The misunderstood Omicron death toll: https://www.aol.com/news/u-covid-peak-may-over-190733986-112148746.html . Deep sigh, head shaking. The data is that the latest weekly average death toll (almost exclusively from Omicron) is higher than the highest weekly average death toll from Delta. That does not mean Omicron’s overall death toll is higher than (or even approaches) the Delta death toll. That’s because Omicron has only been with us for a short time. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-deaths-top-2-100-a-day-highest-in-nearly-a-year-11643135898 .
Pfizer begins testing Omicron vaccine: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-01-25/pfizer-begins-testing-a-covid-vaccine-targeted-to-omicron . More: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/pfizer-and-biontech-launch-study-of-omicron-vaccine-and-fda-halts-use-of-two-covid-antibody-treatments-11643125078 . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pfizer-begins-study-testing-omicron-vaccine-in-people-11643111101 .
Stealth Omicron, version BA.2: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-united-states-d09b3c6cc8b047c41d6cbf74043d0713 .
WSJ: US COVID hospitalizations continue to drop: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-hospitalizations-continue-to-fall-in-u-s-11643112218 .
DeMentis demands his right to continue to kill Floridians: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-florida-ron-desantis-us-food-and-drug-administration-011e45710ef64fbab2969eab8c624b52 . Dear Dimwit: The DRUGMAKERS say these treatments are ineffective against Omicron. It’s their products and their bottom line. But you know better than they do about medical efficacy? So, Ron, what drugs are you on?
NY appeals court judge reinstates mask mandate: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ny-mask-mandate-back-in-effect-after-judge-grants-stay/ar-AAT8Aj4?li=BBnb7Kz . Court names in New York are so confusing. The Supreme Courts are the trial courts. Above them are a group of intermediate appeals courts known as the Appellate Division. The highest court is the Court of Appeals. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-mask-mandate-reinstated-in-state-appeal-11643150424 .
Biden administration will withdraw private employer vaccination and testing regulation as an emergency testing standard: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/politics/vaccine-mandate-osha-withdrawn/index.html . But it is keeping it as a proposed rule. However, the Supreme Court has already struck down the regulation. Confused yet?
WSJ: What US workers want: https://www.wsj.com/articles/workers-care-more-about-flexible-hours-than-remote-work-11643112004 .
Serious COVID cases in Israel grow tenfold in a month: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-694475 . Again, Israel is highly vaccinated.
Pope admits giving false testimony: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pope-benedict-false-testimony-sex-abuse_n_61ef0276e4b03add23fd0357 . So what the hell happened to the Ninth Commandment? “Thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou_shalt_not_bear_false_witness_against_thy_neighbour .
DOJ reviewing false elector certificates: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/feds-looking-at-fake-2020-elector-certificates-for-potential-criminal-charges-doj-official-says/ar-AAT8KDE?li=BBnb7Kz . So, not a newsflash: the GOP remains headed by people who lack morals and look away from shame.