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The Fed chair says Omicron is a risk to the economy. Could that mean more stimulus checks?
The rise and rapid spread of the Omicron variant is already taking a toll on U.S. markets and has the World Health Organization on high alert. And that’s renewing demand for a fourth stimulus check among some people.

To date, nearly 3 million people have signed a Change.org petition calling for recurring $2,000 payments to adults and $1,000 payments for children, making it one of the platform’s most signed. And the Senior Citizens League continues to call for a $1,400 special stimulus to assist with cost-of-living adjustments.

But even with Omicron, the odds remain remarkably low, with lawmakers showing no appetite for a fourth round of checks.

The variant is certainly having a big impact in a short time. The World Health Organization has labeled it a “very high” global risk, saying that the “unprecedented number of spike mutations” in the variant could “impact the trajectory of the pandemic.” The Dow has lost roughly 700 points in the past two trading sessions on concerns over the virus, while the S&P index has dropped 54. And both markets were down sharply in early trading Tuesday.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, meanwhile, will tell the Senate today that Omicron could pose a risk to the economy.
Biden will have to do SOMETHING if he doesn't want Dems to get eviscerated in 2022. I don't expect him to do a damn thing.
But if you face the goddamn facts, we're getting dangerously too close to multiple precipices as I've mentioned before.

He's going to have to either:
  • Give out a fourth, maybe even a fifth round of stimulus checks
  • Cancel student loans up to $30,000 or $50,000
  • Continue the student loan pause for at least another 6 months
One of those three things to avoid some massive economic shit come February.
If he does all three, we might actually avoid another economic recession altogether. If he does none of them, expect a GOP-run legislature in 2023-2024.
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Xyls wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 5:45 am
Omicron is no joke.


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A lot of people are going to die this coming winter.

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Researchers carry out the first head-to-head comparison of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12- ... cines.html
by Tamar Nordenberg, Veterans Affairs Research Communications

In the first head-to-head comparison of the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, researchers examined the electronic health records of veterans who had received each vaccine. Both vaccines were highly effective in preventing COVID-19 outcomes such as documented infection, hospitalization, and death.

However, the Moderna vaccine was found to offer an increased level of protection, including a 21% lower risk of documented infection and 41% lower risk of hospitalization, according to the research team, whose findings were published on December 1, 2021, in the New England Journal of Medicine.

"Both vaccines are incredibly effective, with only rare breakthrough cases," said Dr. J.P. Casas, a member of the research team made up of experts from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Brigham and Women's Hospital. "But regardless of the predominant strain—Alpha earlier and then Delta later—Moderna was shown to be slightly more effective," said Casas, an epidemiologist and associate professor with Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School and executive director of the VA's Million Veteran Program for genetics and health research.
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