"if incentives help us beat this virus i believe we should use them." PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SUGGESTED STATES OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS USE MONEY FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN TO PAY PEOPLE 100-DOLLARS TO GET A SHOT. THE LATEST VACCINE PUSH COMES AS THE DELTA VARIANT CONTINUES TO SURGE IN CASES, HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS. ACCORDING TO THE CDC, PEOPLE INFECTED WITH THE DELTA VARIANT CARRY UP TO ONE THOUSAND TIMES MORE VIRUS IN THEIR NASAL PASSAGES THAN OTHER STRAINS.
ROYAL CARIBBEAN IS NOW REQUIRING PASSENGERS - INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE VACCINATED -- TO SHOW A NEGATIVE COVID TEST BEFORE SAILING WITH THEM. THE NEW POLICY INCLUDES PASSENGERS OVER THE AGE OF TWO TAKING TRIPS OF FIVE NIGHTS OR LONGER. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME THE SAME DAY AS NEWS THAT SIX ROYAL CARIBBEAN PASSENGERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS ON A SEVEN-NIGHT CRUISE. FOUR OF THEM HAD BEEN VACCINATED. THE CHANGE GOES INTO EFFECT TODAY AND RUNS THROUGH AUGUST 31ST. STORY 3: EVICTION MORATORIUM FAILS TITLE SUPER: EVICTION MORATORIUM
HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS FAILED TO ROUND UP ENOUGH VOTES TO EXTEND THE FEDERAL BAN ON EVICTIONS. PUT IN PLACE BY THE C-D-C LAST FALL -- THE ORDER BANNED THE EVICTION OF RENTERS FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT. WITH THE CHAMBER OUT FOR A LONG SUMMER RECESS THERE IS NO PATH FORWARD ON THE ISSUE AND THE BAN WILL EXPIRE TONIGHT. SOT Rep. Nancy Pelosi: "When it comes though to the technicalities of legislation, we just needed more time." CONTVO HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SAYS THAT IT SHOULD BE THE CDC TO EXTEND THE MORATORIUM. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT IT DOESN'T SEE THAT EXTENSION AS AN OPTION. THE END OF THE MORATORIUM COULD AFFECT THE ESTIMATED ELEVEN-POINT-FOUR MILLION ADULT RENTERS WHO ARE BEHIND ON RENT.
