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Enlarge / A second-grade teacher talks to her class during the first day of school at Tustin Ranch Elementary School in Tustin, CA on Wednesday, August 11, 2021. (credit: Getty | Paul Bersebach) Schools with universal masking were 3.5 times less likely to have a COVID-19 outbreak and saw rates of child COVID-19 cases 50 […]
We can’t even imagine how one deals with the timing and tragedy of this whole situation… A Florida woman set to become a mother for the very first time earlier this month was told literally minutes before giving birth that her father — the baby’s grandfather — had died from COVID-19. Related: COVID Patient ‘Rescued’ […]
Enlarge / A pharmacist prepares to dispense ivermectin prescriptions. (credit: Picture Alliance / Getty Images) If you’ve looked into the controversy regarding the use of ivermectin for treating COVID-19, chances are you’ve come across links to a site called c19ivermectin.com (or one of its many relatives) that claims to host a regularly updated aggregation of […]
This is all so scary and sad — and honestly, it could have been prevented entirely if the poor man had just stayed in the hospital to receive care in the first place. Remember, Perezcious readers, how we recently reported on that wild and sad story out of Ireland involving a confused COVID patient and […]
It’s horrifying and sad and overwhelming and depressing to think there are so many people out there like this man… A new viral video is making the rounds online showing an anti-vaccine “activist” (ugh) persuading a COVID-19 patient to leave the hospital and stop their medical care. The elderly patient is clearly struggling to breathe […]
A woman “matching Wendy Williams‘ description” was allegedly taken to a New York City-area hospital on Wednesday, following a 9-1-1 call about someone in distress. The call, according to a report in The Sun, came from an unidentified person who said that a 57-year-old woman needed the assistance of “psychiatric services.” Related: Late TikTok Star’s Mom Blasts […]
Enlarge / PALM BAY, FLORIDA, 2021/07/29: A woman arrives at a treatment tent outside the emergency department at Palm Bay Hospital. (credit: Getty | SOPA images) The current surge of the COVID-19 cases driven by the hypertransmissible delta variant is straining hospitals across the US, particularly in the South. Twenty-five percent of hospital intensive care […]
Enlarge / A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 test to a child at the Austin Regional Clinic drive-thru vaccination and testing site in Austin, Texas, U. S., on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg ) COVID-19 cases in children have risen 30-fold since late June and are now at record highs, with nearly […]
Nicki Minaj didn’t show out at the Met Gala on Monday evening, and now we know why. Hours before the start of the much-anticipated event, the Trinidadian-born rapper and singer revealed her reasoning: she didn’t want to get the COVID-19 vaccination required in order to go to the event. Ugh! Girl. Really?!?! What kind of anti-science […]
Enlarge / The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters stands in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) COVID-19 vaccines are largely holding up against the hyper-transmissible delta coronavirus variant, particularly when it comes to preventing severe disease and death, according to three studies published Friday by the Centers […]