Quick clips on Garth Brooks story and a little about Afghanistan, then some Covid related stories, s

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Episode description

Quick clips on Garth Brooks story and a little about Afghanistan, then some Covid related stories, some unemployment and work/life stuff.

Quick clips:
Garth Brooks does a good job with how he handles covid cancellations.

Afghanistan and I don't think there's much to say on this anyway.

Main stories:

Covid stuff -

Unborn Twins Die from COVID-19 - source
McLENNAN COUNTY, Texas – A local mother was infected with COVID-19 while pregnant. She recovered, but her babies did not. Vaccination information is confidential, so we do not know whether the mother was vaccinated. Any kind of sickness can put extra strain and stress on the mother.

Texas school district makes masks part of dress code to get around Gov. Abbott's order (also Abbott gets covid) - source
Several school districts in Texas have sought to require masks amid an increase in Covid-19 cases. Gov. Greg Abbott has tried to ban mask mandates. A small Texas school district has made facial coverings part of its dress code, in a bid to get around Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order banning mask mandates. The board of the Paris Independent School District, which has about 4,000 students, said in a statement Tuesday that the governor's order does not usurp its ability to manage schools.

Eric Feigl-Ding - Epidemiologist & health economist - source
6 big impacts of covid with kids.

Job and unemployment stories:

Job Openings are at a Record High. Why Aren’t People Going Back to Work? - source
All markets have friction. A friction is anything that prevents a buyer and seller from transacting instantaneously. If a shopper has to go to multiple stores to find an item, or comparison shops before purchasing, or doesn’t live close to a store carrying the product — all of these are examples of frictions. In the labor market, where the shoppers are employers and the sellers are workers, a friction creates slower hiring and higher unemployment. The labor market has lots of frictions, but they aren’t all necessarily negative. A healthy savings account that enables a worker to take time to find the right job, rather than the first job available, is a friction. The need to live near aging parents, which puts a geographic boundary on a job search, is a friction. The pandemic is still introducing new frictions. In its Job Seeker Survey, also collected in June, the Indeed Hiring Lab found that the top reasons for not searching too hard or urgently for a job are Covid-19 concerns and child care demands.

The workforce system is doing what it was designed for.