Hospitals like the University of Mississippi Medical Center are overwhelmed. Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vice chancellor of the Jackson hospital, told NPR they are nearly out of beds — and treating patients in hallways.
Meanwhile, Biden administration health officials are coalescing around a plan that would advise most Americans to get a COVID-19 booster shot eight months after their last dose. A booster is already recommended for immunocompromised people. Here are six things to know if you're immunocompromised and are considering a third shot.
If a booster is recommended for most Americans, that means millions of people may soon receive a third shot, while many others have yet to receive a single one. But there are still additional public health measures that could work to help stem the delta surge. NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin reports.
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Cato Daily Podcast - What Would Serious Election Reform Look Like?
How much of the election reform passed this year in states makes sense? Walter Olson disentangles some of the motivations.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Innovation vs. ‘The Big Short’ – Cathie Wood and Michael Burry’s Battle Frames the Potential Futures of Markets
The investors’ opposing beliefs will soon be proven right or wrong as markets respond to inflation.
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Investors Cathie Wood and Michael Burry are predicting opposing outcomes for the recent high inflation rate. On this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW explores:
- Michael Burry’s background and principles
- Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment and its strategies
- Burry’s bet against ARK
Michael Burry, the main subject of “The Big Short,” has built his career betting on bubbles. Notably, he shorted Tesla in 2020 and took a negative stance against Elon Musk’s bitcoin boasts. He predicted an upcoming “mother of all crashes” for crypto, which has yet to occur.
On the other end of the spectrum is Cathie Wood, long-time Tesla supporter and champion of bitcoin on Wall Street. Her fund, ARK Investment, focused on disruptive tech innovation and 2020 saw her flagship exchange-traded fund rise to become the world’s largest.
Their opposing strategies have reached a critical point as news broke that Burry has shorted ARK, prompting Wood to launch into a Twitter thread to defend her fund’s beliefs. Only time and markets will be the judge of which investor’s fundamentals win in the end.
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Focus on Africa - Uganda to host 2,000 Afghan refugees on US request
Uganda will take in 2,000 Afghan refugees fleeing the crisis in their country.Refugees Minister Esther Anyakun told the BBC that President Yoweri Museveni agreed to take in the refugees at the request of the Americans.
Kenya's Public Prosecutor orders the arrest of six Police officers linked to the death of two brothers.
A Zimbabwean-led initiative aiming to put more girls in school has attracted financing from philanthropic organisations.
African Tech Roundup - UNAJUA Throwback S1 EP2: Can gaming startups compete with Facebook & Tencent? ft. Lucy Hoffman
Part 2 of this UNAJUA Throwback series takes us back to when Lucy Hoffman, co-founder and head of operations at the Cape Town-based mobile content development startup Carry1st, joined Andile Masuku and Osarumen Osamuyi for an extended insight-rich chat—published on March 10th 2020. (Since then, Carry1st has gone on to close a $6 million Series A led by Colorado-based VC firm, Konvoy Ventures.)
In this episode, Lucy Hoffman outlines Carry1st's user adoption strategy and suggests how startups like hers plan to compete against the likes of Facebook and Tencent.
Lucy is an experienced American business operations specialist who, prior to joining Carry1st, spearheaded operations at impact investment facilitation startup Nexii and the African Leadership Academy. Before that, she interned for the global diversity and inclusion team at Credit Suisse and spent three and a half years embedded at Morgan & Stanley, where she worked on M&A and capital markets transactions for global power and utility companies.
You can listen to the full original episode here: www.africantechroundup.com/lucy-hoffman-carry1st/
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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #293 – “The Circus” with Callie Biggerstaff & Joe Kaye
WE'RE BACK, FOLKS! In this episode, Rivers Langley and Carter Glascock are joined by TWO incredible special guests: friend of the show, comedian Joe Kaye AND the co-host of the ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL podcast "Circus Stories", Callie Biggerstaff! As you might have gleaned from the title, this episode is all about the wonderful and, sometimes terrifying, world of THE CIRCUS! Callie and Joe both have incredibly long and interesting histories with this centuries-old institution and their stories are AMAZING! We go into clowns, Cirque du Soliel, and so much more. PLUS the monstrous, crime-ridden stories of both P.T. Barnum and Grady Stiles Jr. AKA "The Lobster Boy". We're so thrilled to be back and we can't wait for y'all to hear this one! Follow our show on Twitter @TheGoodsPod. Rivers is @RiversLangley Carter is @Carter_Glascock Sam is @SlamHarter Subscribe on Patreon for HOURS of bonus content and being added to all the time! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: Diamonds: The Conspiracy
Diamonds: according to the ads, they're a girl's best friend, and the only thing worth picking for an engagement ring. But how did diamonds become so important -- and why?
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The founding editor of National Affairs, Yuval Levin, joins the podcast today to talk about the implosion of Afghanistan and Joe Biden’s shame as well as his article in the September issue of Commentary: “What We Have Gotten Right in the COVID Fight.”
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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 08/17
The Biden administration is expected to recommend that most people get booster shots eight months after receiving their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. President Biden defends the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, and blames Afghan leaders for the swift Taliban takeover. Some veterans and their families are expressing regret toward how the war in Afghanistan is ending. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Tuesday, August 17, 2021:
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