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According to an anonymous source, the Japanese government knew of a dangerous new COVID variant––called the Lambda variant, which is more resistant to vaccines––before the Olympics, but wanted to wait until the Olympics were over to announce it. Ironically, the Japanese government has begun a new policy to help curb the spread of COVID during …

Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs, the chairman of the IOC’s coordination commission for the 2022 Beijing Olympics has allowed his sports charity,  the Samaranch Foundation, to take donations from a Chinese company known to use Uighur slave labor from Xinjiang, despite his claims to be “dead serious” about human rights. Authorities in Morocco have arrested a …

A vocal anti-vaccine activist broadcaster in Florida has died of COVID. His death is unfortunate, but it is a sign of how dangerous refusing the vaccine can be––and worse, how dangerous making people feel bad about getting vaccinated can be. In a sign of just how polarizing the vaccine has become, some Missourians are getting …

More children are getting sick from COVID, largely due to the Delta surge. An infant in Houston, for example, was airlifted 150 miles because there weren’t enough beds there. An increase in rare “breakthrough” cases––that is, cases in which a vaccinated person gets COVID––show that the unvaccinated pose some threat to the vaccinated by dint …

United has become the first domestic airline to require its employees be vaccinated. Masks are being required in even more places as the COVID virus resurges thanks to the Delta variant. San Francisco and neighboring counties have reinstated mask mandates, and McDonald’s throughout the U.S. will also require masks. Upscale fitness establishments Equinox and SoulCycle …

Researchers have suggested that climate change may cause a potentially irreversible shift in ocean currents in the Atlantic, which would lead to sections of North America freezing rapidly. Nearly 14,000 scientists from 34 countries have come together to warn of the Earth’s climate crisis. “We are nearing or have already crossed tipping points associated with …

The Japanese government has begun a new policy to help curb the spread of COVID during the Olympics: the state will publicly name anyone who violates COVID quarantine, hoping that the shame of it will prevent future rule breaking from others. In Nanjing, the Delta outbreak is the worst since the original outbreak of COVID-19. …

Facebook has shut down the personal accounts of two NYU researchers and halted their research into the spread of misinformation via political ads on the network. Although many conservatives believe Facebook is biased against them, employees of the social media giant worry that the opposite is true. They say that conservative outlets and voices like …

Wuhan is experiencing the kinds of crises not seen since mid-pandemic: citizens are in lockdown and store shelves are empty as people engage in panic-buying. In Nanjing, the Delta outbreak is the worst since the original outbreak of COVID-19. The country is, as a result, on high alert for another surge. Similarly, Russia has set …

Tyson Foods is requiring all of its 139,000 employees to have proof of vaccination. Upscale fitness establishments Equinox and SoulCycle are set to proof of vaccination by September. Masks are being required in even more places as the COVID virus resurges thanks to the Delta variant. San Francisco and neighboring counties have reinstated mask mandates, …

Although the Delta variant is spreading rapidly, there is some good news: 70% of Americans have finally received at least 1 shot. Unfortunately, that’s nowhere near enough. As COVID cases rise and vaccination rates limp along, Anthony Fauci is warning that more “pain and suffering” is in our future. The same is already happening around …

Nearly 14,000 scientists from 34 countries have come together to warn of the Earth’s climate crisis. “We are nearing or have already crossed tipping points associated with critical parts of the Earth system, including the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, warm-water coral reefs, and the Amazon rainforest,” the scientists wrote, “Given these alarming developments, …