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Olympic athletes will spend their nights on cardboard beds in an effort to discourage casual sex during next week’s contentious Olympic games. As reported by Dezeen, the bizarre decision by Olympic officials–who are already dealing with two COVID-19 outbreaks within the Olympic Village–was made in hopes that it will discourage “intimacy among athletes,” American distance runner Paul […]
One week ahead of the opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 has been found in the Olympic Village. The Associated Press reports that the person, who is identified as “games-concerned personnel,” tested positive Friday and was placed in a 14-day quarantine. “In the current situation, that positive cases arise is something […]
President Joe Biden slammed social media platforms over not doing enough to curb the spread of misinformation relating to the coronavirus and vaccines. “They’re killing people. I mean they’re really, look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated,” Biden told NBC News White House Correspondent Peter Alexander on Friday. “And they’re killing people.” […]
Dictionary.com added over 300 news words, terms, and revised definitions, some of which are a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among them are terms like “long COVID,” which it defines as “a condition characterized by symptoms or health problems that linger or first appear after supposed recovery from an acute phase of Covid-19 infection.” The term “long hauler” is […]
Despite many venues and festivals opening back up with the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, it’s still not completely safe outside. Wiz Khalifa, for example, just revealed he’s contracted coronavirus without having any symptoms. Wiz took to Twitter to reveal his health status. “Okay loved ones….sooo…..Ya boy got covid,” he tweeted. “No symptoms. Just stay away from me […]
A Sarasota, Florida woman was forcibly taken off a plane this past Wednesday morning after her alleged refusal to put on a mask. According to NBC-2, 23-year-old Adelaide Schrowang was acting unruly and was in violation of the plane’s mask policies. Federal law still requires that every passenger wear a face covering when on a plane. […]
A 90-year-old Belgian has died after suffering simultaneous infections from two COVID-19 variants. Bloomberg reports the unvaccinated woman tested positive after admission to the OLV hospital in Aalst in March after she fell multiple times. Her oxygen levels were initially good, but her condition rapidly deteriorated and she died five days later. An autopsy has now revealed that […]
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins made her prediction that the day-and-date release strategy, which sees films come out in theaters and through streaming outlets on the same day, is not something that will last. This comes after the COVID-19 pandemic led to a massive restructuring on how new movies became available to […]
America’s largest movie theater chains have struggled throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and Quentin Tarantino doesn’t seem to be losing much sleep over it. In the latest episode of Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, Tarantino shared his thoughts on the future of movie theaters and the movie industry at large. While he remarked that he doesn’t like to see […]
President Biden is urging Americans to take precautions while celebrating the July 4 holiday this weekend. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Biden voiced his concern that “people will die” after attending large gatherings in places where vaccination rates are low. “I am concerned that people who have not gotten vaccinated have the capacity to catch the variant […]
