Vaccine mandate at Disney World, Florida paused

• Disney’s policy that requires Florida-based employees to take the COVID-19 vaccine has been paused as new legislature in the state restricts employer’s power to require vaccinations
• Any Disney employees who are not fully vaccinated will be required to wear face coverings, and observe social distancing and other safety protocols

Kansas proposal is failing to gain GOP support on COVID-19 mandates

• Legislators representing the GOP in Kansas are struggling to rack up support among Republicans for a proposal providing unemployment benefits to workers who lose their job for refusing the vaccine
• Top Republicans in the House were unsure enough about support for the unemployment proposal that they left it out of legislation before their chamber

Judge rules Iowa Medicaid doesn’t cover sex-change surgery

• In a ruling on November 22, a Judge said that an Iowa law that prohibits Medicaid coverage for sex reassignment surgeries for transgender residents actually violated the state law and constitution
• Judge William Kelly ordered the Iowa Department of Human Services to provide coverage for sex reassignment surgeries when ordered to treat gender dysphoria
• 12 additional states have already excluded these types of surgeries in Medicaid coverage 

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Pentagon’s vaccine mandate taken on by Oklahoma in Salvo

• During the third week of November 2021, Officials from the pentagon expressed their frustration while fielding questions concerning Oklahoma’s governor’s decision concerning the Oklahoma Nationa Guard
• This decision was not to punish members of his state National guard who refused to abide by the federal vaccine mandate

Dr. Fauci says COVID-19 related hospitalizations are rising among vaccinated

• According to the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, Dr. Anthony Fauci says COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising with those vaccinated
• Fauci blames this increase in hospitalizations on people not receiving the booster which is supposed to help improve immunity somehow
• Despite this information, Dr. Fauci still urges those 62 million Americans who have not received the vaccine yet, to do so soon

Florida limits mandates for COVID vaccine and challenges Biden mandate on businesses

• Ron DeSantis, the Governor of Florida, signed legislation on November 18 that limits vaccine mandates in the state 
• The new legislation also requires the governor to construct a plan to take the state out of having to comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• During a press conference on November 18, the governor said the goal of the legislation is to protect people from losing their jobs if they choose not to get vaccinated

Unvaccinated now have new restriction in Germany as infection rate hits record

• Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor along with the country’s 16 state premiers on November 18 agreed on a new series of measures to handle a new COVD-19 wave
• This package mandates that those unvaccinated will have a limit on public life and will now require hospital staff to be fully vaccinated
• As of November 18, 2021, Germany reported more than 65,000 new cases 

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Outrage begun by California school calling Florida and Texas “idiots” in student test

• A social science teacher at Whitney High School in Rocklin, CA, i being investigated after students were asked a politically biased question on a test
• The test question read, “A group of complete idiots is:” with the answers being: a)KKK, b) “All of Florida”, c) Fox News, d) Texans
• A student posted the image on twitter where it received a lot of attention with hundreds of commenters outraged 

Recent survey shows number of homeless tents in Sacramento have doubled since 2019

• Since the last time officials conducted a homeless census in the beginning of 2019, the number of tents across Sacramento County has doubled 
• In January of 2019, researched estimated that there were 5,570 homeless people living in the county in tents, vehicles, and shelters
• A research team from CSU conducted a surrey that indicated the number of tents had increased by double at least with 10,000

COVID rate in California is twice that of Florida

• The Coronavirus rate in California is double that levels of Florida, despite all the mask mandates and recommendations that the state has to prevent the spread of the virus
• According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cases in California are no longer declining and the rate is increasing rapidly
• The vaccination rate in California is 62% but has higher COVID transmission rates than Texas at 54% and Florida at 60%

California group asks SD County Judge to stop state mask mandate for schools

• An Advocacy group that represents parents against the mask mandates in school plead to a judge in a North County courtroom on November 8
• In the courtroom, the group asked the judge to stop the state from enforcing the mask mandate for kids 

Grocery shopper stabbed by security guard over face masks, says Santa Monica Police

• According to California police, a security guard stabbed a shopper at Vons in Santa Monica after a fight broke out over the man’s refusal to wear a face mask
• The man entered the store without a mask on November 8 around 10:30pm and “started to cause a scene” when employees urged him to wear a mask or leave, the police said in a news release
• The guard pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed the man repeatedly, police said.

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• On August 9, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has said that the state will appeal a ruling from a federal judge allowing Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to require Miami passengers to show proof of vaccination
• Norwegian has said Florida’s law would prevent the company from ensuring at least 95% of passengers were vaccinated so it could comply with health regulations

McDonald’s franchise terms to be investigated by Italian antitrust agency

• AGCM, Italy’s antitrust authority will soon investigate McDonald’s terms and conditions in their agreements with franchise operators following many complaints
• If the results of the investigation find the company guilty of breaching Italian antitrust rules, the chain could risk as much as 10% of global turnover

Golden Nugget Online to be purchased by DraftKings for $1.56 billion

• Draftkings has come to an agreement with Golden Nugget Online Gaming for $1.56 billion in stock
• Shareholders of Golden Nugget Online’s stock will receive 0.356 of DraftKings shares and this deal will bring 5 million customers into DraftKing’s ecosystem which has fallen behind in the iGaming sector

Many US corporations introduce vaccine mandates as delta variant cases increase

• US Corporations such as Google, Walmart, Tyson Foos, and United Airlines have announced that they will mandate the Covid vaccine for some or all of their employees
• As of August 8, the US has reported a seven day average of more than 108,600 new Covid cases a day which is a 36% increase from a week prior

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• With Volkswagen’s Bugatti Brand, Porsche and Croatian electric performance car manufacturer plan to make a company called Bugatti-Rimac
• The new company would be making new hypercars and will be established in the last quarter of this year
• In the company, Rimac will have a 55% stake in the business while the 45% will go to Porsche 

England could lift mask mandates and Covid restrictions says Boris Johnson

• The Prime minister of the UK Boris Johnson says that England is on track to lifting mandates for masks and Covid restrictions 
• The UK government plans to ease restrictions on September 4 or also nicknamed “Freedom Day” and data about whether the country will be able to will be assessed on July 12

With Tropical Storm Elsa in Florida, Airlines waive change fees

• Just recently, Tropical Storm Elsa had hit Cuba and according to analysts, it is expected to move northwest towards Florida’s Gulf Coast with a maximum of 65 miles an hour winds
• United Airlines, Delta, and American Airlines have waived their ticket change policies for those customers who have flights in and out of Florida cities for this week

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• In total, the box office receipts show that F9 has made $70 million during its opening weekend in the US
• Internationally, F9 has gotten $37.9 million in ticket sales and has upwards of $05 million since its release outside of Canada and the US

• On June 24, 2021, a condo in Miami, FLorida had partially collapsed which left 4 dead and 156 unaccounted for
• As of today (Sunday) a total of 9 people have been announced dead
• The first four that were identified among the deceased were Stacie Dawn Fang, Antonio Lozano, Gladys Lozano, and Manuel LaFont

• As a result of Covid-19, consumers have leaned towards online shopping and this change in behavior has led the digital economy of Southeast Asia to expand 
• The online retail space has significantly increased during the pandemic in comparison to recent years and this trend is aimed to keep accelerating
• Singapore does have a shortage of skills needed to accommodate this e-commerce boom which would make them a global leader in this space 

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