Imagine that! Dr. Doom makes a prediction

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/525653-fauci-coronavirus-wont-be-a-pandemic-for-a-lot-longer-thanks-to-vaccines

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday the global coronavirus outbreak will not be a pandemic for "a lot longer" because of the development of vaccines, striking a hopeful note even as the situation worsens in the short-term.

"Certainly it's not going to be pandemic for a lot longer because I believe the vaccines are going to turn that around," Fauci said at an event hosted by the think tank Chatham House.

Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said that while the virus will likely cease raging across the globe as it is now, it could circulate quietly below the surface, at least in certain areas.

"Putting it to rest doesn't mean eradicating it," he said. "I doubt we're going to eradicate this, I think we need to plan that this is something we may need to maintain control over chronically, it may be something that becomes endemic that we have to just be careful about."

I wonder what job Biden will give Fauci

https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/anthony-fauci-strengthen-the-who-to-beat-repeated-coronavirus-threats-1.1110346

The need for an international body to lead that fight was obvious, he said. Dr Fauci was forced to standby as Mr Trump announced the US would pull out of the WHO over its failure to stop the pandemic when it was first circulating in China. As president-elect Joe Biden has said the US will remain in the body. "WHO needs to be strengthened," said Dr Fauci.

https://www.kob.com/news/new-device-puts-music-in-your-head—no-headphones-required/5922582/?cat=649

That's the possibility presented by "sound beaming," a new futuristic audio technology from Noveto Systems, an Israeli company. On Friday it will debut a desktop device that beams sound directly to a listener without the need for headphones.

The technology uses a 3-D sensing module and locates and tracks the ear position sending audio via ultrasonic waves to create sound pockets by the user's ears. Sound can be heard in stereo or a spatial 3-D mode that creates 360 degree sound around the listener, the company said.

"You don't need to tell the device where you are. It's not streaming to one exact place," Wallwater said.

"It follows you wherever you go. So it's personally for you - follows you, plays what you want inside your head."

They bought Joe, now they want results

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/11/lobbying-groups-congratulate-biden

With the exception of President Donald Trump and his GOP allies, pretty much everyone in Washington agrees Joe Biden is the president-elect, including the most powerful lobbying groups.

Influential trade groups, including big business groups traditionally allied with Republicans, congratulated Biden shortly after news outlets projected he would win the presidency. Their embrace of the Democratic nominee comes as every major industry calls for additional government aid to counter economic damage done by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, K Street is getting ready for Biden, unafraid to insult Trump during his final months in office when it’s likely little will get done. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce — a big business group that tops lobbying spenders each year — congratulated Biden and called for pandemic relief as the top priority.

The Chamber generally supports GOP policies and spends millions backing Republicans each election cycle, but it has had less influence with Trump than previous Republican presidents. The group also made the unprecedented step of endorsing a slate of House Democrats

Roll Call reported. At least 40 people serving on Biden’s transition team are or were once registered lobbyists, according to the Wall Street Journal. Only five of those team members were registered as lobbyists within the last year.