Coronavirus
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Tyson Foods Warns That 'The Food Supply Chain is Breaking'
The coronavirus pandemic has seen businesses in all sectors face closures with the food industry being no exception. As multiple food processing facilities shut down due to workers contracting the disease, one executive at Tyson Foods warns that “the food supply chain is breaking.” The Hill reports that Tyson Foods board chairman, John Tyson, took…
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Rapper Scarface Reveals He Is on Dialysis as a Result of COVID-19 Diagnosis
Rapper Scarface of the Houston rap group Geto Boys was one of several musicians who contracted the coronavirus in March. He broke the news in a conversation with fellow Geto Boy Willie D via YouTube, where he said he felt like he was going to die. Now, Scarface is letting fans know that the illness…
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Appoints Wife Chirlane McCray to Lead Racial Inequity Task Force
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is getting mixed reactions for his decision to appoint his wife to head a new coronavirus recovery task force aimed at bridging racial inequity by prioritizing aid for the city’s communities of color. According to the New York Post, de Blasio announced Sunday that First Lady Chirlane McCray…
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Black Woman Dies From Coronavirus After Being Turned Away 4 Times From Hospital She Worked at for Decades
The disproportionate number of black people who are dying from the coronavirus disease continues to grow. Deborah Gatewood, a 63-year-old healthcare worker who lived and worked in Michigan, died earlier this month from COVID-19 complications. Her daughter is now speaking out about what she describes as the “disheartening” treatment—or lack thereof—her mother got from the…
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Calls to Poison Centers Across the Country Have Gone Up Since Trump Talked About Injecting Disinfectant
Correlation doesn’t necessarily equal causation, but it’s hard to say we didn’t see this coming after the president ruminated out loud a few days ago on the usefulness of injecting disinfectant into the body as a kind of “cleaning” to get rid of the coronavirus. Poison Centers across the country are now reporting that emergency…
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Michigan State Senator Wears Confederate Flag Mask, Then Denies and Later Apologizes for Wearing Said Mask
I don’t know everything about the racist history of America. But tell me if I have my facts wrong when I say that Michigan state was not part of the Confederacy. Because based on the recent behavior of a Michigan state senator, anyone could be forgiven for thinking differently. On Friday, WLNS-TV in Lansing, Michigan…
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Got a Racist Text Just Because She Doesn't Want More Georgians Dying From COVID-19
It doesn’t take much for black people to prompt attacks by racists. All Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms wants is to keep her citizens safe during an ongoing global pandemic. That’s it. She decided it was better that the people of Atlanta stay as healthy as possible rather than risk lives in an effort to…
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Department of Justice Revises Early Release Requirements for Federal Prisoners
A prison in Fort Worth, Texas, has seen coronavirus cases increase by 275 percent over the course of a week. New models have shown that failure to reduce prison populations could result in 100,000 more deaths. Despite these facts, the Department of Justice has now limited the number of inmates eligible for early release. ABC News…
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Trump Suggested Swallowing Light Bulbs and Shooting Up Disinfectant to Kill the Coronavirus. We Finna Die
I don’t know what former President Barack Obama did to y’all—and by y’all, I’m referring specifically to the 53 percent of white women who voted against their own self-interest to elect a shit heel for president—but we now have a man in office who suggested swallowing light bulbs and shooting up disinfectant. On Thursday, during…
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The Gift: Beyoncé Donates $6 Million to COVID-19 Relief Through Her BeyGOOD Initiative
April 23, 2020 might mark the fourth anniversary of the release of Beyoncé’s magnum opus, Lemonade, but there’s clearly no “Love Drought” when it comes to the singer’s philanthropy. (Yeah, we saw y’all making the song trend today—and agree it’s a perennial fave.) After making a noteworthy appearance on last Saturday’s live-streamed Global Citizen event,…