• According to court documents, a California man named Gary Stephen Maynard has been charged with setting a fire near the Dixie wildfire 
• Despite its location near the Dixie Fire, at this point, the man has not been associated with its start on July 13 

Vaccine or regular testing to be mandated by California

• On August 11, Governor Gavin Newsom of California has announced that teachers and other school employees must either submit to regular Covid testing or receive the vaccine 
• School districts in San Francisco, Sacramento, Long Beach, and Oakland have already implemented the measure which covers a large portion of the state’s 300,000 teachers

California hospitals are now requiring proof of vaccination or negative Covid-19 test for visitors 

• Starting on August 11, all hospitals intermediate care facilities, and skilled nursing facilities will require visitors to show proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID test
• This public health order was issued on August 5 and applies to all indoor visits and those unvaccinated must test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours prior to the visit

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• On July 30, Disney announced that they will be requiring all employees (salaried and non-union) in the US to be fully vaccinated within the next 60 days
• Those employees that are working from home will also be required to provide vaccination verification when returning to Disney sites

125,000 Fully vaccinated Americans have tested positive for COVID-19

• According to new data, a least 125,000 fully vaccinated US residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and 1,400 of those have died
• Currently, the number of breakthrough cases is at 125,628 in 38 states which is less than 0.08 percent of the 164.2 million+ people who have been vaccinated 

CEO of Spirit urges employees and passengers to get the vaccine but still has no mandate

• Ted Christie, the CEO of Spirit Airlines has said that he urges all employees and passengers to get Covid shots
• The carrier currently has no plans to implement vaccination requirements 

Royal Caribbean stock falls after 6 Covid cases are discovered aboard a ship 

• On July 30 Royal Caribbean Cruises has announced that they will soon require all guests on US cruises of 5 or more days to test for COVID
• This announcement comes after Six guests on one of the Cruise’s ships tested positive for COVID-19

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• In Troy Township, Ohio, Peloton is going to invest $400 million to build its very first manufacturing factory in the U.S.
• By 2023, Peloton plans to be producing equipment at this factor and has plans to break ground later this summer
• In regards to Job expectations, Peloton thinks that this facility will bring more than 2,000 jobs to the Troy Township area
• For the company, demand has heightened and overseas shipments have been delayed

• The seven day average of new daily Covid cases is now down 24 percent in comparison to last week
• About 49% of the population in the U.S. has received at least one of the shots paired with a 39% fully vaccinated population, 61% are partially vaccinated out of those who are ages 18 and older nationwide 
• This Sunday (5.24.2021), New Mexico has become the 9th state to report 70% of adult residents are partially vaccinated in joining New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Rhode Island

• Evidence that Covid-19 originally leaked from a Wuhan virology lab is growing, Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday
• With other coronaviruses, SARS and MERS, researchers were able to identify the animal those diseases emerged from at this point in those outbreaks
• Global health officials will meet soon to further investigate the origins of the virus

• Virgin Galactic took a step closer to completing development of its space tourism system on Saturday
• “It was flawless,” Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier told CNBC about the flight
• Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft Unity is designed to hold up to six passengers along with the two pilots

• Breeze Airways is the second new U.S. carrier in less than a month, after Avelo debuted last month
• The carrier is the fifth airline started by JetBlue Airways founder David Neeleman
• Flights start May 27, and the carrier will add others through late July

• Greater Springfield is Australia’s first privately built city and the world’s tenth largest master planned city
• Designed around the pillars of technology, health and education, the smart city’s property tycoon founder wants it to become the next Silicon Valley
• With an emphasis on sustainability, Greater Springfield aims to produce more energy than it consumes by 2038

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