If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Don’t put those masks away just yet. Though more and more people are getting vaccinated against Covid-19, this new strain of the novel coronavirus — known as the …
Read More »Second U.S. Omicron Case Confirmed After Man Attended NYC Anime Convention
A Minnesota native who tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus — the second confirmed case of the new variant in the U.S. — attended a New York City anime convention just days before being diagnosed, the White House announced Thursday. The unnamed male — who was fully …
Read More »An Anti-Vax Influencer Has Been Charged With Selling Fake Vaccine Cards on Instagram
A New Jersey woman who went by the handle @AntiVaxMomma on Instagram has been charged with helping to run a business to distribute fake COVID-19 vaccination cards. According to a press release from the New York state district attorney’s office, Jasmine Clifford, 31, a self-described entrepreneur from Lyndhurst, New Jersey, …
Read More »CDC: Teens at Risk of Severe Covid, So Vax Up!
A new study finds that teens are at increasing risk for severe Covid cases, and that among those recently hospitalized for Covid, nearly a third entered intensive care and five percent were placed on a ventilator. “I am deeply concerned by the numbers of hospitalized adolescents and saddened to see …
Read More »Understanding the Covid-19 Lab-Leak Theory
After more than a year of scientific hypotheses, baseless conspiracy theories, and a lack of transparency from China, we still don’t know Covid-19’s origin story —the precise route SARS-CoV-2 took to end up as the cause of a global pandemic. And thanks to the country’s deep partisan divides, even the …
Read More »These Face Masks Will Help Keep You Warm and Protected Through the Winter
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. While we’re approaching another long winter of staying masked up, it’s important to switch up your mask habits with the changing seasons. Light, breathable, and moisture-wicking cloth masks …
Read More »Can't Find Lysol Wipes? Try These 8 Top-Rated Disinfectant Wipes Instead
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you thought it was hard to find toilet paper or hand sanitizerthese days, just try looking for disinfectant wipes online. From Amazon to Walmart, all of the …
Read More »Canada Sends Patrols to 'Prevent Caravans of Americans' From Surging Across the Border
Since March, the U.S.-Canada border has been closed to all but essential traffic in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus. But Americans being Americans, they are flouting the new regulations in the pursuit of their usual summer fun. According to NPR, “Canadian border patrol has effectively prevented …
Read More »We Read Dr. Anthony Fauci-Inspired Erotic Fiction So You Don't Have To
In this unprecedented time in global history, we’re all dealing with the stresses of the pandemic in different ways. Some of us are volunteering. Some of us are baking. Some of us are taking fistfuls of Klonopin and watching The Officein footy pajamas. And some of us are being filthily, …
Read More »Billy Porter Is Staying Creative and Politically Driven During Quarantine
Billy Porter chatted with Trevor Noah onThe Daily Show this week about staying creative and politically engaged during the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic. “I am taking a break, I am learning what self-care is, I am learning what boundaries are, I am learning what balance is,” thePose actor said. …
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