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'''[[Japan]]'s health ministry refuses to mandate the [[covid-19]] [[vaccine]]''' and urges private businesses not to do it themselves. [https://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2021/12/14/accountability/science/vaccine-mandate-unlawful-japan/]
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'''[[Inflation]] up 9.6% (not quite 1% a month yet, but it's getting there).''' [https://therightscoop.com/wholesale-prices-rise-at-quickest-pace-on-record/]
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