COVID cases rise in Europe: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ample-room-for-uncertainty-as-covid-cases-rise-again-in-europe-could-us-see-the-same/ar-AAV0SUM?li=BBnb7Kz .
Long COVID research a long haul: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/researchers-are-getting-closer-to-understanding-long-covid-but-treatments-are-likely-still-a-ways-off/ar-AAUJIbw?li=BBnb7Kz .
Fourth dose of COVID vaccine needed: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/13/health/pfizer-vaccine-4th-dose/index.html . Just to clarify this, protection against hospitalization and death is very good, but that’s not good enough. We have to be protected against infection to hold down transmission, and thus prevent both pandemics and high levels of endemic transmission.
Obama tests positive for COVID: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-us-president-obama-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ar-AAV0SEv?li=BBnb7Kz . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/barack-obama-tests-positive-for-covid-19-11647203847 .
Sean Penn tests positive for COVID: https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/trending/coronavirus-actor-sean-penn-tests-positive-director-says/DFDGMMDZ6ZFGHOP3LTOS5MX7DY/ . As Penn has just been in Ukraine, this is more evidence that the Ukrainian refugees will spread the disease into another Eastern European surge.
Opioid overdose rates higher in black communities: https://www.wsj.com/articles/opioid-overdose-death-rate-for-u-s-black-population-is-higher-than-for-white-11647176400 .
US journalist shot and killed by Russian soldiers at checkpoint: https://www.aol.com/news/russia-pounds-military-range-ukraines-080102625.html . The appalling behavior of Russian troops remains on full display. More: https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-irpin-nyt-brent-renaud-135122970.html .
OJ continues to defend Putin: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-says-lot-of-love-behind-putin-wanting-to-make-his-country-larger/ar-AAV0OtK?li=BBnb7Kz . If anyone has a better explanation for this insanity than fear of release of the pee-pee tape, let’s hear it.
Russia seeks military aid from China: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-business-europe-china-d7cfda44db57c0ff19109d66ed876c6a . Putin looks to escalate the conflict beyond Ukraine, where he has already lost. Xi is ambitious, but he would be foolish to bet on Putin in the current scenario. We know a helluva lot more about foreign wars than Russia or China, as Putin has already found out. Putin’s best scenario right now is to become a client-state of Russia, which would be a massive win for Xi. Otherwise, welcome to World War III.
Lou Holtz announces he is senile: https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/lou-holtz-is-trending-for-what-he-said-about-donald-trump . Take what OJ says to the bank? Even people living under a rock know OJ is a habitual liar. OJ didn’t do anything for personal gain? Lou missed the first impeachment. OJ cares about the people of this country? That does not meet the clinical definition of narcissism, OJ being its most infamous current example. At least Notre Dame disassociated itself from this outrageous ignorance. This is incontrovertible evidence demonstrating that coaching football qualifies you for absolutely nothing.
Why there is too much wealth in circulation in the US: https://sports.yahoo.com/tom-bradys-last-td-ball-that-mike-evans-gave-away-sells-for-518-k-201959580.html . A lesson I learned in college was that the only difference between the rich and the poor is that the rich have more money. That is literally the only difference, as the dimwit who traded $518,000 for a now-worthless football just learned: https://apnews.com/article/super-bowl-tampa-bay-buccaneers-tom-brady-nfl-sports-f6d646a9109b591183836fbf593c0f2b .
William Hurt dies at 71: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/william-hurt-known-kiss-spider-woman-broadcast-news-dies-71-rcna19854 .