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| Good morning, Daily Money readers. This is Jayme Deerwester back with you after a week's respite, ready to take you through the remaining days of 2021. |
| So here's a little good news about the highly-contagious omicron variant of COVID, which went from making up just 13% of all cases to 73% in just one week: it often results in milder cases or positive tests without symptoms. |
| The bad news: it may force many restaurant, store, hotel and other workers to quarantine if they test positive under a federal mandate, set to take effect on Feb. 9. Such worker absences could become widespread, particularly at workplaces where employees can't work remotely. Nevertheless, it must first survive a Supreme Court test, which is set for Jan. 7. |
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| INSIGHT OF THE DAY. Facebook's deliberations of how to handle misinformation spreading through reshares inevitably circle back to one concern in the documents leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen: They generate likes, comments and shares – exactly the kind of engagement the company wants. |
| "It clearly says that they put their business interests over having a civilized platform," said Matthias Spielkamp, executive director of Algorithm Watch, a research and advocacy organization. "It's hard to come up with a different explanation than to say, 'We know it's gross what people are sharing and we know how we could slow it down, but we are not doing it.' " |
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| Families with kids can expect to lose hundreds a month in 2022. Student loans, child tax credit unknowns could shock budgets in 2022. |
| No longer nerdy. Electric vehicles dominate our most anticipated cars, trucks list for 2022. |
| Apple switches NYC stores to 'pickup only.' Apple won't allow New York City shoppers inside as COVID cases rise. |
| Cruise cancellation and refund policies. What passengers should know. |
| MOOD MUSIC. Today's lyrical selection comes from Green Day's "Good Riddance" and is dedicated to 2021. (Don't let the door hit you in the rear, you awful year.) "Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road. Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go. So make the best of this test, and don't ask why. It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time." |
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