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Roseanne Barr, the ousted producer of the Roseanne spinoff series The Connors, offered up a wild conspiracy theory during her appearance on the YouTube series Quarantined With Norm Macdonald. Namely that she thinks the COVID-19 pandemic is a ploy to kill the Baby Boomers generation. “I think we’re being forced to evolve. You know what it is, Norm? I think they’re […]
David James, president of the Louisville Metro Council in Kentucky, has been engrossed in a long-standing battle with a group of alleged scammers who are thought to be Illinois-based, WDRB reports. James and local advocate Tara Bassett have been trying to force them out of Kentucky since last year when the group started testing people’s DNA for disease. James suspects that the global COVID-19 […]
A Bronx Zoo tiger has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to an official statement from the United States Department of Agriculture. This is significant because, as relayed by federal officials, the infection is the first known one to be contracted by an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere on the planet. The […]
The world has grown much quieter as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The New York Times reports about half of the global population has been advised or ordered to self-isolate amid the public health crisis. Schools have closed, nonessential business have shut down, and an increasing number of people are staying home to avoid COVID-19 exposure. The widespread isolation has […]
The New York Times reports the Trump Organization is looking to delay or postpone some of its loan payments and other financial obligations as the company continues to deal with an economic downturn due to the coronavirus pandemic. Representatives for the Trump Organization have reportedly reached out to Deutsche Bank to explore whether some of the company’s outstanding loans can […]
The US Navy has dismissed a ship commander who had raised the alarm about a coronavirus-stricken ship. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly announced Thursday that Capt. Brett Crozier’s was relieved of his duty on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which had at least 114 confirmed cases of COVID-19. According to a leaked letter obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle, Crozier had […]
Medical personnel at the Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx were allegedly given Yankees-themed panchos, and told to use them as PPE, or personal protective gear, the New York Times reports. An obstetrician-gynecologist resident at the hospital snapped a photo of the pancho, and shared it on Twitter, writing, “I’m a physician at a hospital in NYC and […]
As the coronavirus continues to spread through U.S. correctional facilities, more and more political leaders and advocates have called for precautionary measures that would significantly reduce the health risks for inmates and prison staff. Last Prisoner Project—a nonprofit organization dedicated to freeing inmates convicted of nonviolent marijuana crimes—has launched an initiative that aims to slow the spread of COVID-19 within […]
Jacob Glanville, a San Francisco doctor who was featured on the Netflix docuseries Pandemic, believes that he may have found a possible cure for the coronavirus. Glanville’s remedy is now set to be tested by the U.S. military. Specifically, the cure candidate will make its way to the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious […]
Perhaps tapping into an idea first used by the state of New York (I think, I don’t monitor these), California mined their well of more senior celebrities for the sake of making a PSA telling you to self-quarantine for an indeterminate amount of time. Probably forever. The celebrity they’re hoping gets through to those who […]
