Fauci spills the tea. Dr. Anthony Fauci did an interview with the New York Times over the past weekend on what it was like to work with Donald Trump, and it explains why a lot of misinformation (especially the fallacy about hydroxychloroquine being effective) was spread.
If you can’t get behind the paywall for the New York Times, the Seattle Times has it here.
Media bias. As we are still in a very polarized country, I wanted to share the media bias chart as it’s helpful in evaluating the media you consume. When I saw it a few years ago, I stopped sharing articles from the Huffington Post because they skew left. When I read an article online that sounds too good to be true, I check it against Reuters, NPR, or the Associated Press as they tend to be closer to bias-free.
Holy Internet rabbit hole, Batman! YouTube recommended this video to me…
Which led to others…
And then to this…
This is a bad site for me to know about!
Richard III reburial documentary. This documentary was last night’s rabbit hole. The music for the service is amazing.
COVID vaccine. A lot of people in my church are getting their “Fauci ouchies” this week and next. My parents will get theirs on Sunday. They are already allowing the tier before mine to start getting their vaccines this week, so I’m hoping to get mine sooner or later.
The side effects I’m hearing about from those who have received theirs is arm pain for 24-36 hours after, and only one person has had fever or chills. (Those went away after 24 hours.) I’m absolutely used to arm pain after flu shots, so I’m not worrying too much. I’m also fine being watched for 20 minutes after my shot because that’s absolutely normal for me anyway. (I have weird allergies and sensitivities.)
Double-masking. I’m seeing people on Twitter complaining about double-masking meaning that masks aren’t effective, and I’m kind of wanting smack people. The reason this is called “novel” coronavirus is because it’s “NEW”. We are learning more and more about it daily, and the new information means that recommendations change from time to time. Also, if we’re being advised to double-mask, doesn’t that underscore the importance of wearing a mask in the first place???
Choir get-together. One of the altos hosted a Zoom meeting for all of us in choir to get a chance to socialize this evening. We can’t have choir practice over Zoom, but it was good to get together and talk to people, especially as one of our members is hospitalized with COVID and we’re all worried about her.
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You always have the coolest links. I like Allsides.com for a good souce of news. Also, I recently found Smarthernews. I follow her on Instagram and am really impressed.
My Mom was really tired after her shot, so maybe pan an easy rest of the day. I hope it goes well for you.
I like Reuters, too. I get really frustrated that there’s no objective place for news. I feel like NPR still leans left, though.
Russian Tzars… things I didn’t think I wanted to know about until following your links… lol.
Also, I’ve never heard the shots referred to as “Fauci Ouchies.” I snarfed.