UK “Freedom Day” elicits criticism amid rising COVID-19 cases - July 20, 2021

Stock futures edged higher Tuesday following Monday’s drop related to concerns over the spread of COVID-19 variants. In premarket trading, IBM rose after reporting a rise in revenue driven by its cloud, software and services businesses. Netflix and United Airlines are slated to post earnings after markets close. Delta variant poses major risk to Biden’s promises of swift economic comeback - The Washington Post U.S. recession ended in April 2020, making it shortest on record - Reuters Inflation Is Here — These 35 Metrics Tell You How Much to Worry - Bloomberg @WSJ: Bets that oil investors made in options markets help explain why crude prices fell so sharply on Monday, and also show that traders are bracing for prices to lurch lower once more Apple pushed back its return to office deadline to October in response to a global resurgence of COVID-19 cases. Wells Fargo told employees to return to work in two waves this fall, and a memo distributed to employees in San Francisco noted workers do not have to be vaccinated. Public health experts predict the U.S. could see a wave of vaccine mandates as soon as the Food and Drug Administration grants full approval to one or more of the coronavirus shots. Indiana University Can Require Students to Get Coronavirus Vaccines - The New York Times France Has Strict New Vaccine Requirements, Could It Work for US? - Healthline Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccinations On Productions Now An Option Under New Return-To-Work Protocols - Deadline Work Life The unspoken reasons employees don't want remote work to end - Fast Company England dropped nearly all of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions in what the U.K declared "Freedom Day.” Surging cases that landed Prime Minister Boris Johnson and thousands of others in self-isolation prompted criticism. The U.S. State Department issued a “do not travel” statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned the uptick in cases puts even fully vaccinated travelers at risk. Mixed signals on England’s ‘Freedom Day’ mean a slow