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Dr. Susan Moore, a physician from Indianapolis who had publicly called out a regional hospital for racism, died of COVID-19 this week. Dr. Moore first tested positive in late November with initial symptoms reported to include high respiratory rate, high heart rate, severe fever, and coughing up blood. Per CBS News, she died this week following […]
Even though Trump has called for $2,000 stimulus checks for Americans, House Democrats’ move to pass the direct payments was blocked by Republicans—impacting the huge coronavirus relief package that Congress passed earlier this week. CNBC reports that Democrats attempted to increase the check amounts after Trump warned that he’d obstruct the $2 trillion pandemic aid and […]
California is now the first state in the U.S. to record more than two million COVID-19 cases. In a Los Angeles Times report early Thursday morning, the publication said the two-million mark had been hit in their county-by-county tally of statewide cases. Johns Hopkins University also confirmed the same milestone, reporting on Thursday that the […]
Never has the refrain “There’s always next year!” felt more appropriate—or widespread—than in 2020. (Hell, this year has been so unexpectedly savage, it’s even got Pats fans saying it now.) Which is why, for this week’s episode of the Complex Canada Report, your host The6ixatSix is taking a journey down memory lane to look back […]
A Texas pastor who repeatedly questioned COVID-19 restrictions and continued to hold services during the pandemic lost both of his parents to coronavirus complications earlier this month. Pastor Todd Dunn of Fort Worth’s 2nd Mile Church was in the hospital on Dec. 7 when his 84-year-old father and 79-year-old mother passed within hours of each […]
Unbridled stupidity doesn’t take time off for the holidays. Thanks to a mid-pandemic church event, a North Carolina town is being forced to worry about a spike in wholly avoidable COVID-19 cases during an already stressful holiday season. According to NBC News, a “holiday celebration” at First Baptist Church in Hendersonville has now led to at […]
A group of armed protesters tried to gain entrance into the Oregon State Capitol building on Monday as the legislature was in session to debate COVID-19 regulations and public assistance. Deadline reports that due to COVID precautions, the only people allowed in the building were Salem Police Department officers, state police, lawmakers, some staff, and […]
As it did for Thanksgiving, Zoom is lifting its 40-minute meeting limits for free accounts over the holidays so that you can talk to (insert whoever you want to talk to during the holidays here) uninterrupted. In a blog post the company announced the dates/times that this change will be active. Note that the first set […]
A part of the massive 5,500+ page government funding/COVID-relief package that is expected to be passed through Congress in the next few days will include a legislative priority for the entertainment industry that will bump up the penalty for operating a for-profit illegal streaming service from a misdemeanor to a felony. Under the new law a violation of […]
Plenty of people found something to praise among the Sun-released audio of Tom Cruise yelling at his Mission: Impossible crew for COVID-19 safety violations. While some were quick to point out problems with how Cruise delivered the remarks, the general consensus seemed to be that it was kind of nice to hear someone taking the […]
