Mental health disorders raise severe COVID risk: https://www.verywellhealth.com/mental-health-disorders-covid-19-booster-5207810 .
WSJ: FDA authorizes Pfizer vaccine for young children: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-authorized-for-young-children-by-fda-11635535040 .
West Virginia first to worst in vaccination rate: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-10-29/west-virginia-first-to-worst-in-covid-19-vaccine-efforts .
WSJ: Vaccination more powerful than prior infection against COVID hospitalization risk: https://www.wsj.com/articles/study-of-hospitalized-covid-19-patients-shows-vaccination-is-better-guard-than-prior-infection-11635543610 .
WSJ: Supreme Court refuses religious exemption request from Maine’s vaccine mandate: https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-denies-religious-exemption-to-state-vaccine-mandate-for-healthcare-workers-11635546464 . Second Circuit makes similar ruling: https://www.wsj.com/articles/court-rules-against-religious-exemption-for-new-york-healthcare-workers-vaccine-mandate-11635546639 .
Beneficiaries of increasing the minimum wage to $15: https://www.epi.org/publication/why-america-needs-a-15-minimum-wage/ . This interesting research is summarized in the 5 bullet points under “The majority of …”. The majority of beneficiaries are adults between 25 and 54 (51%). The majority are women (59%) and work full-time (54%).
WSJ: Patagonia says, Boycott Facebook: https://www.wsj.com/articles/patagonia-is-boycotting-facebook-urges-other-companies-to-do-the-same-11635514110 . So this should turn up the heat on Facebook to become a better corporate citizen.
Feds crack down on far-right extremists: https://apnews.com/article/canada-arrests-richmond-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-a1add6ca1df653499e6f446f75bbd1b9 . So, to be clear, military training was ongoing at the Georgia base. “Atomwaffen” is German for “nuclear arms”; “feuerkrieg” means “fire war”.
Adam Kinzinger will not seek reelection: https://news.yahoo.com/gop-trump-critic-rep-adam-143521001.html . However, buried in the article is the key comment. Kinzinger’s district has been gerrymandered to become even more Republican – or whatever that party is now. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/prominent-trump-critic-adam-kinzinger-wont-seek-re-election-11635533376 .
Orange Julius “responds” to Wall Street Journal predictably: https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-slams-wsj/ . OJ has only one gear when his lies are exposed – double down on the lies. So how can there be any rational person in this country who is not over this loser? Here’s another bonkers letter from Donny One-Note: https://www.mediaite.com/trump/read-trumps-absurdist-letter-to-the-pulitzer-prize-board-asking-it-to-retract-awards/ . WSJ: Our readers did not appreciate our publishing OJ’s letter, and told us so: https://www.wsj.com/articles/president-donald-trump-letter-2020-election-fraud-pennsylvania-11635456691 .
Juror thought process in convicting Derek Chauvin of George Floyd’s murder: https://news.yahoo.com/jurors-reveal-it-was-something-derek-chauvin-didnt-do-that-convinced-them-all-to-vote-guilty-093409516.html .