Energy
PUC Approves Major Changes to Texas Power Grid, Bigger Bills Likely
“They used a bunch of $64 words. The operating reserve demand curve, for example. That just means they’re going to be adding a surcharge across the top on our bills when they want to, essentially.”
Economy
Dow Futures Slide More Than 500 Points
U.S. stock-index futures were trading sharply lower Monday morning, following a losing week on Wall Street amid worries about politics, Fed policy and the fast-spreading omicron variant of COVID-19.
Goldman Sachs Cuts GDP Forecast Based on Government Spending
Goldman Sachs trimmed its quarterly GDP forecasts for 2022, after U.S. Senator Joe Manchin withdrew his support to U.S. President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion domestic investment bill.
Health
Email Reveal How Fauci, NIH Colluded to Smear Experts Who Challenged the Narrative
The emails, some of which were tweeted out on Saturday by Phil Magness, senior research faculty and interim research and education director at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), show Fauci and Francis Collins attempting to coordinate a ‘devastating takedown’ of the Great Barrington Declaration.
Should Vaccinated People With Covid Still Isolate For as Long as 10 Days?
Omicron — and short-staffed hospitals — could force the US to rethink isolation rules.
Data: Omicron Hospitalization Rate is 10% of Delta
Only 1.7% of identified COVID-19 cases led to hospitalization in two weeks since South Africa declared a fourth wave, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said at a press briefing. That compared to a rate of 19% at a comparable point when the Delta variant was first surging, he said.
Those with Vaccine Injuries May Be Compensated by the U.S.
For the first time amid the pandemic, the U.S. government compensation program will pay out one of the 4,751 claims alleging injuries or death arising from the administration of a covered countermeasure used to diagnose, treat, or prevent COVID-19.
California Senior Died Because Paramedics Refused to Enter Home Because of “Some Covid-19 Law”
Paramedics in Southern California refused to enter a post-acute-care facility to treat a man in cardiac arrest last month because of “some COVID-19 law,” according to a Rialto Police Department report.
Governor decides all children must be vaccinated for Covid despite data.
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