It's only been 20 years since Thomas Friedman's globalism celebrating books, and now it's clear that Trump was right. We should have tried to keep critical manufacturing at home. Now the number of new drug shortages has increased 30% because they are made overseas (China and India), and for various reasons, can't get to the shelves.
Washington hospitals are really hurting. Portland's hospitals are hurting, too. OHSU was apparently able to get some cash from the state, but other hospitals were not that fortunate. The problems are that they can't employ enough nurses, and so have to resort to expensive temporary staffing, which is really draining their budget. Much of the population doesn't want to get the Fauci jab anymore, and Oregon and Washington are one of six holdout states that refuse to join reality. Another factor is that the payor mix has changed and a lot more people are on Medicaid type plans, which don't pay as well.
I think Apple is making a mistake taking down the fencing surrounding its downtown store. Downtown's problems are worse than before, not better. We're just a news item away from more rioting. But hey, it's not my company.
Well that's not good: US Banking “Turmoil” Can’t Be Contained – Moody’s Alerts. So what now?
Yay: The Fifth Circuit blocked the Biden administrations attempt to overturn the ruling that they can't mandate the jab (not really a vaccine) on federal workers.