COVID

06 Aug 2020

Win a Subscription to the Mask of the Week Club!

We’re giving away a free subscription to the Mask of the Week Club by Fresh Masks! This is normally $100 but one lucky winner will get it for free! Join the Mask of the Week Club and you will get one locally made Fresh Mask mailed to your doorstep each

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06 Aug 2020

Nurses Protest Unsafe Working Conditions Across US

Thousands of nurses across the United States put down their stethoscopes and picked up protest signs on Wednesday, August 5th to address the lack of protective gear (PPE) and unsafe staffing levels in their hospitals.   A shortage of PPE (Personal protective equipment) for both patients and hospital staff has been

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31 Jul 2020

Curbside Concerts Let’s You Hire Musicians to Play in Front of Your Home

The shuttering of live music venues across the country due to COVID, has made things incredibly difficult for musicians and bands. It’s been over five months since live music has become verboten, creating a situation where millions of performers can no longer make a living. Luckily the folks at Curbside Concerts

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30 Jul 2020

Promising ‘Monkey Data’ Moves COVID Vaccine Trials to Humans

Johnson & Johnson kicked off U.S. human safety trials for its COVID-19 vaccine Thursday after releasing details of a study in monkeys that showed its best-performing vaccine candidate offered strong protection in a single dose.  When exposed to the virus, six out of six animals who got the vaccine candidate

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30 Jul 2020

Cain Caught Covid at Trump Tulsa Rally, & Now He’s Dead

RIP Herman Cain.  The former Republican presidential candidate and pizza CEO, died this week due to complications from COVID 19.  The virus that he clearly caught while attending Trump’s ‘super spreader’ Tulsa rally in late June.  The rally was widely regarded as a massive failure due to its attendance of

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20 Jul 2020

The Legendary Cliff House Restaurant is Closing…Temporarily

Over the last 157 years the Cliff House has survived a lot. First constructed in 1858, it’s been rebuilt five times due to various calamities like fires and dynamite exploding shipwrecks. Unfortunately, it may not survive COVID-19. Earlier today KRON 4 reported, via local wire service Bay City News, that the

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17 Jul 2020

30% of People Say They’re “Rubbing One Out” More Often During Quarantine

I get way too many press releases. Most of them are for bands I don’t care about or travel destinations I’m not that interested in. But sometimes a true gem makes it my way and I feel the need to share. Earlier this week I got one from the folks

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16 Jul 2020

Fox News Pushed Coronavirus Misinformation 253x Between July 6-10

In a new report by Media Matters, they list the 263 times that fox anchors and guests peddled misinformation concerning coronavirus.  Media Matters is an organization obsessed with documenting the misinformation spotted on Fox News each night, “Laura Ingraham is Top Coronavirus Misinformer, Fox’s The Ingraham Angle is Responsible for

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