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December 29, 2020 / Last updated : December 29, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

BuzzFeed News: 50 Children Took Pictures With A Santa And Mrs. Claus Who Then Tested Positive For COVID

BuzzFeed News: 50 Children Took Pictures With A Santa And Mrs. Claus Who Then Tested Positive For COVID. “Long County, which has a population of about 20,000 people, had a positivity rate of 11% between Nov. 26 and Dec. 9… according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Though children are less likely to become […]

December 28, 2020 / Last updated : December 28, 2020 ResearchBuzz Useful Stuff

Mashable: How to host a virtual New Year’s Eve party

Mashable: How to host a virtual New Year’s Eve party. “Yeah, we know, we know. This year is unlike any other; unprecedented; blah blah blah. By now, we’ve more than resigned ourselves to the fact that New Year’s Eve won’t be rung in with a night in Times Square and a giant ball drop. (Did […]

December 23, 2020 / Last updated : December 23, 2020 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

Pitchfork: Radiohead Launch Digital Holiday Cards

Pitchfork: Radiohead Launch Digital Holiday Cards. “Radiohead have launched a line of characteristically apocalyptic digital greeting cards via their online archive. The design patterns include ‘LA-LA,’ ‘LA LA,’ and ‘LAA,’ while the inner messages contain such sentiments as “Hope for the future,” ‘Everything is rosy,’ and ‘In lieu of emptiness.’ ‘This festive card is for […]

December 19, 2020 / Last updated : December 19, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

CNET: Zoom is dropping 40-minute limit for holiday season

CNET: Zoom is dropping 40-minute limit for holiday season. “Zoom is repeating its Thanksgiving gift for the festive season, lifting its 40-minute limit for three periods until Jan. 2, it said earlier this week.” The next period starts Wednesday morning.

December 16, 2020 / Last updated : December 16, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Covid-19: Europeans urged to wear masks for family Christmas (BBC)

BBC: Covid-19: Europeans urged to wear masks for family Christmas. “The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged Europeans to wear masks during family gatherings at Christmas. It said Europe was at ‘high risk’ of a new wave of coronavirus infections in the early part of 2021, as transmission of the virus remained high.”

December 15, 2020 / Last updated : December 15, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

New York Times: Yes, People Are Traveling for the Holidays. Stop Shaming Them.

New York Times: Yes, People Are Traveling for the Holidays. Stop Shaming Them.. “While some people may have legitimate reasons to be upset (say, if they were infected by a co-worker who refused to wear a mask or stay home after developing flulike symptoms), anger and hectoring are rarely the way to make things better. […]

December 15, 2020 / Last updated : December 15, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Smithsonian Magazine: What the Pandemic Christmas of 1918 Looked Like

Smithsonian Magazine: What the Pandemic Christmas of 1918 Looked Like. “Christmas 1918 was not Christmas 2020. The pandemic had already peaked in the U.S. in the fall of 1918 as part of the disease’s second wave. Meanwhile, this week the deaths attributed to Covid-19 in the U.S. are the highest they’ve ever been, showing no […]

December 10, 2020 / Last updated : December 10, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

New York Times: It’s Holiday Party Season at the White House. Masks Are Encouraged, but Not Required.

New York Times: It’s Holiday Party Season at the White House. Masks Are Encouraged, but Not Required.. “The red and gold party invitations make no mention of the coronavirus, nor do they acknowledge the holiday message that public health officials have been trying to emphasize to Americans: Stay home. Instead, the invitations are the latest […]

December 9, 2020 / Last updated : December 9, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Metro: Dad ordered to turn off Christmas lights or face £10,000 fine

Metro: Dad ordered to turn off Christmas lights or face £10,000 fine. “Trevor Payne, 46, has been displaying festive lights outside his house for several years to raise money for mental health charities. But police were called to his property in Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire, on Saturday evening after reports of a ‘large gathering’ in the […]

December 9, 2020 / Last updated : December 9, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Dallas Morning News: 9.4 million passengers during Thanksgiving week set pandemic-era airport records

Dallas Morning News: 9.4 million passengers during Thanksgiving week set pandemic-era airport records. “Nearly 10 million people hopped on planes during the 10-day Thanksgiving period that ended [November 29], including four days with more than 1 million passengers each and some of the busiest travel days of the COVID-19 era. Numbers may have been even […]

December 7, 2020 / Last updated : December 7, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

The Conversation: All Zoomed out? How to deal with Zoom fatigue over the holiday season

The Conversation: All Zoomed out? How to deal with Zoom fatigue over the holiday season. “The first few months of the pandemic was filled with Zoom fever. People were zooming work, happy hour, board game nights and other events as well. Then many people felt like they hit a wall. Zoom fatigue is real. And […]

December 5, 2020 / Last updated : December 5, 2020 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

CBS Denver: NORAD Launches Santa Tracker Website On Tuesday With Holiday Countdown, Games & More

CBS Denver: NORAD Launches Santa Tracker Website On Tuesday With Holiday Countdown, Games & More. “The website… features a holiday countdown, games, movies, music and a webstore. The website is available in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese. Families can also track Santa using Amazon Alexa and OnStar. NORAD will […]

December 5, 2020 / Last updated : December 5, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Coronavirus: Cancelled Christmas parties ‘to save UK workers £4bn’ (Yahoo News)

Yahoo News: Coronavirus: Cancelled Christmas parties ‘to save UK workers £4bn’. “UK workers may save about £4.3bn ($5.8bn) following the cancellation of Christmas festivities, according to a study. Two in five Christmas parties plan to move online his year, resulting in savings of about £139 each for those who no longer have to attend an […]

December 1, 2020 / Last updated : December 1, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

KMBC: In Santa’s mailbag, a peek into children’s pandemic worries

KMBC: In Santa’s mailbag, a peek into children’s pandemic worries. “Jim, from Taiwan, slipped a face mask inside the greeting card he sent to Santa and marked “I (heart) u.” Alina, 5, asked in her Santa letter written with an adult’s help that he please use the front door when he drops in, because the […]

December 1, 2020 / Last updated : December 1, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Mashable: 11 ways to virtually visit Santa this holiday season

Mashable: 11 ways to virtually visit Santa this holiday season. “While your kids aren’t able to sit on Santa’s lap in 2020, they can still interact with him through a screen. A bunch of helpful online services are offering virtual Santa visits in the form of pre-recorded video messages or live video calls. They vary […]

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