(FREE) PAINE IN THE MORNING: 9 things you need to know this Friday – January 21, 2022

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Fauci Suggests World Is In Phase One Of Five In COVID-19 Pandemic – While other governments move to do away with COVID-19 mandates and regulations, Dr. Anthony Facui recently admitted that it is too early to say that the pandemic is over or decreasing given the rise of the Omicron variant. Since the new variant was discovered, the Biden administration has revamped their efforts to get Americans to take the plunge. And although Americans continue to protest the government overreach, Dr. Fauci noted that the world is still in phase one of five in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Attending the World Economic Forum, Dr. Fauci was asked by a reporter if the COVID-19 pandemic would finally be over in 2022. According to the New York Times, “Dr. Fauci also said that the world is still in the first of what he considered to be the five phases of the pandemic. The first is the ‘truly pandemic’ phase, ‘where the whole world is really very negatively impacted,’ followed by deceleration, control, elimination and eradication.” – READ MORE

CDC Study: Natural Immunity Provides Significantly More Protection Against COVID Than Vaccination Only – A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Wednesday shows that those who have recovered from COVID-19 have more protection against infection than those who have only been vaccinated.

Researchers reviewed data from California and New York from May to November, when the delta variant was dominant in the U.S. – READ MORE

Starbucks Joins Growing List Of Companies Abandoning Vax Mandate After SCOTUS Ruling – Another company has abandoned its plans for a vaccination mandate and mandatory routine testing roughly one week after the Supreme Court killed President Biden’s plans to enforce a corporate vax mandate through OSHA.

To wit, Starbucks has joined the ranks of American megacorps including General Electric in rejecting vaccine mandates by pausing its plans to require baristas to get vaccinated, or receive weekly testing. The decision was reported shortly before President Joe Biden blasted the SCOTUS ruling as a “mistake” during his Wednesday press briefing. – READ MORE

US Jobless Claims Spike to 286,000, Highest Since October – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, likely as a winter wave of COVID-19 infections disrupted business activity, which could constrain job growth this month.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased to a seasonally adjusted 286,000 for the week ended Jan. 15 from 231,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 220,000 applications for the latest week. – READ MORE

Bidenflation: Oil Soars to 8-Year High, Pumping Gas Prices Toward Recent Highs – The price of oil continued to rise sharply on Wednesday, adding more pressure already elevated gasoline prices that are squeezing many U.S. households and businesses.

The price of Brent, the international benchmark, rose by nearly one percent to $88.27 a barrel, the highest price since 2014. West Texas Intermediate crude, which is the price of domestically produced oil, rose 1.44 percent to 86.66 a barrel. – READ MORE

Truck Drivers Become Biden and Trudeau’s Worst Nightmare, Disrupt US-Canada Border to Protest Vax Mandate – Truckers caused serious disruptions at crossing points between the United States and Canada on Monday to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates that threaten their livelihoods — and that experts warn could have major ramifications for trade between our two countries.

Dozens of big rigs slow-rolled along Highway 75 near the U.S.-Canada border, clogging access to the border checkpoint and causing delays, to protest mandates that could leave thousands out of work and exasperate problems for an already precarious supply chain in North America. – READ MORE

TSA Says It Will Accept Arrest Warrants as ID for Illegal Aliens at Airports – What sort of identification do you need to fly from a U.S. airport? According to the Transporation Security Agency (TSA), there are 16 forms of ID you can use to board an airplane. Generally, they include any government-issued ID like a driver’s license or a passport as well as military IDs, transportation worker cards, and a border crossing card.

And, if you’re an illegal alien and can’t manufacture your own ID or buy it, you can use your government-issued arrest warrant. – READ MORE

IRS To Require Facial Recognition To View Tax Returns – The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has partnered with a Virginia-based private identification firm which requires a facial recognition selfie among other things, in order to create or access online accounts with the agency

According to KrebsonSecurity, the IRS announced that by the summer of 2022, the only way to log into irs.gov will be through ID.me. Founded by former Army Rangers in 2010, the McLean-based company has evolved to providing online ID verification services which several states are using to help reduce unemployment and pandemic-assistance fraud. The company claims to have 64 million users. – READ MORE

US Army Guerrilla Warfare Exercise To Target “Freedom Fighters” – The US Army is set to conduct a “guerrilla warfare exercise” later this month in North Carolina where troops will battle against “freedom fighters.”

The two week “unconventional warfare exercise” will take from from Jan. 22-Feb. 4 on privately owned land in a remote location which remains unknown. – READ MORE