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COVID Is Running Rampant in China, But Experts Say Travel Restrictions Are Pointless
While countries around the world impose restrictions on Chinese travelers, some argue the move is more political than rooted in public health.
Stop, Drop, and Swab: This COVID Test Is More Than 30% Off
This FDA-authorized five-pack of COVID tests is one of the best deals on Amazon right now, so find out what that sore throat's all about.
What Were Your Highest Highs and Lowest Lows in the Past Year?
It’s been a year of extremes – one in which celebrating with friends was possible again, but also one where the threat of nuclear war loomed over us. Here’s what some people told us about what their year’s been like.
Now the Anti-Vaccine World is Mad at ‘Died Suddenly,’ The Viral Anti-Vax Documentary
Predictable in-fighting, claims of psyops, and renewed arguments about snake venom.
QAnon Thinks Kirstie Alley Was Murdered Because She Was an Anti-vaxxer
Alley, a vocal Trump supporter, had spread multiple conspiracy theories on her social media channels in recent years about COVID-19 and vaccines.
How COVID Truthers Breathed New Life Into an Antisemitic Symbol
The widespread appropriation by German COVID truthers of a symbol that Nazis used to persecute Jews is normalising antisemitism, experts tell VICE World News.
Almost Twice as Many Republicans Died From COVID Before the Midterms Than Democrats
The authors of a new study can’t say if this impacted the midterms, but say that it’s “plausible given just how stark the differences in vaccination rates have been, among Democrats and Republicans.”
‘SafeBlood’ Hardliners Want to Set Up Unvaccinated Blood Banks
Medics say that growing numbers of people are asking for transfusions of unvaxxed blood.
Quack COVID Group America’s Frontline Doctors Is Suing Its ‘Rogue Founder’ Simone Gold
The suit accuses Gold, who was convicted of trespassing on January 6, of misappropriating funds and attempting to re-seize control of the organization.
Chinese Official Was Giving a Routine COVID Briefing. Then Someone Noticed Her Earrings.
It wasn't so much Li’s appearance but rather the gaping disconnect with the public that triggered the outrage, a user said.
GOP Candidate Seemingly Accidentally Doxes Self as Running Fake News ‘Parody’ Twitter Account
A screenshot on a parody news account may contain the secret of the account's owners.
‘Recipe for Disaster’: COVID Truthers Want To Set Up Separatist Collectives
Plans by conspiracy theorists to build their own “utopian” villages in the English countryside have anti-extremism experts concerned.