The Omicron variant.
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Isaac Saul
4.8 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Over the weekend, several countries around the world implemented new Covid-19 travel restrictions over fears of the newest variant, despite little knowledge of how contagious it is or where exactly it is present. Omicron was first detected in South Africa, which has one of the most sophisticated screening systems in the world (it's a presumption to say it "originated" there — more likely, they were just the first to discover it). Australia, Belgium, Botswana, Britain, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, France, and Canada have all also detected the variant, according to Reuters. This week, in honor of Giving Tuesday, one of the most charitable days of the year, Tangle will be donating 50% of all new subscription revenue and "tips" this week to Heavenly HRVST, one of my favorite charities that provides delicious shelf-stable meals to the hungry in New York City and across the east coast. I've met and interviewed their founder, John Doherty, and even tried their meals, which are fantastic. It's a great organization that we love to support.
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| 1:12.9 | Jews out there. |
| 1:14.0 | I hope everyone had a great break and some good time off from work and some good family |
| 1:19.8 | time and all that good stuff. |
| 1:22.2 | Not to be a huge downer, but today we are going to be jumping into the new COVID-19 variant and what it means. As always, though, |
| 1:32.5 | before we do, we'll start with some quick hits. First up, Congress returns from a holiday break facing a slew of deadlines, including the need to avoid a government shutdown, lift the debt ceiling, and advance President Joe Biden's social and climate spending bill. |
| 2:00.3 | Number two, the killers of Ahmad Arbery were found guilty on 23 of 27 charges last week. |
| 2:07.3 | Number three, major stock indexes and oil began to rebound on Monday after a major sell-off on |
| 2:12.7 | news of the Omicron variant. |
| 2:15.1 | Number four, Ukraine's president, Voldemort Zelensky, claimed he has uncovered a plot to |
| 2:19.6 | overthrow his government next week and pointed the finger at Russia. |
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