now you understand why I was whining about the position I was being forced to take with MPS.
Can you say “walking germ farms”?
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Can you say “walking germ farms”?
Both of my kids are on a hybrid schedule. One goes to the school 2 days per week every other week, with the rest of the time online. The other goes to school for a full week and then a full week online. I am not confident in DOE or the private school's plans.
Oh and today's count is 60 new cases. A new high!
My boss just called to see if I would volunteer to work at one of the two emergency shelters on island. I told her flat out that I have serious doubts about safety in light of COVID, plus I have asthma and it's my kid's birthday on Sunday. If I get a direct order to go I will, but I'm not volunteering. If I get told I have to go, I hope they plan on paying for me to quarantine myself away from my house for 14 days.
My boss just called to see if I would volunteer to work at one of the two emergency shelters on island. I told her flat out that I have serious doubts about safety in light of COVID, plus I have asthma and it's my kid's birthday on Sunday. If I get a direct order to go I will, but I'm not volunteering. If I get told I have to go, I hope they plan on paying for me to quarantine myself away from my house for 14 days.
They just sent out an email that they want to do the 2-days-a week plan with the school only at 1/2 capacity at any time. It also says parents can opt out and have their child learn virtually instead. I know that's what Mr. Z will want, and after the article I mentioned earlier, I think it may be what we decide. We really can't trust all the other parents around here.
Turns out that position isn't as solid as I thought.
Scuttlebutt is that there's not many parents who want to send their kids to "public school daycare", so the number of staff needed to "supervise" them isn't as great.
Come August 4, I might be resuming being "on call" for work again.
Scuttlebutt is that there's not many parents who want to send their kids to "public school daycare", so the number of staff needed to "supervise" them isn't as great.
Come August 4, I might be resuming being "on call" for work again.
I finally got a chance to read through this. 500k missing is due to deaths...and lower immigration...and lower birth rates.
‘We’re Talking About More Than Half a Million People Missing From the U.S. Population’
The pandemic is disrupting birth, death, and immigration rates, and the U.S. population could reach its lowest growth rate in 100 years.www.theatlantic.com
Sinclair being the cool, ethical media giant again.
figmentPez
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Just a fever reducer. Technically waiting for tests to come back to confirm but I've got all the correct symptoms. I'm to take it easy, rest, and go to the hospital if I get confused or can't breathe or any other signs of lowered o2 levels
Dave
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Fuck idiots who won’t wear masks. So hope you get better quickly.
I see a lot of hate from people that are fine with masks, or at least saying they are, but poking fun at those that are wearing them in their cars. I don't get it at all. If I'm going multiple places it does not make any sense that I'd take my mask off each time I got back to the car since I don't have anywhere to properly wash my hands. Nor do I want to throw the thing away and use multiple for the same trip(we've yet to move to cloth masks as we don't have anywhere to wash them regularly enough.)
Is there something I'm missing?
Is there something I'm missing?
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Please do so. Be safe, be careful, be conservative in this. Losing NR was shitty enough, I don't want to see you gone too.
I appreciate the concern, but I don't feel like I'm in any danger. It feels a lot like flu, just a lot of sleeping. But I'm not against going to the hospital if that changes.
i'll wear my mask in the car if it's convenient--like if i'm gonna only be in the car a few minutes.
Gloves, on the other hand, I wear any time I'm going to a high-touch service like an ATM or a gas station, and the glove comes off as soon as I'm done and before I touch anything inside my car.
Gloves, on the other hand, I wear any time I'm going to a high-touch service like an ATM or a gas station, and the glove comes off as soon as I'm done and before I touch anything inside my car.
You better be kidding because I'm getting buried with them.
I'm going to be buried in an undisclosed location, with a series of progressively harder clues leading to the site.
If the one person I know IRL's experience is any indication, it's the downswing that's the hard part. Once the brain and lung damage kick in, that's when the confusion starts and everything gets hard to do. I hope you have compression socks handy.
--Patrick
figmentPez
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Hurricane went north. I didn't need to volunteer or be volun-told to assist at a shelter. COVID cases still in the 50s-60s for the past few days. Just listened to Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz (an infectious disease specialist) of SAMHSA talk about how schools need to reopen and that it's safe to do so. Why? Not many kids die from it. Immediately afterward I see an article in the news about how kids being hospitalized due to COVID has increased by 23% in Florida. I'm not encouraged by the expert.