{"id":25137,"date":"2020-08-17T17:10:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T21:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=25137"},"modified":"2020-08-17T17:11:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T21:11:39","slug":"heres-how-the-media-is-using-the-celebrity-society-to-shame-people-into-wearing-masks-even-though-they-dont-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=25137","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s how the media is using the celebrity society to shame people into wearing masks that don&#8217;t even work."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sharon Stone blames mask refuseniks as sister is hospitalised with Covid<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Actor blames \u2018non-mask wearers\u2019 for sister Kelly Stone\u2019s condition and calls on viewers to support Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in US presidential run<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Guardian<\/p>\n<header class=\"content__head content__head--article tonal__head tonal__head--tone-news\">\n<figure id=\"img-1\" class=\"media-primary media-content () \" data-component=\"image\" data-media-id=\"8c230df2ae08f8f73b7c02d4d12c1d2692efb416\">\n<div class=\"u-responsive-ratio\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"maxed responsive-img\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8c230df2ae08f8f73b7c02d4d12c1d2692efb416\/0_18_3078_1847\/master\/3078.jpg?width=300&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=838413539169320bcdefedc02fe12fb9\" alt=\"Sharon Stone at an event in February.\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption caption--main caption--img\"><span class=\"inline-triangle inline-icon hide-until-tablet\">\u00a0<\/span>Sharon Stone at an event in February. Photograph: Stewart Cook\/Rex\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"content__article-body from-content-api js-article__body\" data-test-id=\"article-review-body\">\n<p><a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/sharon-stone\" data-link-name=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Sharon Stone<\/a>\u00a0has condemned \u201cnon-mask wearers\u201d for the fate of her younger sister, who is hospitalised with coronavirus and \u201cfighting for her life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, 62, shared photographs on Instagram of the equipment in her sister\u2019s room, as well as a medical worker in full PPE. She wrote in the caption: \u201cMy sister Kelly, who already has lupus, now has Covid-19. This is her hospital room. One of the Non-Mask wearers did this,\u201d Stone wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe does not have an immune system. The only place she went was the pharmacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stone added: \u201cCan YOU FACE THIS ROOM ALONE? Wear a mask! For yourself and others. Please.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"element element-instagram\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CD7mIoWpXcA\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=12&amp;wp=618&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com&amp;rp=%2Ffilm%2F2020%2Faug%2F17%2Fsharon-stone-blames-mask-refuseniks-sister-covid-hospital#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1079.215000005206%2C%22ls%22%3A836.7500000022119%2C%22le%22%3A865.8800000048359%7D\" height=\"884\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<div id=\"dfp-ad--inline2\" class=\"js-ad-slot ad-slot ad-slot--inline ad-slot--offset-right ad-slot--inline2\" data-link-name=\"ad slot inline2\" data-name=\"inline2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mobile=\"1,1|2,2|300,197|300,250|300,274|fluid\" data-phablet=\"1,1|2,2|300,197|300,250|300,274|620,350|550,310|fluid\" data-desktop=\"1,1|2,2|300,250|300,274|620,1|620,350|550,310|fluid|300,600|160,600\"><\/div>\n<p>In an Instagram video, Stone expanded on her sister\u2019s condition, saying that Kelly\u2019s husband, Bruce Singer, is also \u201cfighting for his life\u201d in a coronavirus ward.<\/p>\n<p>The family live in Montana, where testing is confined only to those with symptoms. Stone said her mother, who has had two heart attacks, five stents and a pacemaker fitted since lockdown, has been unable to get tested.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"element element-instagram\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CD93GU6J_OL\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=12&amp;wp=618&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com&amp;rp=%2Ffilm%2F2020%2Faug%2F17%2Fsharon-stone-blames-mask-refuseniks-sister-covid-hospital#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A1087.9649999988033%2C%22ls%22%3A836.7500000022119%2C%22le%22%3A865.8800000048359%7D\" height=\"1067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>Stone said she had tried unsuccessfully to contact the governor of Montana and the health department.<\/p>\n<div id=\"dfp-ad--carrot\" class=\"js-ad-slot ad-slot ad-slot--carrot\" data-link-name=\"ad slot carrot\" data-name=\"carrot\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mobile=\"fluid\" data-label=\"false\" data-refresh=\"false\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy grandmother died of Covid and my godmother died of Covid,\u201d said Stone. \u201cMy sister and her husband are fighting for their lives and my sister is not doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stone ended her video by urging viewers to vote, expressing support for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in their campaign for the US presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Last week,\u00a0<a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/sharon-stone-near-death-experiences-lightning-stroke-cut-throat-a9661926.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Stone spoke publicly about three of her own near-death experiences<\/a>. As well as the stroke she suffered in 2001, leading to a two-year break from acting, she said a clothesline came within \u201ca 16th of an inch from my jugular vein\u201d when she was 14. In addition, she was hit by lightning as a child, conducted through water after the family well was struck. \u201cI got picked up and thrown across the kitchen and hit the refrigerator. Thankfully, my mum belted me round the face and brought me to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2020\/aug\/17\/sharon-stone-blames-mask-refuseniks-sister-covid-hospital\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2020\/aug\/17\/sharon-stone-blames-mask-refuseniks-sister-covid-hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharon Stone blames mask refuseniks as sister is hospitalised with Covid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}