Despite the growing swath of evidence that the COVID-19 shots do little, if anything, to prevent the spread of the virus or serious illness ⁠— especially in younger children, a group particularly resistant to and resilient against the effects of the virus ⁠— the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee on vaccines on Thursday approved adding COVID-19 vaccines to the agency’s recommended immunization schedules for both children and adults.

In fact, “this is the largest automatic adjustment to the standard deduction since … 1985.” The changes include, most notably, increases to income tax brackets and standard deductions, which will kick in for tax year 2023, for taxes filed in 2024.

Massive strikes and protests are growing across European cities as the war in Ukraine, attacks on the Nordstream pipelines, and so-called progressive economic and agricultural policies coming from NATO and the EU are leading to skyrocketing energy and food prices and mounting costs of living for everyone.