* For Virus Testing, Saliva May Be a Better Option, NYT - As Omicron spreads, some experts are calling for a switch to saliva-based tests, which may detect infections days earlier than nasal swabs do. - 'The virus shows up first in your mouth and throat,' Dr. Milton said. 'That means that the approach we're taking to testing has problems.

* CDC Says Cloth Masks Are Not as Effective as Others.

* Glenn Beck's 2nd Bout With COVID 'a Little Disturbing' But Glenn says he's not concerned - He is being treated with ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine and fluvoxamine - Glenn's not vaccinated.

* A possible COVID benefit: Medical face masks make us more attractive, study finds - Medical or surgical face masks, originally a social taboo associated with sickness and disease, may now increase attractiveness, research suggests - USA Today.

* Poll: Americans say US faces mental health crisis.

* The increasing hysteria of the climate-change industry.

* Inflation Becomes Stagflation and Neither are ‘Transitory’ - WorldaffairsBrief.com

* Stagflation is: when The real rate of inflation rises to 10-15% and prices get out of reach for the poor and lower middle class who then have to cut back on spending—which causes inflation to level off due to lower demand.