COVID-19
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We all have our own conspiracy theories when it comes to the coronavirus but, when real scientists start to have them that’s when things get a little scary. Especially when over 200 scientists collectively come together to write a letter to the World Health Organization with concern. The concern being the transmission of COVID-19 through […]
Recently, President Donald Trump declared that a COVID-19 vaccine would be available “long before the end of the year.” On Sunday, a senior white house official would not give reporters an actual timeline for when it would be finished and distributed to the American people. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn was on […]
On Monday, US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien tested positive for COVID-19. So far, O’Brien is the highest ranking Trump administration official to contract the virus. Officials at the White House say that he hasn’t had any contact with the president. O’Brien had just returned from a trip to Europe and was photographed not wearing […]
Jay Z’s Made In America festival has been postponed until Labor Day 2021. The festival’s website says the reason for cancelling this year’s event is because of parallel pandemics: COVID-19, systemic racism and police brutality. Festival officials are stressing the health and wellbeing of the artists and attendees be considered and will be working with […]
Earlier this month, Walmart announced that it would require all of its customers to to wear face coverings to help stop the spread of COVID-19, unless they had a medical condition that made it impossible to do so. The multi billion dollar company is now revisiting the July 20 Mandate because its employees are afraid […]
More colleges in the Rochester area are announcing that they will be re opening for the 2020 fall semester. Each school has its own set of plans for the safety of their students, but most of them contain precautions like: decreased class sizes, online learning, strict sanitation guidelines, restrictions on gatherings and visitors and a […]
Kodak is slated to receive a $765 million federal loan as a part of the Defense Production Act so it can start producing drugs to help treat the coronavirus. This will create over 300 Kodak jobs in Rochester and another 50 at its plant in Minnesota. The Wall Street Journal says that this loan is […]
The State Liquor Authority isn’t playing about COVID-19 regulation violations for Bars and Restaurants. The SLA has handed out citations to several establishments in the Rochester and Monroe County area. The Bars or Restaurants face citations because they violated COVID-19 guidelines set by Governor Andrew Cuomo. The violations could lead to penalties that include fines […]
A German study out of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover found that dogs are able to distinguish human saliva samples that are infected with the novel coronavirus from those that are not with 94 percent accuracy, if properly trained. For the study, which was published in the BMC Infectious Diseases journal on July […]
You ever read a news story and say to yourself this just can’t be real? So, Sight posted a news story that students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama were intentionally going to parties knowing they have COVID-19. Welp! There has been a development with that story. The reason why they were attending the parties is that they […]
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