50 Cent Flees New York For Texas After Complaining About COVID Restrictions, High Taxes
Joins wave of Americans, both rich and middle class, leaving coastal cities.
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Rapper Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson has joined the wave of Americans fleeing New York, announcing that he had moved to Texas after complaining about draconian COVID-19 restrictions and high taxes.
“I love New York, but I live in Houston now,” 50 Cent told his social media followers. “I’ll explain later.”
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Fans cheer during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday in Tampa, Fla. (AP photo)
TAMPA, Fla. So much for the mayor’s order requiring masks at Super Bowl parties. Throngs of mostly maskless fans took to the streets and packed sports bars as the clock inside Raymond James Stadium ticked down on a hometown Super Bowl win for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
“It is a little frustrating because we have worked so hard,” Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said during a Monday morning news conference with the Super Bowl Host Committee. “At this point in dealing with COVID-19, there is a level of frustration when you see that.”
Coronavirus vaccine drive gains speed, but maskless Americans fuel worries
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The drive to vaccinate Americans against the coronavirus is gaining speed and newly recorded cases have fallen to their lowest level in three months, but authorities worry that raucous Super Bowl celebrations could fuel new outbreaks.
More than 4 million more vaccinations were reported over the weekend, a significantly faster clip than in previous days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nearly one in 10 Americans have now received at least one shot. But just 2.9 percent of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated, a long way from the 70 percent or more that experts say must be inoculated to conquer the outbreak.
Brunswick hospital doctor who attended Super Bowl says most were masked
Reports state that, outside of Tampa s stadium, maskless fans sparked concern among officials.
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A Mid Coast Hospital doctor who got a free trip to the Super Bowl recounted his experience attending the nation’s biggest sporting event of the year during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“After a year of not being in crowds, it was different to be in a stadium full of 25,000 people,” Dr. Patrick Keaney, a pulmonary physician, said.
Keaney was one of four Maine health care workers randomly selected by Maine Gov. Janet Mills from a pool of 21 applicants to travel to Tampa, Florida on Sunday with tickets to Super Bowl LV.