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andy@bgr.comGoldman Sachs’ chief economist has said that a national face mask mandate could not only benefit public health, it could even go so far as to save the economy. He made the claim …
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CDC provides another excuse to avoid American Airlines like the plague
American Airlines began implementing a significant policy change on Wednesday — the resumption of selling full plane flights, irrespective of the growth in coronavirus cases around the US. CDC director Robert Redfield expressed …
Politics
The case for more stimulus checks just got much stronger
Federal lawmakers who’ve been floating ideas for several weeks now about how to get new stimulus checks out to Americans may have the best excuse now to actually do so. The latest data …
Politics
We’ve got bad news if you’re still waiting on your stimulus check
Some people have been watching for and researching every stimulus check update that hits the news for a rather unfortunate reason — they still haven’t received their first stimulus check, in spite of …
Science
No one is talking about one obstacle that may prolong the coronavirus pandemic
At this point, it’s hard to believe that we’ve been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic for almost half a year now in the US — and the thing everyone is watching and hoping …
Entertainment
There’s no excuse for people to be this stupid during coronavirus
Before this weekend’s Chase Rice concert in Tennessee, coronavirus cases were already spiking in the state, such that Tennessee at the end of last week set a new one-day record. Nevertheless, Rice held …
Politics
Stimulus check update: Not everyone who got first payment will receive check #2
The latest new stimulus check update we have is that President Trump is supportive of sending out additional payments to Americans — and that details about how this will be done should be …
Science
‘Mask exemption cards’ are the craziest thing I’ve seen during the coronavirus pandemic
People have been exhibiting all sorts of dramatic reactions — some of which has ended up going viral — in response to coronavirus face mask regulations, but a special mention has to be …
Entertainment
These Nigerian kids’ movie remakes are so impressive they’ve landed a Hollywood invite
A group of young Nigerian siblings went viral in recent days for a fun, low-budget remake of the trailer for the Netflix original Extraction movie they posted to their social media accounts. It …
Science
A flaw in contact tracing has emerged – people aren’t answering the phone
Coronavirus contact tracing isn’t going as well as it should, at a time when the number of cases is surging to a frightening degree in many places around the country. That’s according to …
