And another day of suspensions, firings, panic buttons, flu shots, ‘mutually assured destruction,’ a ‘strategic failure,’ warnings, investments, horrors, natural gas prices, women burning out, and more ‘blah, blah, blah’ comes to a close:
“I love mankind; it’s the people I can’t stand.” -- Charles M. Schulz
Deaths
US: 711,222 (+2108)
World: 4,778,694 (+9376)
Cases
US: 44,054,825 (+112,669)
World: 233,548,694 (+476,462)
Covid booster shot's side effects similar to 2nd vaccine dose, CDC study finds. Most side effects following a 3rd dose included pain at the injection site, fatigue and headache.
New York's Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers leads to suspension of hundreds of holdouts. Hundreds of unvaccinated health care workers across New York were suspended Tuesday and could soon lose their jobs entirely as the state's Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers went into effect overnight.
North Carolina hospital network fires around 175 staffers for not getting vaccinated. The departures will not impact staffing at the hospital system of over 35,000 employees, Priest said, because the hospital has been using temporary staff for the duration of the pandemic to make up for shortages from staff falling ill with Covid.
COVID-related attacks prompt hospital to issue panic buttons. Nurses and hundreds of other staff members will soon begin wearing panic buttons at a Missouri hospital where assaults on workers tripled after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
What experts say about the best time to get a flu shot this year. "What you should do is get it as soon as you can and in the most expeditious manner," Dr. Anthony Fauci.
'Mutually assured destruction': House liberals dig in on halting infrastructure bill. House progressives are digging in on their resistance to passing the infrastructure bill this week, repeating their threat to block the measure despite Speaker Nancy Pelosi's call to pass it quickly and tackle the social safety net package later.
Joint Chiefs chairman calls Afghan war a ‘strategic failure’. The top U.S. military officer called the 20-year war in Afghanistan a “strategic failure” and told Congress on Tuesday that he believes the U.S. should have kept several thousand troops in the country to prevent the unexpectedly rapid takeover by the Taliban.
Yellen warns Congress has just three weeks before US expected to default on debt. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned lawmakers in a letter on Tuesday that the U.S. is headed for a default on its national debt in three weeks if Congress does not act quickly to raise or suspend the debt limit.
Greta Thunberg roasts world leaders for being 'blah, blah, blah' on climate action. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg mocked world leaders -- including US President Joe Biden and the UK's Boris Johnson -- at a youth climate summit in Milan on Tuesday, saying the last 30 years of climate action had amounted to "blah, blah, blah."
Ford jolts auto industry with $11.4 billion investment in new electric vehicle, battery plants. The Ford Motor Co. gave the auto industry a jolt Monday with word that it plans to spend $11.4 billion on new production sites in Tennessee and Kentucky where it plans to build electric pickup trucks and cars — and the batteries to power them — on a massive scale. It will also create 11,000 jobs in the two states that have struggled to recover from the collapse of the coal industry.
Migrants returned to Mexico describe horror of kidnappings, torture, rape. Noticias Telemundo Investiga interviewed more than 30 men and women who were kidnapped in Mexico from 2019 to 2021, some abducted along with their children.
Automakers' problems are much worse than we thought. For a year and a half, a lack of computer chips has been plaguing the auto industry, forcing plants to shut down, delaying auto shipments and sending car prices through the roof. But that's not the only problem automakers face. Industry experts say automakers are having trouble getting all manner of parts and raw materials for a variety of reasons, including Covid-related plant shutdowns by suppliers, logistical problems involving shortages of ships, shipping containers and truck drivers, and difficulty that some suppliers are having filling jobs.
Home heating sticker shock: The cost of natural gas is up 180%. Prices for natural gas, the most common way to heat homes and a leading fuel source for generating electricity, have surged more than 180% over the past 12 months to $5.90 per million British thermal units. Natural gas hasn't been this expensive since February 2014.
More women are burning out at work, and that's a problem. The pandemic has amplified employee burnout across the board but it has been especially bad among women, who are increasingly considering scaling back. Of women surveyed, 42% said they were often or almost always burned out this year compared to 35% of men. Last year, 32% of women reported feeling this way, compared to 28% of men.
A woman who can see after being blind for 36 years describes the surreal experience of seeing her own face in a mirror.
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Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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