Evening Headlines

Bloomberg:         

• Americans Stampede Into Inflation-Linked Bonds, Smashing Records.
• Tech Stocks Stumble to Worst Start Since 2016 on Rate-Hike Fears.
• Goldman’s Most Elite Rank to Get Millions in Special Payouts.
• DirecTV to Drop One America News in Blow to Conservative Channel.  
• Summers Says U.S. Risks Recession by Blaming Inflation on Greed.  
• LA Looters Raid Unattended Containers Amid Supply-Chain Chaos.  
• Prince Andrew and His Accuser in a Sex-Abuse Lawsuit Agree to Keep Some Evidence Secret.  
• U.S. Home Sales Tumble Most in 18 Months With Listings Scarce.  
• Watch Corporate Debt for Early Warning on U.S. Credit Stress.  
• Treasury Yields Jump Toward 2-Year High, Shattering Market Calm.  
• Whipped-Up Nasdaq Volatility Is New Gut Check for Bottom Feeders.

Wall Street Journal:

• Hospitals, Nursing Homes Fear Losing Staff Over Vaccine Rules.
• Florida Is Living With Covid—and Freedom. The state’s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, on his advice against tests for the asymptomatic, his opposition to vaccination mandates, and life in Los Angeles under lockdown.
• McDonald’s CEO Confronts a Supersized Challenge.

Fox News: 

• Biden blamed as cringeworthy details emerge about COVID plan weeks after omicron surge started in US.
• Biden ripped for continued COVID failures after presser: 'Imagine if Trump told us to Google test sites'.
• Top-paid federal employee's financial records have been buried — until now.

CNBC:

• Dow drops 200 points Friday as bank stocks get hit, market posts second losing week to start 2022.
• Bill Ford is doubling down on Ford shares, and quietly amassing more control of the company.
• Wage inflation has arrived in a big way and Jamie Dimon says CEOs ‘shouldn’t be crybabies about it’.
• Netflix raises prices in U.S. and Canada, stock pops.
• CDC updates mask guidance, says N95s offer ‘highest protection’.

Zero Hedge:

• One Bank Sees A Stagflationary Hellscape For Markets In 2022: Here's How To Trade It.
• What's Going On With Nancy Pelosi's Son?
• "We've Got A Gun At Every Door In The House": Border Rancher Sees 2,400% Increase In Illegal Aliens On Property.
• Poll Finds Only 10% Of Americans Trust Media On COVID, 30% Trust Fauci.
• "We're Breaking Her, Keep Going": ACLU Strategist Issues Chilling Tweet Against Sinema.
• Beijing Initiates "Olympic Bubble" Measures For Pandemic Control.
• Dr. Oz Slams "Petty Tyrant" Fauci, Challenges Him To Debate On COVID.
• The Double Helix Of Entwined Pandemic And Economic Strategy.
• What You Need To Know Ahead Of Weekend Winter Storm.
• Why Democrats Make Energy Expensive (And Dirty).
• Taibbi: Vaccine Aristocrats Strike Again.
• Soros-Backed Baltimore State's Attorney Indicted On Federal Perjury Charges.
• The Fed Has Triggered A Stagflationary Disaster That Will Hit Hard This Year.
• How Central Planners Corrupted The World.
• 11 Reasons Why This Was Joe Biden's Worst Week Ever.
• Nasdaq Extends Worst Start To A Year Since 2009 As Fed Sends Rate-Hike Odds Soaring.

MarketWatch.com:        

• Here’s what a Russian invasion of Ukraine would mean for markets.
  
• Oil rallies as analyst warns Ukraine crisis could be a ‘seismic event’ for the energy market.

NewsMax: 

• Rep. Cammack: WH Silence 'Deafening' on Iran's Trump Assassination Video.
• Sen. Ron Johnson: 'Disappointed' SCOTUS Didn't Stop Healthcare Mandate.

TheGatewayPundit.com:

• BRACE YOURSELF! The ‘Mother of All Supply Chain Shocks’ Is Coming as China Shuts Down Major Ports Due to Pandemic.
• Hillary Clinton Slams “White Moderates” with MLK Quote After Sinema, Manchin Blow up Biden’s Bid to Kill the Filibuster… And it Backfires.
• Dystopia Down Under: Australia Refuses to Provide World’s Number One Tennis Player Novak Djokovic a Visa After Messing with Him for a Week.
• Alec Baldwin Turns Over iPhone in Probe of Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting One Month After Search Warrant Issued For Device.
• GE Suspends Vaccine Requirement After Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden OSHA Mandate.
• Biden Urges States And Businesses To ‘Do The Right Thing’ And Keep Forcing Workers To Vaccinate Despite Supreme Court Ruling.
• Federal Entity in DC Is Keeping a List of Individuals Who Refused Vaccine Based on Religious Grounds.

The Epoch Times:

• Congress Distributes ‘Made in China’ Masks to House Members, Drawing Criticism From GOP Lawmakers.

OpenVAERS:

• VAERS US COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 715,856 Reports(+6,773 from prior week) Through December 31, 2021. 

SKirsch.com:

• Using the MGH numbers with our own VAERS queries, we have 247 cases per million doses from the MGH study divided by 5.97 cases per million doses from VAERS. 247/5.97 = 41. This suggests that the VAERS under-reporting factor (URF) is 41X.

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).