D&D and the rising pandemic

[Umbran]

A bit bigger again this week (albeit with a few places in the NE moving back to green).

Without measures to stop the spread, spreading is inevitable. The hope is, that like so far in New England, the level of immunity from previous infection or vaccination is sufficient to keep the hospitals from going under again.

 

[Eltab]

Update on a side-thread:

I have been paying student loans even though they were in forebearance, wanting to take advantage of 0% interest so my money efficiently takes down principle and I get more "mileage" out of my payments.

I got a letter from my student loan lender.*

FINISHED !!!


* Contrary to some common chatter elsewhere, not a bank but a specialized student-loan-only finance firm.

 

[Guest 7034872]

Update on a side-thread:

I have been paying student loans even though they were in forebearance, wanting to take advantage of 0% interest so my money efficiently takes down principle and I get more "mileage" out of my payments.

I got a letter from my student loan lender.*

FINISHED !!!


* Contrary to some common chatter elsewhere, not a bank but a specialized student-loan-only finance firm.

Congratulations! That's a huge weight no longer to have around your neck.

 

[Hussar]

As someone whose daughter just started university, I'm very jealous.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

WHO HAD MONKEYPOX FOR 2022?

 

[Guest 7034872]

WHO HAD MONKEYPOX FOR 2022?
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Here too I'm stuck between and for my upvote. Friends' parents tested positive today for the latest variant, and it scares me because one of them just recovered from a bunch of cancer treatments.

I am so, so sick and tired of this virus. We all are, I know--it just has me at my wits' end.

 

[Hussar]

Was a bit bored today so went back to the first post and started reading. Not the whole thread just some semi random samples.

Oh Hussar of 2020. You sweet summer child. Sheesh.

 

[Cadence]

County I work in is Yellow and guessing the one I live in next to it will be soon. Back to masking for us.

 

[Umbran]

With the high availability of home tests, the case numbers are becoming less reliable. Many people around me are testing at home, self-isolating, and only become an officially counted case if they go to the doctor.

Our wastewater signal dropped by about a third this week, though. It may be the current surge in our area is on its way out.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Mom is talking about going to a restaurant “in the near future” for the first time- seriously- since 2019.