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HEADLINES ON November 30, 2021
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- Headline: Biden Implements Travel Ban Amid Omicron Alerts. Impact: Biden's travel ban led to a surge in DIY home quarantine kits, which inadvertently sparked a global trend of people pretending to be stranded on deserted islands in their living rooms. Who knew a little travel restriction would turn everyone into modern-day castaways?. Fact: Did you know that travel bans are the adult version of putting your toys away so you don't have to share? Who thought international relations could be so juvenile?.
- Headline: Counterfeit Covid Masks Persist Globally. Impact: The counterfeit mask crisis opened a whole new market for 'designer' masks, leading to a future where high fashion runway shows feature models strutting down the catwalk in bedazzled face coverings. Finally, a way to combine safety and style!. Fact: Fun fact: The only thing more contagious than COVID-19 is the urge to buy a snazzy mask that doesn’t work. Who needs protection when you can look fabulous while suffocating?.