News Of The Week Roundup: Week 28, 2021
From the "What fresh hell is this?" file:
Passenger traveling through Atlanta on flight from Nigeria contracts monkeypox https://t.co/vnfiRh9qBL
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) July 16, 2021
COVID-19 is surging again in pockets of America - mainly southern states. With the Delta variant being pretty serious, this is no good.
U.S. hits highest number of daily new coronavirus cases in the world again, with nearly 80,000 https://t.co/FuACO70Zh2
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 17, 2021
CDC eviction moratorium expires in 2 weeks as #DeltaVariant surges. Meanwhile, “COVID-19 vaccines don’t seem to be reaching those in high-eviction neighborhoods.”https://t.co/nZ95wtsTZ5 cc: @CDCDirector
— Diane Yentel (@dianeyentel) July 18, 2021
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida have reached the highest level since March 4 https://t.co/Vp1tDs4Ck2 pic.twitter.com/Z4ljnhOq8Q
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) July 17, 2021
NEW: Number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 tops 24,000, highest since May
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) July 17, 2021
Great retail sales numbers this past week:
*US Commerce Jun Retail Sales +0.6%; Consensus -0.4%
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) July 16, 2021
*US Jun Retail Sales Ex-Autos +1.3%
*US Jun Retail Sales, Ex-Autos & Ex-Gas +1.1%
And I leave you with this:
In 1976, more than 100 marijuana plants sprouted in the Anaheim Stadium playing field in Los Angeles after The Who performed there.
— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) July 16, 2021
