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What happens when everyone calls out sick at the same time

What happens when everyone calls out sick at the same time

Apple News Today
Jan 11, 2022 10 min
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<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AXfzC9wuGTH-h54EV5Oj3Eg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> explains how the Omicron surge is hitting hospitals, which are already struggling to deal with cases from previous COVID waves. A big problem is there aren&rsquo;t enough doctors and nurses. <a href="https://apple.news/At6Mvr8AcTtetWT0eBRr6CQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> looks at how millions of American workers calling out sick during is hurting the U.S. economy.</p> <p>President Biden is making a voting-rights speech in Georgia today. <a href="https://apple.news/AG_65Ifn9SnCjo1qNIlRJeg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC News</a> explores what activists want to hear.</p> <p>He was held at Guantanamo Bay and never charged with a crime. He&rsquo;s now finding life after detention is its own kind of prison. The <a href="https://apple.news/AE-sfyX8pT2ioDEje9CVDLA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> tells his story.</p> <p>Coach Kirby Smart steered Georgia to the college-football national championship by finally beating long-time rival Alabama, led by his own mentor. <a href="https://apple.news/AUEt621IySryGC6MEQ261MA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Sports Illustrated</a> looks at how it happened.</p>

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