US daily vaccinations trend up: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/total-vaccination-numbers-cities-announce-vaccine-mandates-n1276813 .
Effects of FDA full approval: https://news.yahoo.com/how-the-fd-as-full-approval-could-affect-covid-19-vaccinations-185238498.html . It is unlikely that full approval is going to change vaccination willingness in many individuals. The more important effect will be increased willingness by employers and schools to implement vaccine mandates. As to doctors doing off-label injections, that is unlikely except in special circumstances – for example, the doctor’s immediate family or an immunocompromised child.
“Vaccination saves lives” model: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/higher-vaccination-rates-texas-florida-could-ve-saved-4-700-n1276668 . This is an interesting modelling concept. It argues that 4,700 lives could have been saved in Florida and Texas with higher vaccination rates. Will Abbott and DeMentis (far more of a joke than even Abbott and Costello) stop screwing around with mask mandate bans and actually work to save lives? Probably not. More: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/no-surge-covid-cases-us-not-due-migrants-immigrants-rcna1656 .
Doctor says DeMentis violating the “rule of holes”: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/doctor-slams-desantis-medical-authoritarianism-comment-as-covid-surges-in-florida/ar-AANkr9h?li=BBnb7Kz . More: https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/08/14/ron-desantis-florida-covid-cases-reiner-reaction-nr-vpx.cnn . Ron is a hole, all right.
Record number of children hospitalized with COVID: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/14/us-sees-record-number-of-children-in-hospital-with-covid . It is painfully obvious what school re-openings will do to these numbers.
WSJ: Hospitalizations surge among people in their 30’s: https://www.wsj.com/articles/severe-drought-could-threaten-power-supply-in-west-for-years-to-come-11628933401 .
Still more young adults are dying: https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-5e56dc3f817e3eaca1f48511c3be8549 .
WSJ: Return to office creates management challenges: https://www.wsj.com/articles/bosses-mistakes-return-work-11628795898 . Saturday is always a slow news day at the Journal. More: Employee benefits evolve in hybrid workplaces: https://www.wsj.com/articles/employee-benefits-hybrid-workplace-11628796247 .
List of companies requiring proof of vaccination from employees: https://news.yahoo.com/companies-requiring-proof-of-vaccination-from-employees-185710054.html .
WSJ: Delta variant hammers Indonesia: https://www.wsj.com/articles/volunteers-collect-the-dead-as-covid-19-devastates-indonesia-11628932765 .
WSJ: Western drought hampering US power production for years ahead: https://www.wsj.com/articles/severe-drought-could-threaten-power-supply-in-west-for-years-to-come-11628933401 .
Major League Baseball homers with the Field of Dreams Game. About 6 million Americans tuned in, for the most-watched regular-season MLB game since 2005: https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-field-of-dreams-game-iowa-most-watched-regular-season-game-since-2005-yankees-white-sox-230658844.html . It was a real barnburner of a game. The Yankees scored 4 runs in the top of the ninth to take the lead, 8 to 7. Remarkably, the White Sox had a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning to win the game. Here is the opening ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umWz4UEncRI .