Past COVID infection less likely to fend off Omicron: scientists

COVID-19 reinfections among people who’ve already battled the virus appear to be more likely with the Omicron variant than other strains, South African scientists warned Friday. A surge in coronavirus reinfections occurred in the country as the new “variant of concern” emerged, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, which tracks reinfections. By contrast, […]

Stream It Or Skip It?

While the Rankin-Bass stop-action holiday animated specials are classics, we’ve never been fans of them. Always more partial to Charlie Brown ChristmasAnd GrinchBecause of their darkness. But the R-B shows were also pretty dark — the Island of Misfit Toys, anyone? — and that darkness is funnier coming out of seemingly wholesome-looking figurines’ mouths. That’s the thought […]