>"Citing worker shortages, nursing home operators said the standard could not be met without additional funding for higher wages."

CNN: 100 people from one California church opened their homes to Ukrainians in need. >"A California pastor says thousands of Ukrainians _...Read More_

>"Maria was just about to start a new job as a domestic worker in Hong Kong last month when she found out she had Covid-19."

"Last year, investors bought nearly one in seven homes sold in America’s top metropolitan areas, the most in at least two decades, according to the realty company Redfin."

>"Here we go again: Virtual reality, now called “the metaverse,” will be a thing. So will the smart home."

>"No deaths have been reported as a result of a swift-moving and vicious wildfire that consumed at least 500 homes in Boulder County, Colorado, and forced some 35,000 people to flee, authorities said Friday."

Whatever the variant may mean for the young, it’s already clear that it can be deadly for the old.

>"Some executives at nonprofit groups that operate New York City homeless shelters are benefiting from the plight of the people they serve."

Tech companies once promised a future like Star Trek, but Amazon is trying to sell us RoboCops...These sensors would give us a disturbing new reality where it's impossible to escape the tech giant's roving drones within our own home.

>"Health officials were preparing on Friday to start giving booster shots to older and at-risk Americans, trying to make sense of new and broad _...Read More_

Biden will require vaccinations for nursing home staff - or their respective facility will lose federal funding. Perfect.

>"One in 10 US police departments can now access videos from millions of privately owned home security cameras without a warrant"

“A gap in vaccination rates between residents and staff means that long-term-care facilities remain particularly vulnerable to coronavirus outbreaks.”

[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/opinion/sunday/covid-nursing-homes.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/opinion/sunday/covid-nursing-homes.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage) >"The first coronavirus outbreak in the United States happened in a nursing home in February. Since then, it’s _...Read More_