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News for December 3 — Supreme Court Reconsiders Tax Code

Supreme Court reconsiders tax code: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/one-supreme-court-case-could-mess-up-chunks-of-the-tax-code-680a9ba6 . As the article correctly points out, there are already a variety of circumstances in which unrealized income is taxed. Hopefully the Court will sidestep this hand grenade. Did Israel know Hamas was planning the October 7 attack?: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-israeli-officials-react-blockbuster-report-israelis-knew/story?id=105333179 . Here is a summary of this shocking reporting by …

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News for December 2 — COVID Drives Up US Hospitalizations

COVID drives up US hospitalizations: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-variants-know-jn1-ba286-rcna127648 . Strikingly, COVID is currently causing 15,000 hospitalizations and 1,000 deaths per week in the US. We have effective vaccines which only a minority of adults keeps up-to-date. Politics has no place in medicine, and this mistake is killing people right now. China respiratory illness surge attributed to known …

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News for December 1 — Republican Senators Want China Travel Ban

Republican senators want China travel ban: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3243594/5-us-senators-ask-joe-biden-impose-china-travel-ban-after-respiratory-illness-cases . It’s too late, the illness has already entered the US. Second US pediatric pneumonia outbreak: https://themessenger.com/health/pennsylvania-ohio-china-denmark-netherlands-pneumonia . Northern China and Northern Europe are also seeing outbreaks. WSJ: Fifth Circuit orders Texas to remove barrier in Rio Grande: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/texas-ordered-to-remove-buoy-barrier-at-southern-border-867ca604 . The Fifth Circuit is very conservative, which tells …

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News for November 30 — Texas Challenges Pfizer Vaccine Efficacy

Texas challenges Pfizer vaccine efficacy: https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2023-11-30/pfizer-is-sued-by-texas-over-covid-19-vaccine-claims . It appears Ken Paxton has no understanding of basic math. Paxton‘s figures appear to argue that the vaccine has nearly no impact on susceptibility to COVID. That can’t be true. We will have to wait for the court to sort this out. Some Medicare plans drop insulin coverage: …

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News for November 29 — Omicron Incubation Period 3.42 Days

Omicron incubation period 3.42 days: https://www.verywellhealth.com/covid-incubation-period-8405031 . Note the list of variants and their incubation periods. The variants, listed in the order of their appearance, each went on to become the dominant variant. The incubation period (time from exposure to symptoms) consistently went down. As all of the COVID variants currently in circulation are Omicron …

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News for November 28 — US Life Expectancy Rises Post-pandemic

US life expectancy rises post-pandemic: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-11-29/u-s-life-expectancy-rebounds-but-short-of-pre-pandemic-levels . The graph in the article shows the shocking effect of the pandemic on US life expectancy. Stem cells in spine can attract cancer: https://www.deseret.com/2023/11/28/23979419/bone-cancer-spine-stem-cells-explain-metastasis . The journalist’s source material here was The Washington Post, which requires a subscription: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/11/28/new-stem-cell-spine-cancer/?utm_campaign=wp_the7&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_the7 (this link might work for nonsubscribers). Here is the …

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News for November 27 — COVID Hospitalizations Up 10%

COVID hospitalizations up 10%: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-11-27/new-covid-19-hospitalizations-increase . CDC triples COVID BA.2.86 estimate: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-variant-ba-2-86-triples-in-new-cdc-estimates/ . The rate of change suggests this is a highly infectious variant. California COVID performance outshines Florida: https://www.aol.com/news/california-vs-florida-surprising-answer-110015084.html . While California clearly wins this comparison, the LA Times writers cook up some pathetic analysis suggesting that from some vantage points Florida did better. …

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News for November 26 — US Healthcare Employment Market Grows

US healthcare employment market grows: WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/hot-healthcare-hiring-bolsters-cooling-u-s-labor-market-336a7b27 . This is not news. This growth has been underway for at least the last 20 years. WSJ: The race to save grass: https://www.wsj.com/science/environment/scientists-are-racing-to-protect-grass-from-climate-change-your-cheap-burger-is-at-stake-9b250df5 . Okay, but it makes more sense to save the climate … Third hostage release includes American girl, 4: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/abigail-mor-idan-american-girl-hostage-hamas-israel-cease-fire-rcna126692 . Today Hamas released …

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News for November 25 — Hamas Releases More Hostages

Hamas releases second group of hostages: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/second-group-of-hamas-hostages-released-as-gaza-cease-fire-holds/ . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/palestinians-count-losses-on-second-day-of-gaza-cease-fire-454899ab . The group includes another 13 Israeli hostages and 4 Thai hostages. Israel released another 39 Palestinians as part of this release. To update the counts in yesterday’s newsletter, Hamas has now released 26 of the promised 50 hostages, while Israeli has released 78 …

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News for November 24 — Hamas Releases 24 Hostages

Hamas releases 24 hostages as temporary ceasefire takes hold: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/temporary-cease-fire-begins-israel-hamas-war/ (initial report ststaed 25 hostages released). Other sources report that Hamas was eager to release the women and children it holds. The article notes that 3 American citizens are expected to be released in the overall group of 50 to be released initially. Wait, is …

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