As we know, Andy Cohen tested positive for Coronavirus. Now that he beat it, he wants to give back. A lot of people, in his same boat, have opted to donate their plasma to help strangers. The Watch What Happens Live host wanted to do the same, but he says he was told he cannot.
The FDA does not allow men who slept with other men to donate blood. Even though they have relaxed the rules, you still have to be celibate for 3 months in order to donate plasma.
He says this is 🐂💩, and he is right. I donate platelets, and I am just at as much risk of getting HIV from a man as he is. However, the only thing that would disqualify me is if I paid for sex.
It is 2020, not 1985, we know so much more about HIV, so why are we living in the past? AIDS doesn’t care if you are gay or straight, so why are we still acting as it does.
We need to get into the present and remove that clause. People need blood and plasma, so why discriminate against a large part of the population?
Hopefully, Andy Cohen’s plea will be heard from the right people, and gay men will be able to donate again, and donate again ASAP.
You would think that running from bulls is scary enough, but it is not as scary as Coronavirus. Because of that, this year’s Pamplona Bull-Run has been canceled. The Pamplona City Council announced yesterday that they were suspending San Fermín festivities in July.
They also wrote, “But remember that, as soon as we can…LosViviremos!” It is more important to live another day, then to get nearly killed by a pissed-off bull.
Their decision makes total sense because thousands of people from all over the world come to watch and participate in the event. The last thing anyone wants is that many from that many places in one place during a pandemic.
Most people watch ESPN for things like football and baseball. Not me, I watch it for the Scripps National Spelling Bee and Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Sadly, one of them was canceled because of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The spelling bee has been officially smushed for the first time since World War II. The spellers, who made it to the Nationals, will be recognized for making it as far as they did. They just won’t have the chance to compete to be the #1 speller in the United States. The news is even sadder for kids who are going into the 9th grade because they will not be able to compete again next year in the challenge.
Paige Kimble, executive director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee released the below statement:
Our thoughts immediately go to our spellers and their families. The students have dedicated time and effort to their passion for learning. They should be proud of all they have accomplished by winning spelling bees at the classroom, school and regional level. Nevertheless, our first priority has to be the health and well-being of our spellers and their families and the hundreds of staff and spectators that come together for Bee Week.
Our hearts go out to the spellers who won’t get their final shot at winning because of the pandemic and the difficult decisions it is prompting us to make. They are now part of a widely expanding group of children and adults who are missing out on opportunities due to the coronavirus.
My hearts go out to all of those spellers who won’t be spelling their hearts out. I hope they keep practicing for their parents. If their parents read this, then they will be spelling two words ar me. The first word begins with an F and the second word is Y-O-U.
There is something so calming about Leonard Cohen’s song Hallelujah, even though it rips your heart out every time you hear it. Imagine that song with Josh Groban’s voice being amplified by the acoustics of ceramic tile. Now that you have heard it, we all feel like we do when you take a hot shower on a cold morning. It is the comfort we all need through these difficult times.
OneRepublic, like everyone else in the World, is stuck at home. They have a new song out, but they cannot record a music video for it. At least so they thought.
The band asked their fans from all over the globe to send in videos of what they are doing while they are self-quarantining. In the thousands of submissions that OneRepublic got, their admirers showed them and us that the human spirit is stronger than any virus. We are resilient, and we will get through this.
There will be better days as the song says and the music video shows. Remember that whenever you are feeling low.
