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It's called the Delta variant infected those still unvaccinated.

Well in some cases Delta Air Lines is raising health insurance premiums for unvaccinated employees by $200 a month to cover higher Covid costs “The average hospital stay for COVID-19 has cost Delta $50,000 per person,” Bastian said in an employee memo. “This surcharge will be necessary to address the financial risk the decision to not vaccinate is creating for our company. Delta, which self-insures its employees, stands out in its plans to raise premiums for unvaccinated workers to cover the higher costs of insuring employees who get Covid. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/25/delta-air-lines-unvaccinated-employees-will-face-200-fees-if-they-dont-get-covid-vaccine.html

Well it's the unvaccinated who are stressing the hospitals at a very high cost. They should be mandated to pay higher healthcare premiums then.

'Rust' crew members reportedly used guns with live ammunition hours before deadly shooting on set "There's this pastime that crew members sometimes do, it's called 'plinking,' and they go out into the rural areas and they shoot at beer cans. This is with live ammunition. We learned that this happened the morning of the day that Halyna Hutchins was killed," Waxman said. One of the guns used was later handed to actor Alec Baldwin, who fired the shot that killed Hutchins, 42, and injured director Joel Souza, The Wrap reported. https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/26/entertainment/alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-tuesday/index.html

CNN Investigation: Tens of millions of filthy, used medical gloves imported into the US There are many more warehouses just like it still in operation today in Thailand -- trying to cash in on the demand for medical-grade nitrile gloves, which exploded with the coronavirus pandemic. And they're boxing up millions of these sub-standard gloves for export to the United States, and countries around the world amid a global shortage that will take years to ease. A months-long CNN investigation has found that tens of millions of counterfeit and second-hand nitrile gloves have reached the United States, according to import records and distributors who bought the gloves -- and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Criminal investigations are underway by the authorities in the US and Thailand. "There's an enormous amount of bad product coming in," Stein says, "an endless stream of filthy, second-hand and substandard gloves coming into the US of which federal authorities, it seems, are only now beginning to understand the enormous scale." https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/24/health/medical-gloves-us-thailand-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html

Biden says US will defend Taiwan if China attacks President Joe Biden said the US would defend Taiwan if China attacked, in an apparent departure from a long-held US foreign policy position. But a White House spokesman later told some US media outlets that his remarks did not signify a change in policy. The US has a law which requires it to help Taiwan defend itself. But it has been deliberately vague about what it would actually do if China were to attack Taiwan, in what is known as "strategic ambiguity". China has yet to respond to Mr Biden's comments. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59005300 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/22/yes-biden-says-us-would-defend-taiwan-against-china China will not like that

The proposed site of stadium itself bordered by Hayward St , S. Park St , Hamburg St and the 190 is mainly residential . It would be a hike to downtown from there. Would be a very expensive alternative to Orchard Park https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8716537,-78.8602305,17z

Latest US military hypersonic test fails A booster stack, which is the rocket used to accelerate the projectile to hypersonic speeds, failed and the test of the projectile, the hypersonic glide body, could not proceed, the statement said. Because the rocket failed the Pentagon was not able to test the hypersonic glide body, which is the key component needed to develop a hypersonic weapon. Two weeks ago, Russia claimed to have successfully tested a submarine-launched hypersonic missile for the first time, dubbed the Tsirkon. Earlier this summer, Russia said it had fired the same missile from a warship. Over the weekend, the Financial Times reported that China had successfully tested a hypersonic glide vehicle capable of carrying a nuclear weapon. They reported the glide vehicle was launched from an orbital bombardment system. https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/21/politics/us-hypersonic-test-fails/index.html

NYC couple blames TikTok prank for wheel coming off their moving vehicle The 'Lug Nut Challenge' is a growing trend on TikTok The "Lug Nut Challenge" is a growing trend on TikTok where users of the app film themselves removing or loosening the nuts on cars. Incidents of the challenge have been reported in California, North Dakota and Massachusetts, according to SI Live. https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-tiktok-prank-wheel-car Another social media that needs moderators

I was always a Independent till 1/6 then switched to Democrat just to give Trump a one finger salute. I'm a realistic moderate who wants a bipartisan government . That will never happen after Trump. The government is what it is , my one vote or opinion doesn't mean a damn thing. I wrote in John Kasich in 2020.

I didn't vote for Biden , don't like his polices , dislike Trump even more . I do like Joe Manchin and Liz Cheney fwiw

Don't complain about the effects of covid like shortage of goods , high inflation , worker shortage , stressed hospital systems , higher healthcare premiums , a lot less daycare, high energy prices not to mention the deaths and suffering.

728,000 deaths in the US so far is a real tragedy that should be less with vaccines . The stress and cost to hospitals should be less if people were vaccinated.

The point is it's better to take the vaccine then not.

So Blue Lives don't matter to you , got it

All unnecessary just for 2021 so far, there were 245 law enforcement deaths from Covid-19 in 2020, according to ODMP. Those lives may not matter to you or Irv I guess.

Five times as many police officers have died from Covid-19 as from gunfire since start of pandemic He was one of at least 231 officers who died of Covid-19 this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP). https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/16/us/police-vaccine-covid-deaths/index.html

The run blocking was not there for the Bills.

Well that took the sail out of our wind 🙁

Defense not good enough , should have went for a tie

It was covid that destroyed the global supply chain. Countries and states tried different ways to cope with it. Politicians will do what they do. I do believe Trump would have been re-elected in 2020 if not for covid. I never voted for Trump or Biden , this country should do a lot better then them.

Ok what's your reason for the backup at the ports ? https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/business/2021/05/16/ruckers-needed-driver-shortage-aggravated-by-pandemic/116453634/

A record number of truck drivers retired during the pandemic , it's not that complicated.

Saw one interview with a truck driver school that was closed most of pandemic and DMV would not do road tests. The active military has big rig drivers try to use them for now.

Trump Rally for Virginia Governor Candidate Featured Pledge to Flag Carried at Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Billed as a Trump Rally for Youngkin, the event was hosted by Steve Bannon and featured a call-in from former President Donald Trump. At one point in the proceedings, a host introduces a flag as having been carried during what was described as a “peaceful protest” despite the fact that five police officers died as a result of the gruesome riot, one which was clearly a very violent attack on the police. https://www.mediaite.com/weird/trump-rally-for-virginia-governor-candidate-featured-pledge-to-flag-carried-at-jan-6-capitol-riot/