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shadowkatNot feeling up to snuff today - combination of sick sinus headaches (due to fluctuations in barometric pressure and allergies (threw out the dead flowers) ), lack of sleep (due to digestive disturbances), and permenopause (the gift that keeps on giving).
It's making me irritable.
Did accomplish a couple of things workwise, so not a complete loss. Also, very grateful that I got work remotely today. (I'm dreading returning to the office full time next month, around the fifteenth. I don't see why anyone wants us to return. My organization's management is...words fail.)
Mother appears to be doing better. She visited with my father, yesterday and today. Had a nice long visit with him yesterday - they watched the Penn State football game for about three hours together. It was still going on when she left. Today, they talked to my brother - whom my father has decided is running an utility company. He keeps asking him about various strategic plans they've put in place - my father was an organizational compensation consultant back in the day. He's been retired more than twenty years now, but somehow in his head - he's back at work.
And he didn't like work that much.
In reality my brother is building windows for his barn. Maybe I can get him to replace the windows in my apartment next? No, I can't. It's something I'd have to have the landlord do - and if I managed it, my rent would go up. It's high enough as it is.
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The Union and its membership are fighting over the vaccine mandates. So the Union did some research and has informed its membership that they basically have no legal grounds to stand on - and have to get the vaccine, or get tested twice weekly, or not have a job.
My sore arm and soreness in the muscles and joints is gone. All side effects? Gone. Also, I feel safer - now that everything is getting more crowded and busier.
Experts also predicted another wave of mass resignations this fall, as vaccine mandates went into effect. But so far, it has failed to materialize. Most workers put aside their concerns and lined up to get their shots — many at the 11th hour.
Still, a sizable and unwavering group has quit or been fired to avoid getting vaccinated. Some said vaccines are too new or too risky; others cited their religious faith, or objected to being forced by the government or their employer. Misinformation, of course, has played a major role.
Sigh, yes. People are stupid. Not evil. Just dumb.
Here's three dumb people that the Times interviewed, who are doing good things I guess...
When Valdez packed up her classroom on her final day, Oct. 1, her students became distressed.
“The kids, they were telling me not to leave, to just go get the vaccine,” said Valdez, who has moved back in with her parents. “I had to explain to them, the government doesn’t own my body.”
Valdez is now tutoring an elementary school student whose parents removed their daughter from public school because they opposed the mask requirement for children.
Ustares said she had refused to get vaccinated because she had been sick with Covid-19 and believes she now has natural immunity. [She's not, I know folks who got it twice.] (Studies have shown that vaccination strengthens immunity in those who’ve had a previous infection.[I've co-workers who had COVID and family members who got the vaccine, but they weren't dropped on their heads as children.]) She’s now on unpaid leave from the Education Department because she has not complied with the state’s mandate.
“What’s the biggest fear in America?” she said. “Money. They think: ‘Hit people in the wallet.’ So many of my friends caved, they were just like me, but now they are coerced into taking the shot, just so they can make their mortgage payment. I have already let go of the fear.”
Ustares is exploring opening a gymnasium that would help children develop motor skills, she said. In her view, mandatory vaccination is a step toward other choices being taken away. [Sigh, dingbat. How does she think we got rid of polio, the measels, rubella, and smallpox? Or the black death? Or the Spanish Flu?]
“It is not going to stop here,” she said. “The more we comply, the more they are going to take.”
Kariman is a Baptist Christian and cited his opposition to abortion in refusing the vaccines, which — like many common over-the-counter medicines — were tested or developed using research from fetal cells collected decades ago. [Except they weren't for the Corona Virus, and honestly, it's like letting those cells go to waste. How dumb can a person be?]
Some have called into question the high number of religious exemptions at some institutions, like the Los Angeles Police Department. [Except most religious organizations including Jehova Witnesses (I know this because cubicle mate is a Jehova Witness) are completely in support of the vaccine. It's just the dingbats who aren't.] At one health care network in Arkansas, so many employees requested religious exemptions that they were asked to sign a form stating that their faith also prevented them from using 30 common medicines, including Benadryl and Tums, that were developed using research from fetal cells, according to reports.[Hee Hee.]
Kariman, who remains employed pending a suit against New York’s mandate rules, said he knows how dangerous the coronavirus is.
“I’m not one of these anti-vaxxers as a whole saying, ‘It’s fake.’ It’s not fake,” he said. “I feel very strongly you can get sick and you can die from this. I took care of people who died from this.” [So, why not get vaccinated, you nitwit? You're logic makes no sense to me.]
According to C.D.C. data, unvaccinated people are 4.5 times more likely to contract the coronavirus, and 11 times more likely to die from Covid-19.
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Other COVID news...from the NY Times Briefing, or why some people suck and others are heroes.
* New Zealand health authorities are working with the country’s street gangs as they attempt to reach an ambitious 90 percent vaccination target.
[Again, thinking New Zealand may be the best place to visit and live...]
* Virus cases in Eastern Europe surpassed 20 million, Reuters reports. [Small wonder, the idiots refuse to get vaccinated.]
* China is the only country in the world still trying to completely eradicate the virus within its borders. [Well, they may succeed. They are a dictatorship - folks don't have rights to worry about in China. Considering the damn thing came from China, it would certainly be ironic.]
* Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida announced a plan to offer unvaccinated police officers who lost their jobs $5,000 to move to the state and join the police force, The Washington Post reports. [ So, let's all avoid Florida? Honestly Walt Disney World ain't worth the trouble, nor are my relatives. I can visit beaches up north, in California, South Carolina, Mexico or in the Caribbean or Southern France, New Zealand, Portugal, and Italy and be happy. I'll just ignore Florida's existence for the next few decades.]
* Ohio recorded more deaths than births in 2020 for the first time in the state’s history, The Columbus Dispatch reports. [Small wonder - it's a conservative state.]
* The Wall Street Journal looked at life in Portugal, which has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world and recently lifted many restrictions. [Changed my mind, forget New Zealand, lets all move to Portugal and visit Portugal - it's closer.]
* The singer Ed Sheeran tested positive for the coronavirus, shortly before he is scheduled to perform on “Saturday Night Live.”
Meanwhile, a vet quits her job..."I'm a veterinarian and spent all of Covid working. After vaccinations were available I assumed all the staff would be vaccinated, but I was very wrong. My workplace has elected to forgo any vaccination or testing requirements for the staff. Ironically, they were so worried about the unvaccinated staff quitting, but it turned out that I found the lack of adherence to science and public health to be incompatible with my job. Combine that with my continued exposure to unvaccinated staff, and the fact that my older parents provide child care to my young children. I finally decided I could not continue to work under those conditions and expose those I love. So … I quit."
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Found on Twitter...and as Neil Gaiman stated: "I love this and fail at it constantly..."
Personally, I think it applies to all social media platforms.
It's making me irritable.
Did accomplish a couple of things workwise, so not a complete loss. Also, very grateful that I got work remotely today. (I'm dreading returning to the office full time next month, around the fifteenth. I don't see why anyone wants us to return. My organization's management is...words fail.)
Mother appears to be doing better. She visited with my father, yesterday and today. Had a nice long visit with him yesterday - they watched the Penn State football game for about three hours together. It was still going on when she left. Today, they talked to my brother - whom my father has decided is running an utility company. He keeps asking him about various strategic plans they've put in place - my father was an organizational compensation consultant back in the day. He's been retired more than twenty years now, but somehow in his head - he's back at work.
And he didn't like work that much.
In reality my brother is building windows for his barn. Maybe I can get him to replace the windows in my apartment next? No, I can't. It's something I'd have to have the landlord do - and if I managed it, my rent would go up. It's high enough as it is.
***
The Union and its membership are fighting over the vaccine mandates. So the Union did some research and has informed its membership that they basically have no legal grounds to stand on - and have to get the vaccine, or get tested twice weekly, or not have a job.
My sore arm and soreness in the muscles and joints is gone. All side effects? Gone. Also, I feel safer - now that everything is getting more crowded and busier.
Experts also predicted another wave of mass resignations this fall, as vaccine mandates went into effect. But so far, it has failed to materialize. Most workers put aside their concerns and lined up to get their shots — many at the 11th hour.
Still, a sizable and unwavering group has quit or been fired to avoid getting vaccinated. Some said vaccines are too new or too risky; others cited their religious faith, or objected to being forced by the government or their employer. Misinformation, of course, has played a major role.
Sigh, yes. People are stupid. Not evil. Just dumb.
Here's three dumb people that the Times interviewed, who are doing good things I guess...
When Valdez packed up her classroom on her final day, Oct. 1, her students became distressed.
“The kids, they were telling me not to leave, to just go get the vaccine,” said Valdez, who has moved back in with her parents. “I had to explain to them, the government doesn’t own my body.”
Valdez is now tutoring an elementary school student whose parents removed their daughter from public school because they opposed the mask requirement for children.
Ustares said she had refused to get vaccinated because she had been sick with Covid-19 and believes she now has natural immunity. [She's not, I know folks who got it twice.] (Studies have shown that vaccination strengthens immunity in those who’ve had a previous infection.[I've co-workers who had COVID and family members who got the vaccine, but they weren't dropped on their heads as children.]) She’s now on unpaid leave from the Education Department because she has not complied with the state’s mandate.
“What’s the biggest fear in America?” she said. “Money. They think: ‘Hit people in the wallet.’ So many of my friends caved, they were just like me, but now they are coerced into taking the shot, just so they can make their mortgage payment. I have already let go of the fear.”
Ustares is exploring opening a gymnasium that would help children develop motor skills, she said. In her view, mandatory vaccination is a step toward other choices being taken away. [Sigh, dingbat. How does she think we got rid of polio, the measels, rubella, and smallpox? Or the black death? Or the Spanish Flu?]
“It is not going to stop here,” she said. “The more we comply, the more they are going to take.”
Kariman is a Baptist Christian and cited his opposition to abortion in refusing the vaccines, which — like many common over-the-counter medicines — were tested or developed using research from fetal cells collected decades ago. [Except they weren't for the Corona Virus, and honestly, it's like letting those cells go to waste. How dumb can a person be?]
Some have called into question the high number of religious exemptions at some institutions, like the Los Angeles Police Department. [Except most religious organizations including Jehova Witnesses (I know this because cubicle mate is a Jehova Witness) are completely in support of the vaccine. It's just the dingbats who aren't.] At one health care network in Arkansas, so many employees requested religious exemptions that they were asked to sign a form stating that their faith also prevented them from using 30 common medicines, including Benadryl and Tums, that were developed using research from fetal cells, according to reports.[Hee Hee.]
Kariman, who remains employed pending a suit against New York’s mandate rules, said he knows how dangerous the coronavirus is.
“I’m not one of these anti-vaxxers as a whole saying, ‘It’s fake.’ It’s not fake,” he said. “I feel very strongly you can get sick and you can die from this. I took care of people who died from this.” [So, why not get vaccinated, you nitwit? You're logic makes no sense to me.]
According to C.D.C. data, unvaccinated people are 4.5 times more likely to contract the coronavirus, and 11 times more likely to die from Covid-19.
**
Other COVID news...from the NY Times Briefing, or why some people suck and others are heroes.
* New Zealand health authorities are working with the country’s street gangs as they attempt to reach an ambitious 90 percent vaccination target.
[Again, thinking New Zealand may be the best place to visit and live...]
* Virus cases in Eastern Europe surpassed 20 million, Reuters reports. [Small wonder, the idiots refuse to get vaccinated.]
* China is the only country in the world still trying to completely eradicate the virus within its borders. [Well, they may succeed. They are a dictatorship - folks don't have rights to worry about in China. Considering the damn thing came from China, it would certainly be ironic.]
* Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida announced a plan to offer unvaccinated police officers who lost their jobs $5,000 to move to the state and join the police force, The Washington Post reports. [ So, let's all avoid Florida? Honestly Walt Disney World ain't worth the trouble, nor are my relatives. I can visit beaches up north, in California, South Carolina, Mexico or in the Caribbean or Southern France, New Zealand, Portugal, and Italy and be happy. I'll just ignore Florida's existence for the next few decades.]
* Ohio recorded more deaths than births in 2020 for the first time in the state’s history, The Columbus Dispatch reports. [Small wonder - it's a conservative state.]
* The Wall Street Journal looked at life in Portugal, which has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world and recently lifted many restrictions. [Changed my mind, forget New Zealand, lets all move to Portugal and visit Portugal - it's closer.]
* The singer Ed Sheeran tested positive for the coronavirus, shortly before he is scheduled to perform on “Saturday Night Live.”
Meanwhile, a vet quits her job..."I'm a veterinarian and spent all of Covid working. After vaccinations were available I assumed all the staff would be vaccinated, but I was very wrong. My workplace has elected to forgo any vaccination or testing requirements for the staff. Ironically, they were so worried about the unvaccinated staff quitting, but it turned out that I found the lack of adherence to science and public health to be incompatible with my job. Combine that with my continued exposure to unvaccinated staff, and the fact that my older parents provide child care to my young children. I finally decided I could not continue to work under those conditions and expose those I love. So … I quit."
****
Found on Twitter...and as Neil Gaiman stated: "I love this and fail at it constantly..."
Personally, I think it applies to all social media platforms.