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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) offered dangerously incorrect COVID-19 advice on Fox News Thursday night that set off an outcry on social media. The senator urged all those who have recovered from the coronavirus to throw out their masks and go out and enjoy public spaces because they are now “immune” to it. This is not […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday night raised the notion of Americans developing herd immunity to the coronavirus, which he referred to as a “herd mentality.” Speaking at an ABC town hall event, Trump repeated his claim that the virus was going away. “It’s probably gonna go away now a lot faster because of the vaccine,” […]
Social media users didn’t buy President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to spin the narrative on the coronavirus crisis. “Coronavirus deaths are way down,” Trump boasted on Twitter late Thursday, as the United States saw yet another record spike in confirmed cases of the virus nationwide. Trump also falsely claimed the mortality rate in the United States […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday indicated that he didn’t know what the “19” in COVID-19 stands for. In the middle of a riff in which he also made racist jokes about the coronavirus, Trump said he wondered about the infection’s official name. “COVID-19, COVID, I said what’s the 19?” he asked at an event in […]
President Donald Trump hasn’t given the rally scheduled for Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a special name, but, thankfully, Twitter users have stepped in to fill the void. As of Friday, the hashtag #coronapalooza was a trending term. It’s quite appropriate, since many medical experts fear the rally could cause a spike in COVID-19 cases. The […]
President Donald Trump tried to explain away his awkward walk down a ramp Saturday after addressing West Point graduates by saying he was being extra careful to avoid a fall that the “Fake News” would “have fun with.” “Trump is not well” began to trend on Twitter after video of the president’s tentative walk was […]
Twitter removed a false tweet by Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani touting one of the president’s favorite, untested, drugs to battle COVID-19. Giuliani quoted parts of another tweet from a right-wing conspiracy theorist falsely claiming that the drug hydroxychloroquine proved to have a “100% effective rate treating COVID-19, according to a screenshot of the deleted tweet in Mediaite. […]
Twitter deleted reckless tweets about coronavirus on Monday that were posted by conservative former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. Clarke then claimed he was leaving the social media platform because of its “conservative speech control.” Twitter removed at least three of Clarke’s messages because they violated the company’s policies against messages encouraging self-harm, The Washington […]
“I just booked my first-ever smear test. It’s taken years of building up the courage. I’m 29 years old. I’m a sexual abuse survivor. “Today something clicked and I managed to book the appointment. “Group hug?” With more than 3,000 comments, 1,000 retweets and close to 55,000 “likes”, Anneli Roberts soon discovered her request on […]
Clif Bar vs. Kind Bar: Which One Is Healthier? – Health Top Navigation Close Explore Health Profile Menu Follow us Close Share options Close View image Clif Bar Started a Hilarious Twitter Feud With Kind Bar—but Which Is Really Healthier? this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. […]
Social media is a curious beast when it comes to mental health. On the one hand, it contributes to anxiety and other mental health issues. On the other, it can help us feel less alone when coping with those same things. Allure digital wellness editor Rosemary Donahue demonstrated the latter last week when she posed […]
To the delight of many viewers, a film about menstruation and period taboos won an Oscar on Sunday night. “I can’t believe a movie about menstruation just won an Oscar!” Rayka Zehtabchi, director of “Period. End Of Sentence,” cried while accepting the Oscar for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Producer Melissa Berton added: “A period should […]
Riverdale star Lili Reinhart recently announced she would be taking time away from Twitter and now she's explaining more about why. In a series of Instagram Stories, per Cosmopolitan, Reinhart described how the constant onslaught of strangers' opinions was taking a toll on her mental health. "Re: the Twitter situation," Reinhart wrote yesterday. "Unless you're […]
Gwyneth Paltrow is many things ― Oscar-winner, wellness guru and mom ― but she might have overestimated her influence just a touch when she suggested that she is behind yoga’s popularity. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Tuesday, the Goop founder said: “I remember when I started doing yoga and people were like, ‘What […]
No one can seriously call french fries are “healthy” and keep a straight face, but one Harvard researcher has managed to depress the world by revealing just how bad they are for you. Last year, Eric Rimm, a Harvard Epidemiology and Nutrition professor, co-authored a study for The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on the […]