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Airlines Threaten to Ground Many Passenger and Cargo Flights Over Cell Operators’ Refusal to Change 5G Plans

Airlines and cargo carriers threaten to throw down the guantlet if Verizon and AT&T don’t back off from their Wednesday 5G rollout.

An Introduction to Family Offices (and Generational Wealth)

The murky, unregulated world of family offices, where oligarchs manage their capital.

Germs in the Family: The Long-Term Consequences of Intra-Household Endemic Respiratory Disease Spread

Garden-variety respiratory infections lead to more hospitalizations among infants than older kids and produce adverse long term results.

More Omicron: Diabetics Appear Even More Vulnerable as Diabetic Ketoacidosis Strikes

A wee update on the state of Omicron.

Life Insurer: Deaths Among Working Age Americans Up 40% Under Covid

Experts dispute the idea that Covid is sparing the non-elderly.

US Airlines, FAA, Mayo Pete Fighting Rearguard Action to Delay 5G Rollout Over Flight Safety Concerns; Carriers Offer Modest Concession

Air carriers are not happy about the lack of testing in the 5G rollout and may Do Something.

Maybe No Omicron Boosters?

The Administration, in the form of Dr. Fauci, is taking another anti-public-health stance by talking down Omicron boosters.

Omicron Cases Serious in Denmark and Overall Morbidity Picture Not Pretty Either

The Omicron news hasn’t gotten cheerier.

Bloomberg, Other Publications Criticize CalPERS’ Leverage on Leverage Plan to Boost Returns While Missing Additional Types of Borrowing

CalPERS, which has lagged nearly all other public pension funds’ performance, is doubling down on failure by resorting to leverage.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb: No, Covid 19 Is Not an Old Person Problem

Yves here. Nassim Nicholas Taleb shreds the misguided logic behind Covid age-ism. And that’s before getting to the fact that in South Africa, the notion that the old are more likely to get really sick is simply not true: The newscaster starts by describing an “exponential” rise in cases, then interviews the head of ICU […]

In Maine, Vaccine Mandate for EMTs Stresses Small-Town Ambulance Crews

How Maine’s vaccine-only mandate is thinning staffing of already stressed emergency services.

Tylenol Could Be Risky for Pregnant Women – A New Review of 25 Years of Research Finds Acetaminophen May Contribute to ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders in Children

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Airlines Threaten to Ground Many Passenger and Cargo Flights Over Cell Operators’ Refusal to Change 5G Plans

An Introduction to Family Offices (and Generational Wealth)

Germs in the Family: The Long-Term Consequences of Intra-Household Endemic Respiratory Disease Spread

More Omicron: Diabetics Appear Even More Vulnerable as Diabetic Ketoacidosis Strikes

Life Insurer: Deaths Among Working Age Americans Up 40% Under Covid

US Airlines, FAA, Mayo Pete Fighting Rearguard Action to Delay 5G Rollout Over Flight Safety Concerns; Carriers Offer Modest Concession

Omicron Cases Serious in Denmark and Overall Morbidity Picture Not Pretty Either

Bloomberg, Other Publications Criticize CalPERS’ Leverage on Leverage Plan to Boost Returns While Missing Additional Types of Borrowing

In Maine, Vaccine Mandate for EMTs Stresses Small-Town Ambulance Crews

Tylenol Could Be Risky for Pregnant Women – A New Review of 25 Years of Research Finds Acetaminophen May Contribute to ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders in Children

How Autonomous Weapons Could Be More Destabilizing Than Nukes

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