A new $500 million ad campaign via The Ad Council focuses not only questions people may have about getting vaccinated for the coronavirus, but where to find answers. The message of the…
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Grindr Poll: How Has COVID Affected Your ‘Social’ Behaviors?
The popular gay dating app Grindr asked 10,000 users in the U.S., Brazil, Mexico, and India how their ‘socializing’ behaviors have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Just some of the results…
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News Round-Up: February 22, 2021
Some news items you might have missed: • Life: Scarlett (above) is apparently tired of being impatient waiting for dinner. #HaveAGoodNightFolks • The Advocate: When MSNBC launched The Sunday Show with Jonathan…
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Study Shows Pfizer Shot Prevents COVID Spread
Some good news 🙂 Crunching the data in Israel (which has vaccinated more people per capita than any other country), it looks like the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doesn’t just prevent you from…
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Ryan Shea: More Than A Name
This took……time……to process. On Friday, my friend and Instinct Magazine colleague Ryan Shea, 34, lost his battle with COVID-19. It’s been a very emotional two weeks since Ryan told us all he’d…
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‘Religious Liberty?’ GOP Lawmaker Not Down With Vatican Requiring Vaccinations
Freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) stepped in it a bit after tweeting about a news report indicating the Vatican may fire employees who don’t get vaccinated for the coronavirus. The 25-year-old wrote,…
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COVID: Seven-Day Average Of New Cases Drops Below 90K
The seven-day average of new coronavirus cases has (finally) dropped below 90,000 for the first time since early November. From the Washington Post: Newly reported coronavirus infections in the United States continued…
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Polls: 40 Point Gap Between Those Who Will Or Won’t Get Vaccinated
At this point, the most powerful weapons in science’s arsenal to contain the COVID-19 pandemic are the vaccines approved to combat the virus. But will Americans take it when it becomes available…
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Nevada Eases COVID Restrictions (Slightly) As New Cases Decline
Step by step, inch by inch… Nevada’s Gov. Steve Sisolak has announced slightly loosened restrictions in the Silver State (my state) regarding coronavirus guidelines as confirmed cases have slowly trended downward. In…
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US Purchases Additional 200 Million Vaccine Doses
President Biden told reporters on Thursday the federal government has now purchased an additional 200 million doses of vaccine to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Biden said the U.S. is on track to…
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Fauci: Vaccines Should Be Available To All By April
Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s highest-ranking infectious-disease expert, told viewers of NBC’s The Today Show that he believes the availability of coronavirus vaccines should reach what he referred to as ‘open season’…
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South Dakota Governor Hosts 25-Person Super-Spreader Event
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) has long been criticized for taking little-to-no steps to slow the coronavirus pandemic in her state. South Dakota has had 109,580 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,815 deaths.…
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Axios: States Where COVID Has Been Deadliest
Axios has created an interactive map showing where the pandemic has been deadliest in the US. Via Axios: In New Jersey, which has the highest death rate in the nation, 1 out…
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Rep. Ron Wright Is 1st Member Of Congress To Die After COVID Diagnosis
Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX) became the first member of Congress to die from COVID-19. He died Sunday night at the age of 67. His family and spokesperson confirmed Wright’s death Monday morning.…
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Super Bowl Wrap Up: Tom Brady, Face Masks , And Amanda Gorman
Three quick Super Bowl bites as we move on from the terribly lop-sided event into this Monday morning: • While I’m no fan, there’s no denying Tom Brady is pretty much the…
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Study: HIV+ More Likely To Be Hospitalized Due To COVID
While not a big surprise, it appears folks living with HIV fare worse against COVID-19 than those without HIV. The Journal of the American Medical Association published research this week showing a…