News for March 27 — The Coming US BA2 Surge

The coming US BA2 surge: https://www.audacy.com/wbt/news/ba-2-could-cause-a-covid19-surge-in-the-next-several-weeks .

Long COVID could affect 2 million Californians: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/mysterious-debilitating-long-covid-could-affect-2-million-in-california/ar-AAVwWua?li=BBnb7Kz .

WSJ: Shareholders pressure vaccine makers to broaden access: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pfizer-moderna-and-j-j-face-shareholder-pressure-to-broaden-covid-19-vaccine-access-11648373402 .

Shanghai begins China’s largest lockdown in 2 years: https://apnews.com/article/covid-business-health-china-beijing-b406df3a0113b9be99273324fec2c12e . So what will it take for China to recognize that Zero COVID is not a long-term solution to COVID? Tesla suspends output at Shanghai factory for 4 days: https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2022-03-27/tesla-suspends-production-at-shanghai-factory-for-4-days-to-comply-with-covid-curbs-sources .

Natural antibodies that fight cancer: https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-702131 .

Latest news from the front in Ukraine: https://www.aol.com/kremlin-responds-bidens-remarks-putin-073419232.html . Two interesting analogies in the multiple reports presented here. The head of Ukrainian military intelligence says Russia is trying to split Ukraine into two countries, like North and South Korea. The official also says that Ukraine will prevent this through guerilla strikes in the occupied region. More: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-business-europe-moscow-e65957837aed8286cc866b1eb943ab97 .

Meanwhile, former US general and CIA Director David Petraeus says Mariupol, now 85% destroyed, is the “Ukrainian Alamo”. While heroic resistance has pinned down multiple Russian battalions, ultimately the city will likely fall to the Russians.

WSJ: Ukraine’s technology war against Russia: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-asymmetric-war-technology-starlink-mariupol-theater-collapse-russia-explosives-internet-drones-weapons-11648400672 .

Chris Wallace: I left Fox because of discomfort with the programming: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/chris-wallace-explains-fox-news-exit-unsustainable-152353443.html . Wallace says he can understand when someone says, Gee, Chris, you were a slow learner. This goes well beyond understatement. Discomfort is a hemorrhoid. Fox, however, is a cancer on American democracy.

WSJ: St. Peter’s peters out: https://www.wsj.com/articles/north-carolina-kansas-duke-villanova-final-four-11648423860 . Still, an historic run completed by this small school, the darling of March Madness 2022.