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As the entertainment world continues to mourn the death of beloved actress Betty White, her agent is clearing up some rumors surrounding her passing. Jeff Witjas, White’s agent and friend, told the Associated Press that rumors of her dying shortly after getting a COVID-19 booster shot on Dec. 28 are untrue. After the 99-year-old Golden Girls […]
Twitter has permanently suspended a personal account of Marjorie Taylor Greene over the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy. In a statement to NBC News, Twitter said: “We permanently suspended the account you referenced (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy. We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated […]
Over the past few months, popular memes have circulated on social media that link Omarion’s name with the Omicron variant because they sound somewhat similar. The R&B singer took to TikTok on Saturday to wish his fans a happy New Year, posting a video in which he addressed the Omicron jokes. “Hi everybody, this is Omarion. […]
Johnson & Johnson has announced preliminary results from a study showing that a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine boasts 85 percent effectiveness against hospitalization. On Thursday, the company said that newly revealed preliminary results from a South African Phase 3b study showed that a homologues (i.e. the same vaccine) booster dose also reduced COVID-spurred hospitalization risk […]
Nearly two weeks after the Brooklyn Nets announced plans to welcome back Kyrie Irving as a part-time player for games outside of New York, the polarizing point guard returned to practice on Wednesday. Addressing the media for the first time since September, Kyrie told reporters he understood the organization’s decision to keep him sidelined due […]
Italian anti-vaccine and COVID-19 skeptic radio personality Maurizio Buratti has died from the novel coronavirus after boasting about his maskless escapades. Per the Daily Beast, Buratti, who called himself a “plague spreader,” was hospitalized earlier this month, and died following COVID-19 health complications on Monday, Dec. 27. The controversial radio personality, who also goes by the […]
Five anti-vaccine protesters were arrested by NYPD officers on Tuesday after they stormed a Burger King in Downtown Brooklyn and refused to leave. The protesters, none of whom were masked, were caught on video screaming at the store’s employees after they were refused service. New York City currently requires proof of COVID-19 vaccination in order to eat indoors. “If […]
Requiring vaccines for domestic air travel is something that should be made the subject of serious consideration, per President Biden’s chief medical advisor. During an MSNBC interview on Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci—Biden’s medical advisor and the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases—was asked about having previously signaled his support for implementing […]
A North Carolina police chief is being reprimanded after it was discovered that he allegedly told his officers how they could obtain fake COVID-19 vaccination cards. USA Today reports that Oakboro Police Chief TJ Smith informed members of his force about a “clinic” where they could go if they weren’t vaccinated. He’s now been put […]
Delta, United, and other U.S. airlines canceled more than 500 Christmas Eve flights as a surge in COVID-19 cases impacts their staff. According to flight tracking site FlightAware, as of midday Friday United has canceled 175 flights for Christmas Eve and 69 on Saturday. Delta dropped 145 flights on Friday and 111 for Christmas Day. Additionally, JetBlue […]
