Coronavirus
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America Is Sick. This Shouldn't Surprise Us Anymore
On Thursday morning, as rates of coronavirus infection continued to soar around the country, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, tried to relay just how serious the state of the pandemic is in the United States. “Doctors Without Borders have come to the United States to do their work. They go to the hottest…
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Pfizer Says Its Vaccine Is 90 Percent Effective as COVID Cases Are Set to Overwhelm the American Healthcare System
Can’t even lie, it felt incredibly good to see the whole world reenact the end of Return of the Jedi this weekend. I’m going to do my best to hold onto that feeling because the upcoming months aren’t looking too hot with regards to the ongoing pandemic. While Pfizer has shared a promising development on…
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White People in Mississippi Drive Rising COVID Numbers Because They Can’t Follow Basic Instructions
While medical professionals have repeatedly said that simple tasks such as social distancing, wearing face masks, and washing your hands could be instrumental in slowing the spread of COVID-19, white folks nationwide simply ain’t trying to hear that. Which sucks, because their inability to just listen has resulted in rising case numbers in Mississippi. According…
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CDC Says 'Small Household Gatherings' Are Causing a Spike in COVID-19 Cases
We all know by now that large gatherings hurt efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now warns that small household gatherings are causing a spike in new cases. CNN reports that CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said during a Tuesday call with the nation’s…
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‘Don’t Be Like the President’: Trey Songz Confirms He Tested Positive for Coronavirus, Vows to Take Diagnosis Seriously
R&B Singer Trey Songz is the latest celebrity to test positive for the coronavirus, warning fans and supporters on Monday to continue taking precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the novel virus. Songz, née Tremaine Neverson, announced his diagnosis via Instagram Monday, saying he had been taking tests regularly on account of attending protests…
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Reports: Cam Newton Has Tested Positive for COVID-19, Won't Play With the Patriots in Week 4 Game Against the Chiefs
New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton is reported to have tested positive for coronavirus, and as a result will not play in the game between the team and the Kansas City Chiefs planned for this week. The Patriots announced on Saturday that one of their players had tested positive for COVID-19 and had immediately entered…
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White People Have Recovered 60 Percent of the Jobs They Lost During This Recession. For Black Folks, That Number Is Far Lower
Earlier this year, protests to “open the economy” saw disproportionate amounts of white people flocking to the streets, many of them sans masks, to push back against measures local and state governments had taken to control the spread of the novel coronavirus. Now, as parts of the economy have opened up in recent months, data…
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President and First Lady Test Positive for COVID-19, Trump Showing Minor Symptoms
As America woke to prepare themselves for the end of the work week, the news came fast and furious: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania had contracted COVID-19. Trump made the announcement around 1 a.m. ET on Twitter, adding that he and the first lady would begin quarantining immediately. Trump ended his tweet noting…
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Coronavirus Vaccine Won't Be Ready Until at Least Spring, Moderna CEO Says
At a health conference on Wednesday, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said the company’s coronavirus vaccine won’t be ready until spring of next year. CBS News reports that Bancel added Moderna won’t seek emergency authorization for the vaccine to be used by healthcare workers and at-risk individuals until Nov. 25, at the earliest. The company won’t…
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A Fact Worth Remembering From Tuesday’s Debate Debacle: 1 in 1,000 Black Americans Have Died This Year Because of the Coronavirus
Buried in last night’s “presidential” debate, which was mostly a melee of aggressive interruptions and President Donald Trump’s staunch refusal to disavow white supremacists (in fact, calling one such group to attention), was a painful and important fact: To date, 1 in 1,000 Black Americans have been killed by COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.…