(FREE) PAINE IN THE MORNING: 10 things you need to know this Tuesday – February 8, 2022

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CDC weighs increasing time between vaccine doses to lower risk of heart inflammation – U.S. health officials are considering new changes to vaccine guidance that would lengthen the amount of time between doses in order to lower the risk of heart inflammation for immunocompromised people.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told a panel of outside advisers on Friday these proposed changes would apply to the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. – READ MORE

U.S. Department of Health Stops Requiring Hospitals to Report Coronavirus Deaths to Federal Government – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officially stopped requiring hospitals to report coronavirus deaths last Wednesday as the death toll approached 900,000.

Initially established in January, the rule change did not go into effect until last Wednesday – the same day the U.K. government announced it would stop requiring hospitals to report coronavirus death tolls by Easter, according to WSWS.- READ MORE

Dem. governors in New Jersey, Delaware set to drop in-school mask mandates: We need to get kids ‘back to normal’ – Blue-state governors of both New Jersey and Delaware have set timelines to wrap up in-school mask mandates, according to a Monday report from the New York Times.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) on Monday announced mask mandates in schools would soon wind to a close. – READ MORE

100,000 U.S. Deaths Due To Diabetes In 2021, Second Year In A Row – More than 100,000 Americans have died from diabetes for the second year in a row, Reuters reported. The surge in deaths was partly due to missed treatment and diagnosis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to experts.

“The large number of diabetes deaths for a second year in a row is certainly a cause for alarm,” Dr. Paul Hsu, an epidemiologist at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, told Reuters. “Type 2 diabetes itself is relatively preventable, so it’s even more tragic that so many deaths are occurring.” – READ MORE

1,229 Year-Old ‘Ye Old Fighting Cocks’ Pub Survived War, Famine, And The Plague: Closed By COVID-19 – The oldest pub in England, which may be as much as 1,229 years old, has been forced to close down due to COVID-19 hardships.

According to The Washington Post, “the pandemic and the government’s public health restrictions squeezed [Christo Tofalli’s] business until he couldn’t meet its financial obligations.” – READ MORE

Attorneys Report Spike In Calls For Help From Families Of Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 – Attorneys around the country report an alarming uptick in calls for help from families of patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

Some say they’ve talked to family members who were arrested after trying to visit a loved one or to speak with a doctor after communications with the hospital were cut off. – READ MORE

Survey finds that nearly 7 in 10 Americans are living paycheck to paycheck – A recently conducted survey found that nearly 7 in 10 American adults are living paycheck to paycheck; 63% don’t see themselves reaching a level of financial security necessary to have the lifestyle they want.

Surprisingly, this number slightly decreased since 2019, when Forbes reported that 78% of workers lived paycheck to paycheck. – READ MORE

Outrageous congressional plan to spy on everything online gets hammered – A prominent privacy organization, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has issued a warning that a new congressional plan called the EARN IT Act would open the door for corporations to spy on everything online.

That’s “texts, DMs, messages, websites, cloud photos” and more. – READ MORE

Biden Admin To Fund Crack Pipe Distribution To Advance ‘Racial Equity’ – The Biden administration is set to fund the distribution of crack pipes to drug addicts as part of its plan to advance “racial equity.”

The $30 million grant program, which closed applications Monday and will begin in May, will provide funds to nonprofits and local governments to help make drug use safer for addicts. Included in the grant, which is overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services, are funds for “smoking kits/supplies.” A spokesman for the agency told the Washington Free Beacon that these kits will provide pipes for users to smoke crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and “any illicit substance.” – READ MORE

“A Disaster In Plain Sight” – Why San Francisco Is Doing Nothing To Curb Brutal Fentanyl Crisis – The San Francisco Chronicle just published a lengthy multimedia report about the most devastating public-health crisis currently afflicting the city. And no, it’s not COVID-19. It’s the rash of super-potent synthetic opioids like fentanyl that are causing a surge in deaths among the city’s vast homeless community, as well as among others.

Nearly 3/4ths of the thousands of drug overdoses that have been reported in the City by the Bay have involved fentanyl; for the last two years, Fentanyl has been killing far more people in San Francisco than COVID. It’s not even close, really. – READ MORE