Tuesday Watch

Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:    

• China to Expand Shenzhen’s Qianhai Zone, Eyeing H.K.    
• Tech Crackdown Is a Cloud Over China Economy, Ex-WTO Chief Says.  
• Japan Household Spending Falls for a Third Month.  
• U.K. Retail Sales Lose Steam as Firms, Shoppers Fret Over Prices.
• Merkel Confidant Dies Days After Becoming China Ambassador.
• Singapore Won’t Exclude Tighter Curbs as It Confronts Covid Jump.  
• Iran Condemns Taliban for Assault on Afghan Resistance Enclave.  
• Run-it-Hot Eurozone Economy Robs Junk Bond Market of Real Yield .  
• Porsche CEO Says Electric Supercars Will Win Out: Munich Update.  
• Brazil Economists See Higher Key Rate and Slower Growth in 2022.
• European Stocks Have Record In Sight on Hopes Stimulus Will Stay.  
• Stocks Set to Extend Rally in Asia; Dollar Firmer: Markets Wrap.
• Oil Steady With Saudi Price Cuts Raising Competition Stakes.
  
• Europeans Hit the Road to Fire Rebound in Continent’s Oil Demand.  
• Ida’s Initial Hit to U.S. Oil Output Has Surpassed Katrina’s. 
• Goldman Cuts U.S. Growth Forecast as Consumer Sees ‘Harder Path’.

Wall Street Journal:

• Taliban Claim to Have Conquered Last Pocket of Resistance in Afghanistan.
• Business Travel Rebound Stifled by Covid Resurgence.
• Aluminum Hits Decade High After Guinea Coup.
• U.S. Left Afghanistan Littered With Decaying Factories, Schools.
• Big Boeing Customer Says It Is Walking Away From New MAX Order.
• Democrats Bet That Legislative Success Will Bring Political Rewards.
• Instacart Goes Deeper Into Digital Advertising as Grocery Delivery Slows.
• Does Joe Biden Have Any Core Principles?  
• Kavanaugh to the Liberal Rescue.  
• Our Friends the Taliban.  
• Reclaiming Our Independence From Big Tech.

Fox News:  

• EXCLUSIVE: State Dept accused of stealing credit for rescue of 4 Americans from Afghanistan.
• Alarming crime analysis reveals which major US cities saw the worst upticks in shootings, murders.
• President's approval tanks, only 2 others have had lower ratings at this point. 
• CNN blasted for article claiming 'Whiteness' will expand to be 'tan'.

CNBC:

• Tech giants are rushing to develop their own chips – here’s why. 
• Shortage of supplies and workers will delay Gulf rebuilding after Ida.

Zero Hedge: 

• Investigating The Mass Hysteria Over 1 Degree In Climate Change Since 1850.
• Aussie Health Chief: COVID Will Be With Us "Forever", People Will Have To "Get Used To" Endless Booster Vaccines.
• Evergrande Bonds Halted Amid Liquidation Panic As Contagion Spreads To Other Chinese Junk.
• 'AntiVaxMomma' Sold Fake Vaccination Cards That Got Verified In NY State Database.
• The Great Computer Chip Shortage Of 2021 Is Just Heating Up.
• United Nations Vows To Keep Afghan Aid Flowing After Meeting With Taliban.
• Millennials & Zoomers Inherit A Boomer Mess, What Will They Do With Their Turn?
• Traffic Deaths Surged To 38,680 In 2020 Despite Americans Driving 13% Less Miles.
• Futures Rise, Europe And China Bounce With US Closed For Holiday.
• State Department, Then Taliban, Reportedly Blocking Private Rescue Planes From Departing Afghanistan.
• Oregon Police And Firefighters Suing Governor In Resistance Of Vaccine Mandate.
• Divers Identify One-Foot Broken Pipeline As Source Of Oil Spill In Gulf Of Mexico.
• UK Minister Says Minors Can Get COVID Vaccine Jab Without Parental Consent.
• "I Will Not Submit": 140,000 French Citizens Protest Against Vaccine Passport.
• Belarus Floods EU With Migrants From Middle East.
• Soros' Dream: To Turn China Into A Neoliberal Grabitization Opportunity.
• Robocop Is Here: Singapore Deploys Robots To Detect "Undesirable Behavior" Including Groups Of "More Than Five People".
• Milley Admits US Withdrawal From Afghanistan Will Lead To Civil War, Terrorism.

Reuters:

• U.S.-bound migrants fill Colombia town as COVID-19 border closures lifted. (Aug. 11)
  
• Colombia has administered at least 35,750,492 doses of COVID vaccines so far. (graph) Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 35.5% of the country’s population.
• COVID-19 infections are decreasing in Colombia, with 1,959 new infections reported on average each day. That’s 6% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on June 27.

 Jerusalem Post:

• COVID-19: New 'Mu variant' from Colombia could be vaccine resistant - WHO.

Nature: 

• Why US coronavirus tracking can’t keep up with concerning variants. (April 7) Laboratories supported by the US government have doubled the rate at which they are sequencing SARS-CoV-2 genomes over the past two months. Still, the number of genomes that the country shared in the online genome repository GISAID in March represented only 1.6% of its positive COVID-19 cases that month.

Newsweek:

• Mu COVID Variant, Which Could Be Resistant to Vaccines, Now in Almost Every State.
  

NewsMax:

• Border Patrol Tries to Fill Holes in Border Wall That Biden Left.

TheGatewayPundit.com:

• Image Surfaces of Stranded Planes Filled with Americans at Mazar-i-Sharif Airport in Afghanistan – Taliban Holds Planes Hostage as Biden State Department Blocks Departures.
• Hundreds Turn Out at Camp Pendleton for Candlelight Memorial for Lost Marines – And More Rumblings of a Countdown Before Bombing.
• Biden Effect: Taliban Now Controls More Territory in Afghanistan Today than They Did on 9-11 20 Years Ago.
• Fauci Keeping an Eye on “Mu Variant” to “Make Sure it Doesn’t Become More Dominant” (VIDEO). 
• “Makes Me Want to Puke!”: GOP Congressman Accuses Biden Admin of Lying About Helping Four Americans Escape Afghanistan Who Were Rescued by Veteran Cory Mills.
• US Congressman: At Least 500 Americans Stranded in Afghanistan.
• Democrat Senator Blumenthal Blasts Biden Admin Over Abandoning Americans in Afghanistan: “Furious at Our Government’s Delays and Inaction”.
  

The Epoch Times:

• China Sends Bombers, Fighter Jets Into Taiwan’s Air Defense Zone.
• Germany’s China Envoy Dies Less Than 2 Weeks After Appointment.
• Tang Jingyuan: How Biden and Xi View ‘Competition’ Is Different; China’s Bid to Take Over the US.

Covid-19(Data, Maps, Graphs):

• Our World in Data:  New Global Covid-19 Cases(7-day rolling average graphs). New US Covid Hospital Admissions/ICU Admissions/Deaths
  
• FT.com:  Fully Vaccinated by Country(graph). Global Lockdown Stringency Index(map).
• Bloomberg.com:  International Travel Restrictions.  Case Graphs by State.
  
• NYTimes.com:  County Trends and Clusters. Local ICU Occupancy.
  
• Brown School of Public Health:  Covid Severity by State/County(map).  US Hospital Capacity(region).
  
• CovidActNow:  Covid Severity/Infection Rate by Metro Area.
  
• KFF:  US Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity.
  
• Carnegie Mellon: Covid-Like Symptoms in Community. Covid Symptom Searches on Google. Covid-Related Dr.Visits.  Restaurant Visits. Wearing Masks. (graphs)
  
• Safegraph.com:  Commerce Patterns(graphs).

Night Trading

• Asian indices are -.25% to +.75% on average.
• Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 64.5 unch..
• China Sovereign CDS 32.5 +.25 basis point.
• Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 60.62 +.02%.
• Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 3,079.0 -24.0 points.
• Volatility Index(VIX) futures 20.32 -1.2%. 
• Euro Stoxx 50 futures -.1%.
• S&P 500 futures +.13%.
• NASDAQ 100 futures +.27%

Morning Preview Links

Earnings of Note

Company/Estimate

Before the Open:

• None of note
  

After the Close:

• (CASY)/2.99
• (COUP)/-.06

Economic Releases

• None of note

Upcoming Splits

• None of note
  

Other Potential Market Movers

• The Eurozone GDP report, German ZEW Sentiment Index, $58B 3Y T-Note auction, UBS Chemicals Conference and the Goldman Sachs Biotech Symposium could also impact trading today.

US Equity Market Hours

• 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST

BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly higher, boosted by technology and healthcare shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open mixed and rally into the afternoon, finishing modestly higher.  The Portfolio is 100% net long heading into the week.

Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:                     

• Pakistan’s Spy Chief Visits Kabul for Meeting With Taliban.   
• European Allies Fault U.S. Afghan Pullout, GOP Senator Says.
• HK Pro-Democracy Body Won’t Comply With Police Request: SCMP.   
• China’s ‘Mr. Income Distribution’ Explains Common Prosperity.
• Australia Touts Resilient Economy in Face of China Trade Curbs.  
• Italy’s Economy to Grow at Least 5.8% This Year, Minister Says.
  
• UN Urges Climate Laggard Australia to Set Emissions Target.
• Mercedes Boss Warns Chip Shortage Won’t Just Go Away Next Year.
• Emerging Currencies Are in ‘Sweet Spot’ for Carry Trades Again.  
• Saudis Cut Oil Prices to Woo Buyers as OPEC+ Boosts Supply.
• UAE Plans to Become Finance Hub, Seeks $150 Billion Investment.  
• Asia Stocks Eye Japan Lift; Traders Mull Weak Jobs: Markets Wrap.
• Mideast Stock Markets Mixed as Traders Mull Recovery: Inside EM.
• Oil Extends Losses as Saudi Arabia Slashes Asian Crude Prices.
• Mercedes Readies E-Class’s Electric Sibling to Bolster Overhaul.  
• Opioid Distributors to Move Forward With $26 Billion Accord.

Wall Street Journal:  

• Inside Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal Plan: Warnings, Doubts but Little Change.
• Islamic State Kills at Least 12 Police in Iraq.
• Search for Yield Leads Bond Buyers to Unrated Debt.
• Biden’s Aides Head Abroad After U.S. Afghan Pullout.
• U.S. Ports See Shipping Logjams Likely Extending Far Into 2022.
• Progressives’ Tax-the-Rich Dreams Fade as Democrats Struggle for Votes.
• Wallets Are Over. Your Phone Is Your Everything Now.
• 9/11 and the Rise of the Homeland-Security Industrial Complex.  
• Russia and China Eye a Retreating U.S.
• Media Can’t Handle the Climate Truth.  
• A Dishonest Afghanistan Accounting.
• China’s Industrial Planning Evolves, Stirring U.S. Concerns.  
• Biden’s Vainglory Brings Abject Humiliation in Afghanistan.

CNBC:

• College debt crisis drives more students away from four-year schools.
• Republican lawmaker readies bill mandating foreign subsidy disclosures for mergers.
• How Amazon’s cloud business generates billions in profit.

IG:

• Weekend Markets Trading Live.

MarketWatch.com:      

• Why the recent wave of regional bank mergers is far from over — and you could profit from it.
  
• Opinion: Beat the market with this quant system that’s very bullish on stocks at record highs.

Fox News:

• Pregnant Calif. woman stranded in Afghanistan says Taliban going ‘door to door,’ looking for US citizens.
• Judge Jeanine: Joe Biden has given a terrorist organization their own nation. 
• HANSON: Our new woke Pentagon is hell-bent on losing America's trust – and wars.
• Taliban spokesperson warns US not to interfere with their culture, treatment of women.
• Biden’s chief of staff responds to Taliban slaughtering US citizens' stories.

Newsmax:   

• Biden Polling Plunge Continues as Questions Mount on COVID Leadership, Afghanistan.  
• Rep. Jackson: Taliban Holding Americans Until US Recognizes. 
• Rep. McCaul: Executions Taking Place of Afghans Who Were US Partners.

Reuters:

• U.S.-bound migrants fill Colombia town as COVID-19 border closures lifted. (Aug. 11)
  
• Colombia has administered at least 35,750,492 doses of COVID vaccines so far. (graph) Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 35.5% of the country’s population.
• COVID-19 infections are decreasing in Colombia, with 1,959 new infections reported on average each day. That’s 6% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on June 27.

 Jerusalem Post:

• COVID-19: New 'Mu variant' from Colombia could be vaccine resistant - WHO.

Nature: 

• Why US coronavirus tracking can’t keep up with concerning variants. (April 7) Laboratories supported by the US government have doubled the rate at which they are sequencing SARS-CoV-2 genomes over the past two months. Still, the number of genomes that the country shared in the online genome repository GISAID in March represented only 1.6% of its positive COVID-19 cases that month.

Newsweek:

• Mu COVID Variant, Which Could Be Resistant to Vaccines, Now in Almost Every State.

Zero Hedge:

• California Admits Grid At Risk Amid Push To Greenify Economy.
• Victims Of US Drone Strike In Kabul That Wiped Out Children Want Answers.
• Horse-Paste Hooey: How Left-Wing Lunatics Spread Yet Another Obvious Lie.
• Fauci Talks Boosters: Pfizer First As Moderna Delayed.
• Bad Ideas Tried Again: Pension Plans Borrow Money At A Record Pace To Invest.
• World Food Prices Jump In August To Near Decade High.
• Amidst Historic Labor Shortage, The Retail Race To Secure Tens Of Thousands Of Holiday Workers Has Officially Started.
• Tesla Reportedly Targeting $25,000 "Model 2" With No Steering Wheel By 2023.
• Jerome Powell's Quest For Economic Stability Is Destabilizing.
• Brazil Suspends 12 Million Doses Of China's Sinovac Vaccine.
• Taiwan Scrambles Jets Against Renewed Large Chinese Aerial Incursion.
• Morgan Stanley: Commodities Find Themselves At The Center Of 2021's Most Important Stories.
• Rolling Stone 'Horse Dewormer' Hit-Piece Debunked After Hospital Says No Ivermectin Overdoses
• House Of Lords Member Asked Why Brits Are Forced To Take PCR COVID Tests On Returning To UK But Illegal Migrants Aren't. 
• Is The US Intelligence Community Putting The World At Risk?
• As If Millions Of Hollywood Celebs Suddenly Cried Out In Terror: China Bans "Effeminate Men" From TV.
• Vaccine Voodoo.
• China's Financial Regulators Pledge Tighter Control Of Economy, Closure Of "Loopholes".
• Pentagon Won't Name ISIS Terrorists Killed In Airstrike.
• Congress Stealthily Moves Closer To Making Women Register For The Draft.

TheGatewayPundit.com:

• WHERE’S KAMALA? Vice President Goes Missing Amid Afghanistan Disaster.
• Finally Some Common Sense and Science – UK Halts Giving COVID Shots to Children Under Age 16.
• Utility Workers Wait for Joe Biden’s Motorcade in Louisiana then All Turn Their Back on Him.
• UPDATE: SIX PLANES in Northern Afghanistan NOW HELD HOSTAGE BY TALIBAN — Filled with Americans and Afghan SIV Holders #BidenEffect.
• Biden Mocks Concerns About Freedom in New COVID Vaccine Video, Peddles Misinformation as He Complains Debate Has Become “Awful Political”.
• Taliban Terrorists Execute Pregnant Female Police Officer In Her Home in Front of Her Family.
• Israel Preparing to Administer FOURTH Covid Jab to Fight New Variants.
• California School Official Says Thousands of Students and Children Are Trapped in Afghanistan – Their Stories Will Start to Unfold in Coming Days.

The Epoch Times:

• Brazil Suspends 12 Million Doses of China’s Sinovac Vaccine.
• US Coast Guard Pacific Chief Says China’s New Maritime Rule ‘Very Concerning'.

Covid-19(Data, Maps, Graphs):

• Our World in Data:  New Global Covid-19 Cases(7-day rolling average graphs). New US Covid Hospital Admissions/ICU Admissions/Deaths
  
• FT.com:  Fully Vaccinated by Country(graph). Global Lockdown Stringency Index(map).
• Bloomberg.com:  International Travel Restrictions.  Case Graphs by State.
  
• NYTimes.com:  County Trends and Clusters. Local ICU Occupancy.
  
• Brown School of Public Health:  Covid Severity by State/County(map).  US Hospital Capacity(region).
  
• CovidActNow:  Covid Severity/Infection Rate by Metro Area.
  
• KFF:  US Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity.
  
• Carnegie Mellon: Covid-Like Symptoms in Community. Covid Symptom Searches on Google. Covid-Related Dr.Visits.  Restaurant Visits. Wearing Masks. (graphs)
  
• Safegraph.com:  Commerce Patterns(graphs).

Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:               

• Taliban Special Forces Bring Abrupt End to Women's Protest.  
• Chinese Finance Regulators Vow Tighter Supervision, New Rules.  
• ECB Tightening Too Soon Risks ‘Big Mistake,’ EU’s Gentiloni Says.
• Global Gas Price Surge Threatens to Dent the Economic Recovery.
• Hedge Funds Slash Exposure to U.S. Stocks That Count on China.  
• Back to Uncertainty Replaces Back to School for the Stock Market.
• Car Shows Are Back and CEOs Have Wheeling-and-Dealing to Do.
• Millennials and Gen Z Are Hooked on a $46 Billion Shopping App.  
• FDA Pushes for Moderna Booster Shot Data in Weighing Dose.
• Wealthy Nations Will Have 1.2 Billion Doses They Don’t Need.  
• ECB Dares to Ask If Crisis Stimulus Can Be Pared Back: Eco Week.   
• Bond-Market Day of Reckoning Denied as Weak Jobs Dim Taper Talk.

Wall Street Journal:  

• Taliban Claim Breakthrough in Afghan Resistance Haven.
• China Plays the Climate Card.
  
• The Afghan Fiasco Will Stick to Biden.
  
• Colleges Violate Their Promises to Vaccinated Students.
  
• A Woke City Wakes Up.
  
• Why I Won’t Support Spending Another $3.5 Trillion.
• Infrastructure Bill Could Alter States’ Transportation Approach.
• Schools Are Open but Don’t Have Enough School Bus Drivers.
• Researchers Infect Volunteers With Coronavirus, Hoping to Conquer Pandemic.
• The Children of 9/11 Remember the Pain of Losing Parents.
• Boeing Dreamliner Delivery Likely Delayed Until October.
• Main Street Pensions Take Wall Street Gamble by Investing Borrowed Money. 
• Media Can’t Handle the Climate Truth.
• Chip Shortage Has Spurred Demand for Little-Known Component.

CNBC:

• Afghanistan pullout sparks EU calls for more military might. 

IG:

• Weekend Markets Trading Live.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (XLRN), (NVTA), (SRPT), (CMPS), (ALVR), (TMHC), (DUOL), (TWOU) and (CHGG).
• Had bearish commentary on .
  

MarketWatch.com:    

• Delta blamed for poor jobs report, but too few people willing to work might be a bigger problem.   
• Opinion: Forget short-term stock-market fads and just buy these 5 rocketing tech stocks.

Fox News:

• GOP lawmaker says he has recordings of Biden 'lying' about Americans' access to Kabul airport.
• Afghanistan virtually missing from NYT front page.
• New fear parents can loose custody of their children if they are not vaccinated.
• EXCLUSIVE: Top US military official makes chilling Afghanistan war prediction ahead of 9/11 milestone.

Newsmax:    

• Rep. Ronny Jackson to Newsmax: Taliban Holding Americans Until US Recognizes Taliban.
• Lower Mississippi River, New Orleans Ports Reopen to Vessel Traffic.

Reuters:

• U.S.-bound migrants fill Colombia town as COVID-19 border closures lifted. (Aug. 11)
  
• Colombia has administered at least 35,750,492 doses of COVID vaccines so far. (graph) Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 35.5% of the country’s population.
• COVID-19 infections are decreasing in Colombia, with 1,959 new infections reported on average each day. That’s 6% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on June 27.

 Jerusalem Post:

• COVID-19: New 'Mu variant' from Colombia could be vaccine resistant - WHO.

Nature: 

• Why US coronavirus tracking can’t keep up with concerning variants. (April 7) Laboratories supported by the US government have doubled the rate at which they are sequencing SARS-CoV-2 genomes over the past two months. Still, the number of genomes that the country shared in the online genome repository GISAID in March represented only 1.6% of its positive COVID-19 cases that month.

Newsweek:

• Mu COVID Variant, Which Could Be Resistant to Vaccines, Now in Almost Every State.

Zero Hedge:

• 3 New Cases Of "Mu Variant" Found In Hong Kong, Authorities Fear It Is Vaccine Resistant.
• USA Today 'Fact Check' Accuses Gold Star Parents Of Lying, Then Issues Massive Correction.
• China's Marxist "Profound Revolution" Is Here, And Nobody In The West Is Ready.
• DHS's E-Verify Authorizes Thousands Of Illegal Immigrants To Work In US.
• Oregon Police And Firefighters Sue Governor Over Covid Vaccine Mandate.
• One Bank Spots A Bizarre Market Divergence: Stocks Are At All Time Highs Yet Investors Are Bracing For Crisis.
• Why All The Fuss About Ivermectin?
• Israel's 'Coronavirus Czar' Tells Citizens To Prepare For Eventual 4th Shot.
• 100 Afghan Evacuees Flown To US Flagged For Terrorist Ties.
• Taliban Says China Will Be Afghanistan's "Most Important Partner".
• "Medical Drones" Deployed Over Italian Beaches Search For Feverish People.
•   Reports Of Rare Body Inflammation After COVID-19 Vaccinations Being Investigated By EU Watchdog.
• Amazon Air Delivery Now Runs 164 Flights A Day Despite 'Commitment' To Carbon Neutrality
• Treasure, Self-Delusion, And Groupthink.
• 7 Examples That Show How Completely And Utterly Insane Our Society Has Become.
• "This Is Bad" - Russian Cosmonauts Discovery Tiny Cracks In Space Station.
• EU To "Engage" & Coordinate With The Taliban, Short Of Political Recognition: Borrell.
• Top Health Officials Push Back Against Biden's Booster Jabs Plan.
• The Covidian Cult (Part III): There's Reality & There's "Reality". 
• Meanwhile In Canada, Rural Shack Sells For 37% Above Asking Within Days.
• China Decrees No 'Sissy Men' Allowed On TV.
• Fitful 48 Hours For Americans, Afghans Trying To Escape.

TheGatewayPundit.com:

• UPDATE: Father of Wounded Marine at Walter Reed Last Night: “Biden had the audacity to try to visit my son this evening. He was not welcomed”.
• Sounds Racist: FDA Scares Off Americans from Taking “Horse Drug” Ivermectin for COVID — But Pushed the Drug on African Migrants in 2015.
• Devastated Nation Rallies to Fallen Marine’s Family, Handles Unborn Child’s Tuition in Matter of Hours.
• Australia Unveils Orwellian App Using Facial Recognition Software, Geolocation to Enforce Covid Quarantine Orders.
• US Marine on the Ground in Kabul Says Biden Admin Filled Planes with Unvetted Afghans – Those with Papers were Left Behind — NY Times Confirms Afghans Were Unvetted.
• “Am I Going to End Up Dying Here?” – Pregnant American Woman Stranded in Afghanistan Says Taliban Hunting Americans Left Behind by Biden (VIDEO).
• A Gift from Joe Biden and Woke Generals: Taliban Parades US MRAP and M1117 Security Vehicles in Latest Victory Parade (VIDEO).
• Brave Afghan Women Hold Protest in Kabul Against Suppression of Women’s Rights — Taliban Gasses Them (VIDEO).

The Epoch Times:

• Chinese Propaganda at Home and Abroad: Chinese Media Attacks the US.

Covid-19(Data, Maps, Graphs):

• Our World in Data:  New Global Covid-19 Cases(7-day rolling average graphs). New US Covid Hospital Admissions/ICU Admissions/Deaths
  
• FT.com:  Fully Vaccinated by Country(graph). Global Lockdown Stringency Index(map).
• Bloomberg.com:  International Travel Restrictions.  Case Graphs by State.
  
• NYTimes.com:  County Trends and Clusters. Local ICU Occupancy.
  
• Brown School of Public Health:  Covid Severity by State/County(map).  US Hospital Capacity(region).
  
• CovidActNow:  Covid Severity/Infection Rate by Metro Area.
  
• KFF:  US Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity.
  
• Carnegie Mellon: Covid-Like Symptoms in Community. Covid Symptom Searches on Google. Covid-Related Dr.Visits.  Restaurant Visits. Wearing Masks. (graphs)
  
• Safegraph.com:  Commerce Patterns(graphs).