US lifts COVID travel test: https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-travel-government-and-politics-air-af509c58df1c931caac6ecf957ea1aed . This requirement for incoming international travelers ends Sunday morning. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-test-international-flights-travel-11654884865 . Also: https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-to-halt-outbound-covid-19-tests-for-air-travelers-to-u-s-11654869122 .
Hearings on COVID shots for toddlers: https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-health-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-business-688e324a3e42ed8149887be533738ca7 . Hearings will occur next week on the shots from Pfizer and Moderna. WSJ: FDA says Moderna vaccine safe and effective for kids: https://www.wsj.com/articles/modernas-covid-19-vaccine-works-safely-in-children-including-those-under-age-5-fda-says-11654899514 .
Mask time returns: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-06-10/cdc-67-of-americans-should-be-wearing-masks-indoors-or-considering-it . With daily COVID cases exceeding 100,000, two-thirds of Americans should be wearing masks in public indoor spaces. WSJ: Summer school students face masks: https://www.wsj.com/articles/summer-school-students-to-wear-masks-in-some-places-where-covid-19-cases-are-rising-11654853400 .
mRNA vaccines do not cause loss of menstruation: https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-06-10/eu-drug-regulator-mrna-covid-vaccines-do-not-cause-absence-of-menstruation .
Beijing Zero COVID breaks down again: https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-is-back-on-high-alert-after-covid-outbreak-traced-to-a-bar-11654875284 . So a guy walks into the Heaven Supermarket Bar … 26 COVID cases so far. Contact tracing has identified 4,000 people those 26 have come into contact with. In just 3 or 4 days? That’s an average of 154 contacts per person.
WSJ: Inflation hits 8.6%: https://www.wsj.com/articles/us-inflation-consumer-price-index-may-2022-11654810079 .
Will DOJ indict Orange Julius?: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-committees-evidence-spoke-justice-department-listening-rcna32906 . First, that question is unlikely to be answered before the Committee completes the televised portion of its work. Second, the Committee has been in close contact with DOJ. So if they fail to convince DOJ to indict, that would be a stunning failure.
Today’s mass shooting: Maryland: 3 dead, 3 injured: https://www.aol.com/news/maryland-authorities-multiple-victims-smithsburg-204944534.html . Senator Murphy anticipated a bipartisan gun control deal this week, but Senator Cornyn indicated they would not get there. Get there. But the Senate has now left town on a 2 week recess.
Ukraine pleads for more weapons as Russians grind out advances: https://www.wsj.com/articles/outgunned-ukraine-needs-more-weapons-fast-as-russia-advances-officials-say-11654860056 .
Putin’s health questioned again: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10903627/Putin-given-urgent-medical-help-falling-ill-talking-military-chiefs.html .