*** VIRUS NEWS FROM MONDAY ***

+ KING-5 TV News: Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit against Center for COVID Control for “invalid, false and delayed” test results in Washington state.

+ The Defender: Days prior to today’s scheduled release of documents related to the Pfizer COVID vaccine, the pharmaceutical company asked a federal court to let it intervene before any information is released. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it agreed with the drugmaker’s request. [Ed. note: Yawn – what else is new?]

+ KING-5 TV: Moderna announces full US approval for its COVID-19 vaccine – The vaccine is now the second fully approved inoculation against COVID-19 in the U.S.

+ The Defender: Pfizer Set to Roll Out Omicron Shot in March, as Experts Warn ‘We Can’t Vaccinate the Planet Every 4 to 6 Months’ – at which point Americans will undoubtedly be told to line up for a fourth injection.

+ The Guardian (UK): Austria lifts ‘lockdown of the unvaccinated’ as Europe slowly opens up – European countries begin to ease curbs with hospital admissions not rising in line with record Covid cases

+ Reuters: England plans to revoke mandatory COVID jabs for health workers

*** NATIONAL/INT’L NEWS FROM MONDAY ***

CNBC: Boeing wins Qatar Airways order for 737 Max planes, new 777X freighters

Associated Press: Defense Secretary Austin to governors: Guard troops must get COVID-19 vaccine

Newsweek: Canadian Truckers Say They Have Enough Money to Keep Protesting for 4 Years

CNN: How a group of Irish fishermen forced the Russian Navy into a U-turn

Engadget: Treasury reconsiders IRS use of ID.me facial recognition amid privacy concerns

The Guardian (UK): What your smart TV knows about you – and how to stop it harvesting data