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Texas, Florida saw the biggest population gains last year as more than 600,000 people fled New York, California

Texas, Florida saw the biggest population gains last year as more than 600,000 people fled New York, California

A growing number of Americans packed up and moved south in 2022, while bailing out of New York and California. Texas saw the largest net population gain for the one-year period ended July 1, 2022, with more than 450,000 people moving to the state, according to a new report from analysts led by Rafe Jadrosich at Bank of America Global Research. The firm cited data from the U.S. Census Bureau data and U-Haul rates in building its report. Florida saw the second-largest net population gain over… Source link

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China says COVID outbreak has infected 80% of population

China says COVID outbreak has infected 80% of population

BEIJING (Reuters) – The possibility of a big COVID-19 rebound in China over the next two or three months is remote as 80% of people have been infected, a prominent government scientist said on Saturday. The mass movement of people during the ongoing Lunar New Year holiday period may spread the pandemic, boosting infections in some areas, but a second COVID wave is unlikely in the near term, Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said on the… Source link

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Elon Musk says we can’t let humankind end in ‘adult diapers’ and that the environment would be fine if we doubled our population

Elon Musk says we can’t let humankind end in ‘adult diapers’ and that the environment would be fine if we doubled our population

Elon Musk.Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Image Elon Musk argued for higher birth rates again, saying otherwise we will all “end up in adult diapers.” He claimed without evidence that the environment can support it “even if we doubled the size” of the global population. Experts have stated other factors causing birth rates to decline. Elon Musk argued on Monday that it’s “total nonsense” that people were not having have kids because it was bad for the environment, and made another… Source link

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Robert Kiyosaki says that hot inflation will ‘wipe out 50% of the US population’ — what he means and how to protect yourself

Robert Kiyosaki says that hot inflation will ‘wipe out 50% of the US population’ — what he means and how to protect yourself

With price levels continuing to spike, the Fed is no longer using the word ‘transitory’ to describe inflation. U.S. consumer prices jumped 8.5% in March from a year ago, marking the fastest increase since December 1981. That could give the Fed more reason to continue raising interest rates — something that’s already casting a giant shadow over the stock market. It’s a vicious cycle criticized by many investing veterans. And Rich Dad, Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki is one of the… Source link

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3 reasons why the FDA rejected Pfizer’s booster shot for general population

3 reasons why the FDA rejected Pfizer’s booster shot for general population

The FDA rejected Pfizer (PFE)/BioNTech’s (BNTX) booster shot recommendation for the general public in order to place greater focus on inoculating the unvaccinated populations and collecting more data on booster shots, Meghan FitzGerald, adjunct associate professor of health policy and management at Columbia University, told Yahoo Finance Live. Though the FDA rejected the booster for the general public by a large margin (16-2), the shot was endorsed unanimously for the elderly and… Source link

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Michael Porter Jr. pushes wild conspiracy theory claiming COVID-19 is ‘used for population control’

Michael Porter Jr. pushes wild conspiracy theory claiming COVID-19 is ‘used for population control’

Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. shared a wild conspiracy theory about the COVID-19 pandemic and claimed that he’s never been vaccinated on a Snapchat Q&A on Tuesday night, just days before the NBA season is scheduled to resume. Porter, who is in his first season playing with the Nuggets after missing the entire 2018-19 season recovering from a back injury, claimed that the coronavirus is being used for worldwide population control and that it’s being overblown. “Personally, I… Source link

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