Serious?! Nearly the entire NHL Vancouver Canucks, including 18 active roster members, three tax squad players, and four staffers, have tested positive for COVID-19.
Many of them are on their second round of covid now and some have very rough symptoms.
This surprises me considering you would think some would have been vaccinated by now. I know people can get it a second time but yikes! Anther remiinder we are still in the thick of things.
Oh wait! The CDC now says don't travel to Canada because things are a level 4 there and even vaccinated people are at risk. Wow!
https://www.abc15.com/news/national/coronavirus/nearly-entire-nhl-roster-tests-positive-for-covid-19
FYI, This is another interesting article about the side effects of the vaccines.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/7/22371665/covid-vaccine-side-effects-moderna-pfizer
@lizzie. Thanks for posting. The study (Journal of the American Medical Association) reported a small but significantly greater reported side effects among people who got the Moderna vaccine versus Pfizer.
While these two vaccines do have many differences, I can't help but think about one key difference:
1. Pfizer requires deeper freezing.
And because Pfizer requires deep freezing,
Moderna was largely given in small venues, like pharmacies, who don't have the deep freezing equipment, while Pfizer was given mainly in large venues like baseball stadiums, and conference centers where they have the deep freezing equipment.
It is possible, therefore, that the kind of people who were likely to end up at the smaller venues might likely to be a tad more skittish, like moi, than people who marched off to the larger facilities. I preferred going to a smaller facility because I felt more comfortable walking into a pharmacy than a baseball stadium. And I am a skittish person who had an emotional reaction to my physical side effects. I was scared! Of course many people didn't have a choice, but if there is a trend, and it's small, it is possible that there really aren't differences in side effects, just perceived differences. On the other hand, there might really be differences. Ha Ha.
Otters at the Georgia Aquarium have tested positive for Covid-19.
They are doing well and off exhibit now.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/otters-georgia-aquarium-test-positive-covid-19-n1264431
The last few weeks I have been going through my wardrobe and getting rid of clothes I haven't worn in the last year. I mean seriously, if I haven't worn it while at home doing nothing, with nobody to see how it looks or fits, I am not going to want to wear it when I must really be in public right?
Anyway, it has been a year since I have bought any new clothes except for a few things online like Christmas pj's and such. I realized I have been wearing the same things for over a year.
It was a nice switch to cooler weather clothes in the winter ( "hello friendly sweater, nice to see you again") but our cool weather is short lived in AZ. It is harder to find any "joy" in choosing a shirt to wear. I am beginning to think it is Ground Hog day every day regarding my clothes. haha
This article from the Guardian was fun to read about pandemic lockdown outfits. The photos were great. I love the fact that I am not alone.
So, I am curious, what pandemic article of clothing are you going to be happy to finally ditch?
I have just gotten rid of almost all casual shirts not made of a nature fabric. I really dislike the feeling of rayon/polyester and they just hung there week after week.
I have no idea when I will actually shop in person for clothes again. Those Christmas pj's are the last clothes I bought online. I imagine new items I might eventually get will be more exiting than anything I have purchased in recent memory. Even old memory.
@lovendures It's so funny you posted this. On Saturday I went to get my haircut and it was the first time in months the I wore something other than stretch pants. Mercifully my clothes-clothes fit fine. It's hard to tell if you're gaining weight when all you wear is the stretch-pants version of a moo moo for over a year. However, I'm not so sure I won't miss them. They are super comfy.
Teachers and court personnel are being order back to work in NYC by the end of May. My office won't be far behind. I think I may need to start wearing real clothes again soon...
AZ governor just passed the buck again, like everything else.
He dropped the mask mandate for schools. He is allowing district to chose to keep them if they want to keep them in place.
I really don't understand him. This puts such unneeded pressure on districts. Just keep the mandate until the end of May when school is over. 5 weeks dude.
He doesn't lead.
@lovendures This past year I've somehow become good friends with my pandemic fashions AND natural hair color. The pandemic may have tapped into my inner bohemian or I'm getting old and have thrown in the towel. LOL.
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