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A new study says one in four parents misrepresented their child’s COVID-19 infection to help their child get back to normal or to avoid missing work. The researchers, whose study was published in a leading medical journal, say this level of misrepresentation may have contributed to the widespread infection rate during the height of the pandemic. The No. 1 reason parents gave for misrepresenting their child’s COVID-19 infection is “wanting to exercise personal freedom.”

If “slap fighting” is the next big thing, will states regulate it? One already does. Nevada has recognized the events, which feature adults hitting each other with no defense until one of the contestants is knocked unconscious or is unable to go on. One state now allows online betting for these beatdowns and pay-for-view tournaments at undisclosed locations are popping up. Physicians say these matches are guaranteed to cause brain injuries.

Speaking of humans hitting humans, 28 states still allow schoolteachers and supervisors to hit children in what is euphemistically called corporal punishment. The latest data shows 16% of the physical punishment doled out to children by schools involves children with disabilities. Black students are twice as likely to be legally hit by an adult in authority than white students. In five states, 851 preschoolers were physically disciplined in a single year. Let me repeat that last sentence: 851 preschoolers were physically disciplined in a single year.

Over the weekend, social media buzzed over what was happening at Cape Canaveral, where the Space Force site seemed to be getting ready to launch something despite the fact that there was nothing on the public schedule. Airspace warnings were issued, but for what? The Defense Department now says it was a planned test of a hypersonic missile. What the heck is that? I will explain in today’s column. By the way, other countries that don’t like us much are testing such things, too.
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