Colin Powell’s death highlights COVID-19 risk for immunocompromised - October 19, 2021

American billionaires added $2.1 trillion to their fortunes during the pandemic, a new report found. The Institute for Policy Studies and Americans for Tax Fairness tracked billionaires' gains since March 2020, noting their wealth grew by 70%. Tesla CEO Elon Musk saw the biggest gains, surpassing former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as the richest person in the world. The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all US stocks - CNBC ​Everyone Feels Like They’re Being Left Out of the Global Pandemic Recovery - Bloomberg America's Cash Glut - The New York Times American Express will allow employees to work anywhere they want for up to four weeks a year, the credit card giant’s CEO announced in a memo to staff Monday. The effort comes as part of the company’s push to offer greater flexibility. A survey conducted earlier this year found that roughly a fifth of AmEx staff voted to work completely remote. Revisiting location-based pay in this era of remote work - MarketPlace @blsuth: AmEx will let employees work from wherever they want for at least four weeks a year. Worth noting that this is a trend that airline CEOs have flagged as a possible boon to business travel. Is working from wherever the new conference? Washington State University fired its head football coach following his refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the school announced. Coach Nick Rolovich, whose salary of $3.1 million made him the highest-paid public employee in Washington, was dismissed as a state vaccine mandate was set to go into effect. Longtime ESPN reporter Allison Williams left the network after ESPN denied her request for accommodation to not get the vaccine. 'Eye-opening moment': City leaders, police departments push back over impending COVID vaccine mandates - USA Today Police in Chicago, Seattle, LA, oppose vaccine mandates for public employees - NPR @ColeHarvey: From this morning’s @SportsCenter , a recap of the vaccination decision that led to Washington St coach Nick Rolovich losing his job Monday. AD Pat C