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Dan Whiteley

19 Aug, 3 tweets, 2 min read

When culture wars turn deadly. Will our nation’s culture wars end up killing us?

The question is not rhetorical. Continuing resistance to the coronavirus vaccine rooted in political and cultural suspicions is heart-rending. For many, it is also enraging. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

The culture wars’ distortion of the vaccine argument is potentially catastrophic for millions of Americans. Can we consider putting some of our animosity aside until we are all healthy and safe again? #culture #covid #health

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22 Aug

Thousands of people celebrating the return of New York City at a concert in Central Park were interrupted by severe weather ahead of Hurricane Henri's anticipated Sunday landfall.

Some of music's biggest names descended on the Great Lawn at New York City's iconic Central Park

for the "We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert" on Saturday to perform for a vaccinated crowd of 60,000. The concert was meant to be "a celebration of New York City's comeback" after a challenging 17 months marked by the Covid-19 pandemic and "promote health, safety, and equity,"

according to a news release for the show.Nearly three hours after the concert started, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) issued an advisory to all concert attendees in Central Park to evacuate "due to approaching severe weather," according to the agency's Twitter page.

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