Li'l Bandit tested positive yesterday. He's vaxed, AND he's had the original virus before. What the fuck? Also, I think I may have had it, too: I had an itchy, runny nose for a few days after New year's (I had a four day weekend), but I felt better when I went back to work.
Fun fact: this board excluded, when I think of all the people I know across the four countries and three provinces I've lived in, I only know one single person with a confirmed case. He was also vaxxed. It's strange times.
In the YouTube expanded notes, they have the topics broken down with time code hotlinks. Also, you can download the audio at something like CC Clipconverter, then play it back at 1.5x speed. I listen to all my audiobooks and some podcasts at 1.5x. (And some Netflix watches)
I've got a browser plugin that handles all the YT downloads and will do the audio only part, etc, quite easily. And yeah, I do speed things up a fair bit where I'm able. I watch a lot of training/conference sessions on YT, and it's funny how some people's presenting or speaking style doesn't play well at a faster speed.
which plugin? Also update on the cousin: multiple vertebrae in his lumbar were fused, the ligaments and muscles were pulled from the spine, and he's dealing with some major concussion issues. His BAC was 3 times the legal limit, which leads obvious suspicion to the driver, who is currently in jail. Also that truck was a company vehicle. Belonging to the driver's father's company. Shit show incoming.
Do y'all remember last year, when Jungle Julia's Trump-supporting, anti-vax friends got Covid and it knocked them on their asses? IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN! You'd think they would have learned their lesson the first time, but no. I want to laugh, but political views aside, they're really cool people.
Welp, it hit the GTE household. Wife has a scratchy throat and just popped positive on a home test. I took the same brand home test and am negative. For now? Fuck.
Creativity points for naming your dick "Our Culture". I wonder if you're the only one who's tried that.
Below is a portion of the letter sent out by the kid's school. TL;DR... We're ignoring the CDC and our own local health officials literally saying our hospital is overwhelmed and opening schools anyway. Up until now, I thought our school system had done a pretty good job balancing in person education needs and safety. That hospital capacity tracker says our hospital is at 95% full. State law enacted by the General Assembly calls for schools to be open for face to face instruction following guidelines of the Center for Disease Control (CDC.) Students can be quarantined, and classes can be quarantined, but schools are not to be closed without some oversight with the local health department or office of emergency management. We communicated with our local departments this week to seek their advice. They made us aware that the dramatic increase in official numbers was really the tip of the iceberg. The actual number of persons who were sick with COVID was higher than the numbers reported because many who were sick had used the COVID self-tests rather than report to health officials, or were just dealing with it at home. They acknowledged that the local hospital was overwhelmed with cases after the holiday, and expressed concern that opening the schools at this time would contribute to even higher numbers of local cases due to how contagious the Omicron variant is and how much more impactful it is on children. They suggested that we consider closing for at least two weeks. We agreed to remain closed on January 5th – 7th, but will have students and staff return to school on Monday, January 10th
https://share.newsbreak.com/bhfu47w2 That's a funny one, kid forced to ride in the trunk to the testing site. Like mom wasn't exposed already. When did people stop using their brains? This woman is a teacher.
I mean, it's not lile they are going to announce on the news that the Healthcare system is broken, right? You'll just find out for yourself when you need it.... Fuck