COVID-19
Electric Forest is Giving Away a Pair of Wristbands to Support Independent Detroit Venues
While the fate of the Electric Forest 2021 hangs in the balance, the festival is doing its part to support local venues and artists amid a pandemic that simply won’t relent. Organizers are giving away two wristbands to the next edition of the beloved Rothbury, Michigan music fest to raise awareness for “ALIVE Detroit,” an upcoming virtual benefit concert for independent Detroit venues and artists. The stream will air tomorrow, April 23rd at 7PM ET (4PM PT) and feature an hour-and-a-half of chill sets by local musicians, who will perform live from different venues across Detroit. DIME Detroit To enter, fans must donate $25 to the ALIVE Detroit GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign. Each donation will be directed to independent Detroit venues and artists who have e...
COVID-19 – 2Baba Laments After Terrible Experience With NCDC While Travelling
Legendary Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia, famously known as 2Baba has decried the exploitation of NCDC officials at the airport. The singer took to his Instagram page to lament on how the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) are frustrating travelers especially Nigerians returning to the country from other nations. He said they were made to go through a compulsory COVID-19 test for a whooping amount of N50, 000 without issuing any QR code. He also lamented about their terrible work ethics, staff attitude to customers and how their site is not responsive, lagging and never in handy when the need arises. 2Baba wondered who was responsible for all of these as he called out the agency in a bid to make his voice heard. See his Instagram post below. You Deserve to Make Money Even ...
How Hackers are Taking Advantage of the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Image sourced from TimesLIVE Cybercriminals are well known for taking advantage of any opportunity. The largest vaccine rollout in history is no exception, with hackers now finding ways to target the supply chain. Understanding why the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain being targeted and how to protect against such attacks is vital for IT leaders who understand that healthcare and cybersecurity must now go hand in hand. Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain on healthcare cybersecurity The healthcare sector underwent several significant shifts during the pandemic. These shifts included a move toward offering telehealth services on a large scale, setting up remote, temporary COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites, and large-scale development, manufacturing, and distr...
Ted Nugent Tests Positive for COVID-19
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-20T03:58:50+00:00“>April 19, 2021 | 11:58pm ET In an ironic twist of fate, Ted Nugent has been diagnosed with the very virus he previously blasted as fake. In a video posted to Facebook on Monday, Nugent revealed his ongoing bout with COVID-19. “I’ve got an announcement to make,” Nugent said to begin his video. “Everybody told me that I should not announce this. I have had flu symptoms for the last ten days. I thought I was dying. Just a clusterfuck.” “I was tested positive today. I got the Chinese shit,” Nugent continued. “I’ve got a stuffed up head, body aches. My God, what a pain in the ass. I literally could hardly crawl out of bed the last few days… So I was officially ...
South Sudan to dispose of 60,000 expired coronavirus vaccines
South Sudan is looking to dispose of 60 000 expired doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, as rollout of the drugs is hampered by scepticism among the population, a health ministry official said Monday. The doses in question were donated by African telecommunications company MTN and the African Union late last month. “When it reached here we later discovered that the (remaining) lifespan of this vaccine is just … 14 days,” Richard Lako, Covid-19 incident manager at the health ministry, told AFP. He said that the drugs had since expired and were “already locked somewhere to be dealt with as soon as possible.” Lako said the health ministry and drug authority were working on plans to dispose of the vaccines. “The ministry is now engaging the African Union and the team with regards to that e...
Osun governor urges Muslims to embrace coronavirus vaccine
Gov. Ishaq Oyetola of Osun on Saturday urged Muslims to support government”s effort and embrace COVID-19 vaccination to curtail the spread of the life threatening virus. Oyetola gave the advice at the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society, Abuja Branch 26th Annual Ramadan Lecture and special prayer for the nation, held at the society’s Central Mosque at Maitama District, in Abuja. Newsmen report that the lecture has its theme: “Islamic Perspective on COVID-19 and Vaccination.” Represented by his Deputy Chief of Staff, Abdullah Binuyo, the governor enjoined Muslims to unite and fight COVID-19 that was threatening the life that Almighty Allah has given them to uphold and cherish. He noted that vaccination sustained life while coronavirus threatened it, saying that “as Muslims, we must rally round government...
The Passion of the Christ’s Jesus Christ Thinks Celebrities Are Harvesting Children’s Adrenaline
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-18T00:57:15+00:00“>April 17, 2021 | 8:57pm ET Who had Jesus from The Passion of the Christ becoming a card-carrying member of QAnon, subscribing to the batshit crazy conspiracy theory that celebrities are torturing and harvesting children for their adrenaline, on their 2021 Bingo card? As TheWrap points out, actor Jim Caviezel, who portrayed the titular character in Mel Gibson’s 2004 biblical blockbuster, appeared alongside other QAnon luminaries like Michael Flynn, Lin Wood, Sidney Powell, and My Pillow’s Mike Lindell at a COVID-19 “health and freedom” conference in Oklahoma on Friday night. When it was his turn to speak, Caviezel addressed “the adrenochroming of children.” “Ess...
Navy’s newest offshore survey vessel begins homeward voyage to Nigeria
The Nigerian Navy (NN), says its newest offshore survey vessel, NNS LANA, has began her homeward journey to the country. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Suleman Dahun. He, however, said the ship will visit ports in Lisbon, Las Palmas, Banjul and Tema-Ghana, before heading to Nigeria on May 17. According to Dahun, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, had addressed the ship’s company. The CNS noted that the foremost desire of every littoral state is to have a fleet with the right mix of platforms to meet its operational objectives. Gambo acknowledged that the homebound voyage of NNS LANA was another milestone in the NN’s fleet recapitalisation efforts. He added that the induction of N...
SLANDER’s Derek Anderson Opens Up About Mental Health Issues
The conversation surrounding mental health has become more and more prevalent over the past few years, and rightfully so. In the music industry, we’ve seen artists in the past have to quietly struggle with these issues. Now, the stigma is slowly dissipating. Some of the biggest artists in the game have come forward with their mental health journey, such as Elohim, Carl Cox, and San Holo. One of the latest to open up about their own struggles is Derek Anderson of SLANDER, who has released a vulnerable open letter to his fans in honor of his birthday, explaining the effects that COVID-19 and the lockdown have had on his psyche. His reflection began with detailing how he went from experiencing one of the happiest moments of his life last year—his wedding—before entering ...
This DJ Travels From Farm to Farm to Educate About Vaccinations
As vaccinations continue to circulate, the news of communities who are vastly underserved seems to fly under the radar. One group in particular is farmworkers, who have been hit especially hard by the impact of COVID-19. The United Farm Workers‘ Elizabeth Strater explained that at least 1 in 3 farmworkers in California have COVID-19 antibodies, which means they have already been infected with the virus. According to Marketplace Business News, who gathered data from Purdue University, as much as 18% of the US agricultural and farmworker population has tested positive for COVID-19, a number that pales in comparison to 5% of the nation’s general population. The challenge is now making sure that these essential workers are going out to get their vaccinations, which apparently has b...
“Turn Hurt Into Art”: How Music Creation Has Helped Elohim Navigate Her Mental Health Journey
Over the course of her career, Elohim has made made it no secret that she’s struggled with her mental health. Using music as a means to vocalize these very real issues, the multi-faceted artist and acclaimed electropop producer stoically shares her experiences of anxiety and panic attacks with her fans. While she appears to be comfortable discussing these topics now, Elohim has not always been so open about her mental health journey. The release of “Xanax” in 2015 was the first time she spoke in such a candid manner about what she was going through—at a time when she felt truly alone. Following an incredible response from the vulnerable track, Elohim had an epiphany. “There are a lot of humans out there suffering from this too and that inspired me to keep talking about it,” she...
Unpacking the Economic Impact of COVID 19 on SMBs in South Africa
One in two small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in South Africa has yet to see revenues recover to pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest edition of Facebook’s Global State of Small Business Report. 50% of operational South African SMBs on Facebook reported that their sales in February were lower than the equivalent month last year. Some 74% reported that they were operational or engaging in any revenue-generating activities, while 8% of operational SMBs on Facebook expected challenges related to cash flow and 20% expected challenges related to demand or a lack of customers in the next few months. Continuing trends observed throughout the pandemic: Women-owned South African businesses have been hit especially hard. Some 71% of women-led SMBs (vs. 77% of men-led SMBs) on Facebook ...
