Canada will require vaccine proof for air travel - August 16, 2021

New York City’s restaurants must begin enforcing the city’s vaccine mandate starting Monday, with numerous restaurants hoping for more detailed guidance on how much information they need to record. Until then, some restaurant owners have described the enforcement process as a “free for all.” Across the U.S., the share of employers requiring coronavirus vaccination in their job postings has nearly doubled in the last month. The Texas Supreme Court temporarily suspended local mask mandates across the state on Sunday after numerous cities, counties and school districts defied the governor’s edict in an effort to contain surging cases of COVID-19. The order comes days after Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett refused to block vaccine mandates to be imposed by Indiana University for all students and employees, marking the first time the high court has weighed in on a vaccine mandate. Cash and short-term investments on corporate balance sheets around the world have reached an all-time high amid fears of a lingering pandemic, hitting a total that is 45% higher than the average of the last five years. Consumer sentiment fell sharply in August due to concerns of the widely-spreading variant, plummeting 13.5%. Canada will require a coronavirus vaccine for all commercial passengers by air, rail or large ship beginning this fall, but officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said there are no plans at this time to mandate vaccines for domestic flights. More international visitors to the U.S. are doubling up on a coronavirus vaccine while in town, citing concerns that the vaccines immediately available in their home country were not effective enough or that they must bolster protection against the delta variant. The number of farmers under 35 in the U.S. is growing, likely aided by the recent period of economic crisis. The recent uptick in interest from non-farm backgrounds could diversify the average age of the agricultural workforce, which has traditionally skewed much older. Turbine Labs has trac