*Kentucky candle factory bosses threatened to fire those who fled tornado, say workers.*

*Would a union have saved them?*

Of the patients who were hospitalized with Covid-19 and still had problems when they got out, at least half still have problems a year later.

10% still have brain fog.

*Iran and the UN inspector have reached an agreement on the imminent reinstallation of cameras at the Karaj nuclear facility, a move that is seen as indispensable to keeping alive the broader nuclear talks and the lifting of US sanctions on Tehran.*

I think Iran has decided to get serious about making an agreement rather than trying to make the US desperate for an agreement.

Mississippi's Republicans blocked federal funds to expand Medicaid on principle. The principle being that poor people and blacks should suffer. If "god" had wanted them not to suffer, he would have made them not get sick.

France has restricted travel from the UK because of the spread of Omicron there.

It's not a punishment, it's self-protection.

Meanwhile, by next week at the latest the UK may as well end its ban on travelers from some African countries. Travel from those places will not be a significant cause of more cases of Omicron in the UK, not compared with transmission within the UK.