The Hollywood awards season drama over Covid-19 safety protocols continues as Yellowstone actor Forrie J. Smith says he would rather skip the Screen Actors Guild Awards than get vaccinated. The SAG Awards ceremony, set for later this month, requires all attendees to show proof of vaccination against Covid-19. However, Smith, …
Read More »BTS' Jimin Making 'Speedy Recovery' After Appendicitis Surgery, COVID Treatment
BTS‘ Jimin is in the hospital after undergoing surgery for appendicitis and testing positive for COVID, according to the group’s label Big Hit Music. The Korean singer is “currently recuperating” after the procedure and is expected to make a “speedy” recovery. Jimin experienced “sudden abdominal pain” and a “mild sore …
Read More »The NBA's Anti-Vaxxers Are Trying to Push Around the League — And It's Working
UPDATE, Oct 12: Kyrie Irving will not play in any games, nor will he be allowed at practice, until he is able to become a “full participant,” the Brooklyn Nets announced today. This came a day after the news that he would not be able to play home games because …
Read More »Tourists Arrested for Brawl at NYC Eatery Say Fight Was Over Racial Slur, Not Vaccination Status
UPDATE (9/20): Security footage has cast doubt on the claims that three Texas tourists assaulted an employee at the restaurant Carmine’s after she requested to see proof of vaccination, The New York Times reports (the footage has not been made public, but was reviewed by The Times). The footage appears …
Read More »DeSantis Wins, Florida's Children Lose. Mask Mandate Ban to Stay in Place — For Now
Governor Ron DeSantis won a temporary victory in his continuing battle against preventing Covid-19. Florida‘s 1st District Court ordered that the governor’s ban on mask mandates in the state’s schools remain in place while a court case opposing the ban makes its way through the appeals process. The panel of …
Read More »New York's 'Homecoming' Show: An All-Star Concert Becomes a Pandemic Metaphor
Don’t call it a comeback, since it wasn’t quite that. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/see-journey-perform-dont-stop-believin-at-nyc-homecoming-show-1215220/ On Saturday evening, the long-awaited “We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert” in New York’s Central Park became an unintentional metaphor for the ongoing pandemic when the all-star show was shut down and later cancelled less than halfway through by …
Read More »Jason Isbell Won't Back Down on Vaccine Mandates
When Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit took the stage in Austin, Texas, on August 9th, it was just a few hours after he had announced a new set of Covid protocols for all of his upcoming concerts: Isbell’s live shows would now require all attendees to provide either proof …
Read More »Ed Sheeran, Steven Spielberg, More Lead India Covid-19 Recovery Fundraiser
Ed Sheeran, Steven Spielberg, Annie Lennox, and Nile Rodgers are among the more than 100 celebrities that will appear during We for India: Saving Lives, Protecting Livelihoods, which will broadcast live via Facebook on August 15th at 9:30 a.m. ET. The three-hour virtual fundraising event, co-produced by The World We …
Read More »Covid-19 Cases Are Spiking … Uhh, Pretty Much Everywhere
Covid-19 vaccines are readily available and restrictions have been lifted across the country, but the pandemic is far from over. In fact, it’s starting to get worse. According to The New York Times, the daily average case rate has increased in 46 of 50 states over the past two weeks. …
Read More »More Than Half of Americans Have Gotten at Least One Vaccine Shot
More than a year after the pandemic reached the U.S. and less than six months after vaccination began, the country reached a milestone Friday — now more than 50 percent of the population has received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control …
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