COVID cases rise after Thanksgiving: https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20221205/us-sees-rise-covid-cases-following-thanksgiving .
COVID may cause brain shrinkage: https://www.healthline.com/health/brain-shrinkage-covid#effects-on-the-brain .
Pfizer countersues Moderna over vaccine patent issues: https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-12-05/pfizer-biontech-countersue-moderna-over-covid-19-vaccine-patents .
More Zero COVID restrictions lifted: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-12-05/chinese-capital-prepares-for-life-again-as-lockdowns-lift-across-country . China may announce additional easing this week: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-12-05/exclusive-china-may-announce-10-new-covid-measures-on-wednesday-sources . This seems unlikely to have a happy ending.
US flu hospitalizations spike: https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-12-05/u-s-seeing-most-flu-hospitalizations-cases-in-a-decade-cdc-says .
Taiwan chip plant struggling to complete in Arizona: https://www.wsj.com/articles/tsmcs-arizona-chip-plant-awaiting-biden-visit-faces-birthing-pains-11670236129 . The Journal views this as servicing Apple’s need for chips. TSMC needs a place to flee to if China invades Taiwan, and we need them outside of China for national security reasons.
Ukrainian drones hit Russian military bases while Russia firs on Ukrainian civilians: https://www.wsj.com/articles/explosions-hit-russian-air-bases-as-more-missiles-strike-ukrainian-infrastructure-11670237453 .
Orange Julius self-declared “enemy of the Constitution”: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3761581-liz-cheney-seizes-on-trumps-call-to-terminate-constitution/ . The comments on AOL’s reprint of this article show exactly where the problem lies. The OJ supporters simply see this as Liz’s ongoing persecution of OJ. So they just look past the comments of their thoroughly despicable leader. And these people who cannot process reality have the same vote as everyone else. The only way out is to continually try to educate these non-thinkers, and watch COVID and time thin their numbers.
Meanwhile, jury deliberations begin in OJ Inc tax fraud case: https://www.aol.com/news/1-jury-begins-deliberating-trump-185015066.html .
Rudy Giuliani’s DC law license on the line: https://www.wsj.com/articles/rudy-giuliani-weaponized-his-law-license-d-c-bars-ethics-lawyer-says-11670266321 . His lawyer argues that the pressure of election law litigation encourages litigation without evidence. That certainly sounds like a desperate argument created out of whole cloth.
Real ID deadline pushed back yet again, to May 2025: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/05/us-again-delays-deadline-for-real-ids-until-may-2025.html . This rule was a response to 9/11, with an original deadline of 2008! So how have we missed implementing this national security issue for 17 years (and counting)? WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/real-id-drivers-license-homeland-security-11670255144 .
Power station attack in North Carolina: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nc-power-outages-investigated-criminal-occurrence-rcna59993 . While this might seem like a terrorist incident, sophisticated attackers would not bring down a power station with gunfire. Still, whoever is responsible endangered thousands of lives and deserves significant jail time.
Coach Prime comes to the Pac-12: https://sports.yahoo.com/new-colorado-coach-deion-sanders-tells-current-buffaloes-players-to-enter-transfer-portal-055202151.html . This showboating style is likely to attract some players to Colorado. However, telling the current players to leave is quite ruthless. Interestingly, Colorado got Sanders on the Buy Now, Pay Later plan. So the alumni should expect calls.
Kirstie Alley passes at 71: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/entertainment/kirstie-alley-obit/index.html .
World Cup 2022: Neymar returns to the field to help Brazil crush South Korea: https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-world-cup-neymar-pele-11670257181 . This game was 4-0 after 36 minutes. Ouch!