Retail sentiment reaches 8-yr low --> points to violent upside in next 3 months

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STRATEGY: Retail sentiment is now the worst since April 2013... an 8-yr new low in sentiment

Canadian researchers explain why double-vaxxed Canadians more likely to test positive on COVID-19
There is a curious statistical trend in the COVID-19 infection rate in Canada. Those Canadians who are double vaxxed are more likely to test positive than their non-vaxxed Canadian counterparts:

- double-vaxxed is 89 per 100,000 people confirmed case rate
- unvaxxed is 68 per 100,000 people confirmed case rate

So oddly, double vaxxed Canadians are seeing a higher rate of confirmed cases. The article below offers two explanations for this:

- vaxxed people are more likely to seek PCR testing, for employment, vacations, etc
- vaxxed people are more likely "put at risk" by going to restaurants, going to work, gyms, theaters, etc

This might be the factor. I found it interesting. I have not seen the same statistics for the US, but I am curious.

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...Despite "markets" yawning about Omicron, the hit on consumer spending is comparable to Delta...

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