D&D and the rising pandemic

[MoonSong]

@Imaculata, I'm sorry for your loss. Hugs and prayers. I have lost two relatives to this bug, and they weren't as close as a father.

Good and bad news locally for me. Bad news, the number of contagions is so severe that the mayor has decreed all markets have to close, starting Monday. Honestly, I'm not surprised. The number of people not wearing masks and even eating in the local market is staggering. I guess that's why we can't have nice things anymore.

Good news? The Federal Government has finally opened the door for local Governments and businesses to import vaccines directly. This is good because 1) I can hope to get vaccinated this year, and 2) I'll have an option not to take the Cancino vaccine -which I have serious doubts about, but will likely end up being the one applied in mass by the Government because it is cheap. -, 3) There was a fear that they would use vaccines as a way to pressure people during the elections this year. I guess that they had to admit there was no way they would be able to pay for a hundred million vaccines and administer them efficiently.

Also there was a scare with my sister. Her immediate boss was diagnosed this week, but she is fine. Thankfully she is fine.

 

[Imaculata]

I'll have an option not to take the Cancino vaccine -which I have serious doubts about, but will likely end up being the one applied in mass by the Government because it is cheap.

In Dutch we have a saying: "Goedkoop is duurkoop".

Which means (roughly translated) "Buying cheap is paying a high price". If you buy things on the cheap, you get what you paid for, and you may end up paying more in the end.

 

[Umbran]

In my state, they have opened up to all "Phase 1" vaccine recipients. We don't have a hard start date, but we are expected to go to Phase 2 in early February.

 

[Dioltach]

Doctors in the UK are recommending people use an oximeter three times a day to measure their oxygen levels. Apparently one of the big mysteries of COVID is that people's oxygen levels are dropping without them noticing until it's too late. Full article on the BBC: Covid: How a £20 gadget could save lives - BBC News

The oximeter I'd ordered yesterday just arrived. I tried it, and it said 98%. Just goes to show what I've always suspected: I'm full of bull!

("Oxi", get it? Sounds like "ox", as in "bull". I crack myself up sometimes.)

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

A dad joke, to be sure!

 

[Eltab]

The oximeter I'd ordered yesterday just arrived. I tried it, and it said 98%. Just goes to show what I've always suspected: I'm full of bull!

("Oxi", get it? Sounds like "ox", as in "bull". I crack myself up sometimes.)

You are only 2% short of being a complete gas (as in something that causes laughter). Just a little bit more to go !

 

[Zardnaar]

One case in community we got an emergency broadcast at 4pm.

Last outbreak outside qurantine was in August.

29 locations woman with Covid-19 visited revealed

The Ministry of Health says a probable case of Covid-19 in the community is a reminder of how tricky the virus is, as it releases a list of 29 locations the woman visited.

www.rnz.co.nz

Looks like they're on to it.

 

[Ryujin]

Regional and international shipping via Canada Post is taking a hit, due to a large Covid-19 outbreak at a local sorting facility. This place is a little over a 15 minute drive from my place and is how most of my parcels and Amazon purchases are handled. It's a 3 shift, 24/7 facility, now with one less shift.

350 Canada Post employees at Mississauga, Ont. facility sent home to self-isolate as cases continue to rise

A group of employees who work the same shift at a Canada Post facility in Mississauga have been sent home and advised to isolate to prevent further spread of COVID-19 as the number of cases at the site continues to climb.

toronto.ctvnews.ca

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Researchers testing extant pharmaceuticals’ efficacy vs C19 have found that a cancer drug that may be MUCH more effective than remdesivir.

Cancer drug is 27.5 times more effective at treating COVID-19 than remdesivir, study suggests

Researchers reported Monday in the journal Science that a drug developed to fight multiple myeloma has proved 27.5 times more effective at treating COVID-19 than remdesivir in laboratory studies with infected human lung and kidney cells. The drug, Aplidin or Plitidepsin, was also effective at...

www.yahoo.com

It’s still preliminary, but looks promising.

 

[Zardnaar]

Something you read about but a video.


Americans moving to NZ going through qurantine. Not as strict as Aussie, they can't leave the rooms or chose their food.

Technically he's a kiwi, NZ father but raised in USA. NZ has birthright citizenship if one parent is a citizen it's how he got in. US wife afaik.