Y2/D258 Pandemic woes..

Anyone else feel at times like they are running this endless solo marathon, and at the end of it they'll be dead? No? Just me then.

According to Mel (coworker who I've posted about previously) - the Governor has declared a potential state of emergency for NY - in regards to Omicron. It's not been detected here yet - but she figures its only a matter of time and most likely here already.

I got to give New York credit. Considering how hard the pandemic hit us in 2020, we not only survived, we bounced back, and took all the precautions. I've noticed that as a pattern of sorts - we were the epicenter of the terrorist attacks in the US, but bounced back fast, and didn't let it take us down. We got hit hard by Superstorm Sandy, but bounced back, and took precautions to ensure it didn't happen again. Now, epicenter of Pandemic - but we came back and have taken precautions.

Everyone had a mask on in the trains and subways, with maybe one or two exceptions (dump tourists and long islanders - is my guess, or South Brooklyn suburbanites).

Mel and I traded horror stories about alt-right nitwits. I shared mine with you yesterday (we don't need a repeat). Mel said that the Proud Boys were holding a rally in Rockville Center - center of town, and marched along the streets. They were doing it all over Long Island, without a permit. No one arrested them. The Mayor said they had the right to protest peacefully. Mel is a black woman, and her husband is POC (hispanic). I was disgusted.

We were both grateful that none of our family members fall into this category.

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Talked to mother tonight. Apparently niece cancelled her flight to Sciliy, and booked a flight home (back to New York) on Friday, instead. She'll be back on Friday, as opposed to December 10, as originally expected. The school is allowing the international students to go home early - for fear that they will get stuck in England due to the Omicron variant. This is a relief, we were all concerned that she would get stuck in England.

I'm trying not to worry about my upcoming trip to South Carolina to visit my parents. I've not seen them in two years. And I don't know how much longer my Dad has. My flight is scheduled on December 19, early in the morning, I'm due back on December 27. It wasn't a cheap flight, and while it is kind of refundable, it is kind of not at the same time.

Anywho.. apparently Michigan cousin is vaccinated, he just didn't think anyone in his family should know, in particular his mother. And his wife did not want his parents to know at all.

Okay, lets step back a bit. In New York - you have to show a vaccination card to get in anywhere. Not only that - but we upload it to our workplace.
I've told strangers I'm vaccinated.

Cousin privately takes his mother (my Aunt N) aside: so we got vaccinated in August.
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Good news is that mother survived without her home health care aids today. Made herself french toast, drove, and walked with her cane. She kind of misses them - they were nice ladies, and my mother can talk to a street pole.

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Crazy Company..

Note : as of Monday, 11/29/2021, given the significantly increased access to Covid testing, ORG will now examine Covid 19 diagnostic testing compliance for every employee for which the ORG does not have record of full vaccination and has access to onsite testing , not just a statistical random sample. If you are found not to have complying with weekly testing you will be removed form service and considered unfit for service..

I'm actually in favor of that. These extreme measures need to be taken. It's ridiculously easy to get the vaccine, and to get tested at the company.

COVID

It's been a while...did you miss it? Probably not. I took a break from it.
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