Coronavirus
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Pro-Life Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Says 'There Are More Important Things Than Living' When It Comes to Coronavirus
One of the strangest aspects of the coronavirus pandemic has been seeing the pro-life GOP members casually talk about “acceptable” loss of life and how the economy takes precedence over keeping people alive. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has been leading the charge with a series of controversial statements, and instead of walking them back…
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Black Journalist Launches Newsletter to Keep Black People Informed About the Coronavirus Pandemic
It’s important to have news platforms that are specifically tailored to fit the needs of black people who wish to stay informed. This is more true now than ever before, as the current global health crisis has proven to infect and kill black people disproportionately in the U.S. Thankfully, one black journalist was innovative enough…
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Remember the Malaria Drug Trump Was Pushing to Treat Coronavirus? Well a VA Study Shows It’s Really Good…For Malaria
Remember when Trump came out and used the same one-liner to encourage black people to vote for him (“What do you have to lose?”) as the mantra to try hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug, to treat the coronavirus? Well, two things were discovered in a large analysis of its use in veterans hospitals across America. The…
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5-Year-Old Girl Becomes Michigan's Youngest COVID Death
At first, Ebbie and LaVondria Herbert thought their 5-year-old daughter Skylar had strep throat. She began complaining about a persistent and painful headache a month ago, resulting in a visit to the pediatrician on March 23 where she tested positive for the common bacterial infection. But as Detroit News reported, Skylar’s headache didn’t go away,…
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Doesn’t Wait on Trump, Orders 500,000 Coronavirus Test Kits From South Korea
What do you do if you are a governor, and the president of the United States is a liar and keeps claiming that he’s given enough testing kits to states for the coronavirus? Well, you can go on national TV and say that the president is lying, which some governors have. Or, if you are…
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Idaho State Rep. Compares Coronavirus Restrictions to Nazi Germany
The last week has shown that the quarantine has officially broken white people. If it’s not taking to the streets in an effort to protest a microscopic virus, it’s going on the radio and saying some truly wild shit about the effort to combat it. NBC News reports that Heather Scott, a Republican state representative…
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Shake Shack Returns $10 Million in Relief Funds and Asks That Small Businesses Be Given More Access
The Paycheck Protection Program was included as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and was touted as a relief fund aimed at bailing out small businesses and nonprofits and helping them pay their workers during the coronavirus pandemic. But since the $349 billion stimulus package overseen by the Small Business…
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Coronavirus Infected 9 People in One Black Family. 3 Died. They Still Have Trouble Getting Tested
First, it came for his son. Tyrone Posey says his wife, 51-year-old Phacethia Posey, began researching coronavirus as soon as the deadly disease started making the headlines. It became more urgent when their son, Tyrone Posey Jr. became the first member of the family to contract the invisible pathogen that would eventually kill three family…
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Michigan Man Completing a 44-Year Life Sentence Dies From Coronavirus Just Weeks Away From Release
Earlier this year, 60-year-old William Garrison had an important choice to make. Convicted to serve a lifetime in prison when he was just 16 years old, Garrison was eligible for parole in February, or he could serve a seven-month sentence and walk away from prison, finally, a free man. Garrison chose freedom, but because of…
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The Teddy Riley of Presidents Is Using Props at His Press Conferences to Rewrite History
On Sunday—partially because the president knows he’s losing and maybe because he has to battle Babyface—the Teddy Riley of presidents came with video footage cut and spliced to show only moments of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo praising the federal government’s coronavirus response. Anyone who has a good set of eyes and doesn’t believe that…