrigo visited the White House Wednesday, June 14th, as part of the Biden administration’s effort to encourage more young people to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Rodrigo arrived at the White House earlier in the day and briefly joined press secretary Jen Psaki in the briefing room, where she shared …
Read More »The Mad Pandemic Bottleneck of Indie Bands
In the quest toward rock stardom, buzz is nearly impossible to bottle — everyone who’s made it in the music industry knows it’s at first a grueling long-distance run, then suddenly a give-it-all-you’ve-got sprint — so in the summer of 2020, when music critics showered the Chicago post-punk foursome Ganser …
Read More »Music Festivals Are Back, But Their Covid Risks Are All on You
In 2017, a stage diver landed on a man’s head at a punk music festival in New Jersey. That man, who experienced significant spinal damage, successfully sued the show’s organizer for $2 million. Will we see an explosion in these types of liability lawsuits in the coming months, as music …
Read More »Brad Paisley in New Covid Vaccine Ad: 'Take the Shot'
Brad Paisley encourages people to get their Covid-19 vaccination in a new commercial that plays up Nashville’s sports culture rather than its reputation as Music City. The singer-guitarist narrates and appears in the ad, presented by Vanderbilt Health and filmed in part at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, the home of the …
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, …
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