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During a press conference on Monday afternoon the Director for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, continued with the theme of pleading with Americans to put on a mask to stymie the spread of COVID-19. He said that, if everyone complied with said pleading, then “over the next six weeks we could […]
Washington Mystics star and reigning WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne told ESPN Monday that the league’s panel of physicians have denied her request to opt out of the 2020 season due to medical concerns. “The independent panel of doctors the league appointed to review high-risk cases have advised that I’m not high risk, and should be permitted to play in […]
In what should probably serve as a cautionary tale for other players attempting to test the sanctity of the NBA’s Disney-quarantine bubble, the Kings’ Richaun Holmes is currently on day two of a mandatory 10-day quarantine, after he briefly left the league’s isolation zone to pick-up some food being delivered to him. Holmes’ transgression comes […]
Raptors basketball is returning, within the confines of an Orlando bubble, and we don’t really know what it will look like. What we do know is that the team’s 2019-20 season, before the pandemic hit, was a joy to watch. There was a purity to watching this particular group root, fight for, and lift each other through 64 […]
Initial data from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reports that there were zero confirmed or probable coronavirus-related deaths on July 11, Bloomberg reports. The city hasn’t gone a day without someone dying from COVID-19 since March 13. In late March, New York City was considered the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, reaching its peak […]
A trio of Arizona teachers sharing a summer school classroom all contracted the coronavirus last month, despite apparently taking the recommended safety precautions, with one of them dying, according to multiple reports. 61-year-old Kimberly Chavez Lopez Byrd died on June 26, which was less than two weeks after she was hospitalized. The other two teachers who […]
There are few creatures in the world that are bolder than a New York City rat. Yet, the coronavirus pandemic has forced rats into a rare state for starvation and desperation that has only increased their confidence. The city’s rats usually survive on the waste that is discarded by the millions of restaurants in New […]
The second wave continues to claim victims across the country. BuzzFeed reported on Saturday that more than 300 employees at the Los Angeles Apparel garment manufacturing company tested positive for COVID-19. Per public health officials, this outbreak has caused four deaths. This comes after the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health told the manufacturer on June 27 to […]
COVID-19 cases in Brazil are continuing to surge. On Saturday, the country recorded 1,071 new deaths, with a total of 1,839,850 confirmed cases, Reuters reports. Brazil is the world’s No. 2 coronavirus hotspot, only second to the U.S. The South American country has a total of 71,469 deaths, according to the Health Ministry. Earlier this […]
In what might be one of the worst cases of cosmic irony, the very Florida county commissioner who voted against needing to wear masks in his county has been admitted into the hospital for testing positive with COVID-19. According to Newsweek, Paul Waldron—who is the commissioner for St. Johns County just south of Jacksonville, Florida—tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in […]
