China is finding that the Delta variant is too transmissible to eradicate with the strict lockdown measures that were successful in the past. This is the same as what Australia is experiencing.

Some of the people quoted in the article assume that this will remain the case even after nearly everyone is vaccinated; but that does not follow. Transmission between vaccinated people does occur, but the R-value will be less.

Discrimination in employment against blacks and other minorities operates on job applications sight-unseen: employers reject them because the applicant's name sounds like a black.

This article reports on the UK situation, but I expect it is the same in the US.

I wonder if it is possible to do something about this by preventing the application from showing the applicant's race. But would that make a real difference in who gets hired, or would it only postpone application of the bias?

There is evidence of applying bias against women in a similar way.

*Millions more people vulnerable to flooding in next decade, study shows.*

Research on comparative genetics of various ethnic groups in Xinjiang could be used by China for repression.

*Labour calls for ‘hard-edged’ end date for oil and gas exploration.*

That date should be last year, if not today.