The Daily Populous

Thursday September 9th, 2021 night edition

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Marraccini said the decision was based on science, not politics, and aims to avoid subjecting other patients and staff to unnecessary risk.

"This is a problem that really everyone needs to help out with and it’s affecting our collective communal health.".

Marraccini said only about 10% to 15% of her patients were vaccine hesitant.

Florida is in the grip of its deadliest wave of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, a disaster driven by the highly contagious delta variant.

Patients with other medical conditions are laying in hallways, while Covid patients with preventable admissions are in rooms.

It is important even for vaccinated patients to be careful of exposure to the unvaccinated, as we are seeing “break-though” infections.

What is known is over 95% of the Covid hospitalized and 99% of the deaths are unvaccinated patients. »

China built a massive 190-foot statue of a god of war that locals don't like. Now it'll cost more than $20 million to move the hulking work of art.

Authored by yahoo.com

Chinese officials are wincing at the hefty $20 million cost of moving a 190-foot-tall bronze statue.

It cost close to $26 million to build, but the Chinese government later said it ruined the area's landscape.

It'll cost the Chinese city of Jingzhou a whopping $20 million to relocate a 190-foot-tall statue of Chinese warrior-god Guan Yu. »

Dontnod adopting permanent work-from-home policy

Authored by gamesindustry.biz

Dontnod adopting permanent work-from-home policy Twin Mirror and Tell Me Why studio will let all employees choose whether they want to go into the office or work remotely.

Dontnod is the latest studio to embrace a permanent work-from-home policy, the developer of Twin Mirror and Tell Me Why announced today.

"So, we designed the FROG program to offer the best working conditions, regardless of the preferred mode.". »

The Other Afghan Women

Authored by newyorker.com

They were members of the Taliban, who were waging an offensive to wrest the countryside back from the Afghan National Army.

The pounding of artillery filled the air, announcing the start of a Taliban assault on an Afghan Army outpost.

Unlike in relatively liberal Kabul, visiting women in these hinterlands is not easy: even without Taliban rule, women traditionally do not speak to unrelated men. »

Treasury: Top 1 percent responsible for $163 billion in unpaid taxes

Authored by thehill.com
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Like Biden, Democratic lawmakers have pushed for years to boost IRS funding, hire more revenue officers, and upgrade the agency’s technology.

But Republicans, who slashed IRS funding during the Obama administration, have resisted those efforts over fears the agency would target political opponents.

Along with boosting IRS enforcement efforts, Biden has also proposed raising income taxes for high-earning individuals and businesses, establishing minimum taxes for corporations, and boosting inheritance taxes. »