HOW TO KNOW YOU HAVE OMICRON A SCRATCHY THROAT

HOW TO KNOW YOU HAVE OMICRON: A 'SCRATCHY THROAT'<br /><br />Preliminary data on the omicron variant of Covid is starting to roll in, and one common thread virologists are noticing: many of the people infected have a scratchy throat. Not a sore throat... A scratchy throat.<br /><br />Back up: This falls in line with what Dr. Angelique Coetzee, the chair of South Africa's Medical Association, said last month: that Omicron has "mostly mild symptoms."<br /><br />Unlike previous Covid variants, Omicron patients don't usually report a lost taste or smell, and they do not develop a cough. And as Coetzee observed, symptoms and generally much milder. However, it is highly transmissible. <br /><br />So liberal states like New York are re-imposing mask mandates because of... 'a scratchy throat'? <br /><br />[Source: The Hill]<br /><br /><br />🏡 Home prices hit a 45-year high, rising 17% in October from last year<br /><br />🔎 Google plans to deduct pay and eventually fire unvaccinated employees<br /><br />🗓 The Boston Tea Party took place on this day in 1773<br /><br />✅ 75% of employers say they won't implement vaccine requirements if the courts kill Biden's mandate<br /><br />Sources: Just the News, The Verge, History, Society for Human Resources Management<br /><br />🆘 The Penn Wharton Budget Model — a nonpartisan public policy research initiative at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School — found that inflation trends require the typical American household to spend around $3,500 more in 2021 to achieve the same level of consumption as in previous years. [Daily Wire]<br /><br />📵 Twitter will begin imposing penalties on users who claim that vaccinated people can spread Covid-19, according to a change quietly added to the website’s terms of service. [Mediaite]<br /><br />✅ The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education agreed to delay enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students until fall 2022, preventing more than 30,000 students from being forced into online, independent study. [ABC LA]<