25 million COVID boosters delivered: https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-09-20/u-s-delivers-over-25-million-covid-boosters-modernas-shot-in-limited-supply . We do need to know the level of demand for the new Omicron-specific boosters.
NYC dials back employer vaccine mandate effective November 1: https://apnews.com/article/health-new-york-city-covid-9778ccfefaaf699c78be81186c8c861e . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-will-end-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-for-private-sector-11663685405 .
$250 million children’s food program fraud: https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-09-20/u-s-delivers-over-25-million-covid-boosters-modernas-shot-in-limited-supply . While I don’t believe in Hell, here are some “souls” that meet the entrance qualifications. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-charges-47-people-in-connection-with-250-million-covid-aid-fraud-11663700044 .
Will Biden get pandemic funding?: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/covid-19-democrats-buck-biden-case-pandemic-aid/story?id=90177985 . We clearly need funds to fight through the not-over pandemic.
WSJ: Get your flu shot soon: https://www.wsj.com/articles/doctors-flu-season-advice-get-your-flu-shot-soon-11663672855 .
Regular adult anxiety screening recommended: https://apnews.com/article/science-health-covid-mental-b6bdfec54c16ff04ca18bba18000bbf9 . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/most-adults-should-be-screened-for-anxiety-u-s-panel-recommends-11663686000 .
China quarantine bus crash: https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-health-china-covid-accidents-9bd5dcdc6016ed358c024d5168c82543 . Zero COVID finds new ways to fail. And here’s yet another way Zero COVID damages the Chinese economy: https://www.wsj.com/articles/expats-shun-china-over-covid-policies-forcing-foreign-firms-to-scale-back-11663720291 .
WSJ: Market expects 75 basis point Fed rate increase on Wednesday: https://www.wsj.com/articles/feds-third-straight-0-75-point-interest-rate-rise-is-anticipated-11663639672 . Me too.
WSJ: World food supply remains tight: https://www.wsj.com/articles/food-supply-stays-tight-as-disappointing-u-s-harvest-adds-to-global-challenges-11663645212 . Meanwhile, the risks of a plant-based diet: https://www.wsj.com/articles/beyond-meat-executive-arrested-after-allegedly-biting-persons-nose-in-fight-11663689283 . You really cannot make this stuff up.
Bipartisan group of senators reach deal on reforming Electoral Count Act: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bipartisan-group-of-senators-announce-deal-to-reform-electoral-count-act/ar-AAZNyi6?cvid=34126a57893d425580d75348de60f8f8 .
WSJ: EY consulting spinoff hits split issue details: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ey-faces-knotty-split-of-its-lucrative-tax-business-11663673562 .
WSJ: War stories from the battle for Kyiv: https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-invasion-ukraine-battle-of-kyiv-ragtag-army-11663683336 . This is the only piece of journalism I’ve read in the Journal which I would describe as thrilling. Very impressive stuff.
Migrants flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard sue the perpetrator, Florida Governor DeMentis: https://apnews.com/article/boston-lawsuits-florida-immigration-ron-desantis-4800e7b7b1e484205c3d94c6d74eb9c8 . There appears to be fraud in the inducement to travel. However, that is a concept in contract law: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fraud_in_the_inducement . Still, this behavior could subject DeMentis to criminal charges: https://www.rawstory.com/ron-desantis-migrants-2658311888/ . Criminals do get their name in the news, but this seems like a poor political strategy to elbow aside Orange Julius. WSJ: Meanwhile, a Texas sheriff will investigate: https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-sheriff-investigates-migrant-relocation-to-marthas-vineyard-11663689981 .
WSJ: Hurricane Fiona continues on after flooding Puerto Rico: https://www.wsj.com/articles/hurricane-fiona-strengthens-to-category-3-storm-as-it-moves-from-puerto-rico-to-other-islands-11663680245 . This reporting is a bit behind the times. Fiona has hammered the Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos. It is now heading north toward Bermuda, expected to pass about 100 miles to the west on Friday.
Special master tells OJ’s lawyers to put up or shut up on their OJ declassification claims: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/special-master-mar-lago-case-appears-skeptical-trump-declassification-rcna48606 . The article’s comment that the judge is skeptical of the declassification claim misstates the judge’s position. The documents marked classified will be so treated unless the OJ team presents evidence that they were declassified. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/special-master-in-trump-mar-a-lago-case-to-hold-first-public-hearing-11663674341 .
Maury Wills passes at 89: https://sports.yahoo.com/dodgers-star-and-1962-mvp-maury-wills-dead-at-89-174338002.html . In base-stealing, there was Maury Wills and Lou Brock. When Wills was on base, you had the feeling he could steal any base at any time. I was always a big fan of his, even though he banged up my beloved Yankees, as detailed in the article. Man, even his voice in someone else’s head derailed the Yankees, also noted in the article. Still, he was a great and in my view belongs in the Hall of Fame.