Today's Must-Reads - 18 April 2022

A selection of the latest news, studies, reports and articles

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I spend a lot of time each day gathering together new information and interesting articles. I then pick one or two of the most interesting topics and write about them. However, that leaves a lot of missed out information that I’m not sharing.

Below is a summary of all the latest articles and information that I’ve found today. Usually, this is for paid subscribers only but whilst I am sorting our my formatting this is for everyone. Please consider taking out a paid subscription because it enables me to spend longer reporting on the news that isn’t, but should be reported.

This page will be updated throughout the day so check back for any updates.

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Covid

• #impartial

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros

Thank you @BillGates for sending a copy of your new book. I fully agree that we must act on #COVID19’s lessons and innovate so that we can deliver swift, equitable health solutions to prevent the next pandemic. @gatesfoundation

• Zero Hedge - Something Is Rotten In The State Of Shanghai's Latest COVID Lockdowns.

• ABC News - Shanghai reports 1st deaths from current COVID-19 outbreak.

• Independent - Symptoms of the new Omicron XE variant as hundreds of cases found in UK.

Covid Mandates

• Breitbart - First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Reported to Police Over Breaking Own Masking Rules.

• NY Post - Gov. Kathy Hochul says she won’t shut down NY as COVID cases spike.

• Indy 100 - People are discovering what their crushes look like without masks and they're devastated.

• AAP - School Closure Versus Targeted Control Measures for SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Findings indicate that keeping schools open with strict IPC measures was equally effective as school closures on reducing student infection rates.

Current Affairs

• Mirror - Critical thinking worsens - More than half adults reckon watching telly has educated them more than ever before.

• JPost - Infowars files for bankruptcy in US court.

Finance

• The Hill - Musk: Economic interests of Twitter’s board ‘simply not aligned with shareholders’.

Health

• Guardian - Women in England’s poorest areas die younger than in most OECD countries.

• Telegraph - NHS to call on volunteers to drive emergency patients to hospital. London Ambulance Service to pilot scheme as senior doctors warn of ‘staggeringly bad’ delays to emergency care.

Politics

Wittgenstein @backtolife_2022

Digital imperialism...

Ukraine

• Newsmax - Kremlin Video Shows Allegedly Killed Moskva Admiral Alive, Well.

Vaccines

• NEJM - Covid-19 Boosters — Where from Here?

  Wittgenstein @backtolife_2022

  David Hasselhoff urges Germany to get vaccinated.

Please keep checking back to the latest Must-Reads as it will be updated throughout the day.