coronavirus
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NBA, NCAA Among Sports Leagues Preparing for Coronavirus Outbreak: 'Health and Safety Is Paramount'
The NBA prides itself on putting fans first, and with the deadly coronavirus terrorizing airports and immune systems throughout the world, the league is putting precautionary measures in place to protect its million-dollar athletes. From ESPN: Among the NBA’s short-term recommendations to teams in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, players should utilize fist-bumps over…
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The President Can’t Be Bothered With a Possible Pandemic While He’s Busy Bragging About His Accomplishments
President Trump is nothing if not consistent. From the time that he was born up until Russia stole the 2016 election and handed it to their favorite spy, the president has been consumed with himself. Literally, his tweets, his speeches, his appearances, his entire life has been a set of thumbs pointing back at this…
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Police Departments Spreading Disinformation By Falsely Claiming Meth Is Being Laced With Coronavirus
As the U.S. prepares for a coronavirus outbreak that appears all but inevitable, the onus is on government officials at all levels to spread accurate information that relays the seriousness of the situation while also allaying unfounded fears or panic. Apparently, someone forgot to tell the cops this. Police departments across the country have been…
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Preparing for Outbreaks Like Coronavirus Is Always Difficult. For Marginalized Communities, It’s Crucial
In the last few days, there have been a number of shifts in the current COVID-19 outbreak that have put the world on even greater alert and made the declaration of a pandemic almost inevitable. At the time I write this, there have been more than 80,000 cases confirmed across the globe (pdf). Brazil has…
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Everyone Is Fine: Trump Says the ‘Caronavirus’ Isn’t as Bad as CDC Reports
Federal health officials—who are officials of public health, which includes scientists and people who went to school for eight plus years and spent all their time tracking diseases and looking at how to control and prevent them from spreading—have noted that Americans need to prepare themselves for a coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. Trump—who inherited…
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An Open Letter to the (White) Men in Airport Restrooms Who Refuse to Wash Their Hands
Hey Thad. It is Thad, right? How did I know that was your name? Lucky guess, I guess. Anyway, I know you’re in a rush. We’re in Gate A and your flight to Austin boards in 22 minutes from Gate E, and Charlotte Douglas International Airport is arbitrarily and unnecessarily massive, so I’ll keep this…
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Everyone Can Relax. The White House Is Very Close to a Vaccine for…Ebola?
The White House wanted to clear up a few things to set everyone at ease: First, whales are not mating with elephants so the reports of “whalephants” are false. Also, reports of quicksand deaths have been grossly misreported as the last person to die from quicksand was Wile E. Coyote. And, when the president said…
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Coronavirus Declared a Public Health Emergency by World Health Organization
CNN reports that the World Health Organization has declared the novel coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern. This is not only because of the situation in China but because of the possibility of it spreading to other countries with sub-par healthcare systems. The World Health Organization defines a public heath emergency as “an…
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Learns of Coronavirus Death Toll in China and His First Thought Is It’ll Bring Jobs Back to America!!
Whenever Trump’s Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross thinks about anything, it’s always through a prism of whiteness and opportunity. Learning that a deadly disease is on the verge of causing a pandemic, the first thing Ross thought was how many white people are in China, and then, “Do you have any idea how many companies will…
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Twitter Isn't Here for Richard Jefferson's Lame Joke About the Coronavirus: 'He's Getting Fired for Sure'
I like Richard Jefferson—or rather, I want to. In a past life, he was an explosive scorer who routinely embarrassed defenders as a member of the New Jersey Nets. But all good things come to an end—including his knees—and he’s since blossomed into a valued contributor to ESPN’s award-winning NBA coverage. And now that he’s…