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Funeral Home Stocks Surge, Death and Disability Payouts Soar

Business is booming at funeral homes across the U.S., as death rates creep up, particularly among young, working-age individuals.1 Ex-Blackrock fund manager Ed Dowd has been analyzing data about mortality rates before and after COVID-19 shots became widespread, and found that death rates worsened in 2021 — after the shots became prevalent — compared to… Read More: Funeral Home Stocks Surge, Death and Disability Payouts Soar »

South Korea raises disease alert to top level as virus cases soar

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea raised its infectious disease alert level to its highest for the first time since 2009 on Sunday as confirmed coronavirus cases jumped to 602 and the death toll rose to five. More than half the new cases are linked to a church in the southeastern city of Daegu after a… Read More: South Korea raises disease alert to top level as virus… »