It's not like I'm adjusting things much. I would be considered to be in the last groups on priority anyhow.
Random Thoughts 15: Crystal Clear 2021 Edition
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It's not like I'm adjusting things much. I would be considered to be in the last groups on priority anyhow.
The folks at the Red Cross were great in their help but talking to them about Covid, ABs etc. was like scrolling a FB/Twitter feed. I was just trying to find out why I was still positive there but not at my clinic and the answers were all over the place and I felt more informed.
There was something last week (I think) about at least one of the vaccine companies saying boosters might be needed due to the mutating strains. Maybe like the adjusted flu vaccines we already have?
The Fave Red Starburst jelly beans are awesome. A bag of those does not last very long around me, unfortunately.
That was the implications and seemed plausible to me. The focus has been on the now but the "next" is going to be where the science goes (as much as that troubles the rumor and conspiracy masses across the country). Personally I am guessing a booster might be in order each year, I don't think anyone thought this would be a one timer like measles. Maybe going to be complicated though, with three different vaccines with wild spread distribution by this time next season. Right now the flu shoot is the flu shot and you aren't asked "Which one did you have last year?"
BTW, Sunday was the one year anniversary of my last actual human touch, not counting nurses sticking needles in my arm while wearing gloves, a mask and a face shield or goggles. Was a hug with sis before I got on a shuttle to take me to the airport in CUN. What a ******* year. Also last time I ventured more than 9 miles from my house.
If, after vaccine and all, I drive down to Quads to see my sis and BIL that would be a 700 mile round trip. Unaccustomed to driving as I am I might need to hire a chauffeur. 
The hard part for the vaccine is the sheer volume. Reports are half the people get the flu shot and that covers about 3 months of time (maybe even a little longer because I think some now go with August) and guessing it's only done in colder parts of the world and more well off. Right now we are hitting 5 percent per month. That means that we won't even be able to cover everyone in the first year at the pace we are going and that is in the U.S., and we are getting preferable treatment compared to many countries. If they need to be taken every year, it is going to be darn hard to administer them.
It covers a lot of what you were talking about. They spent so much time arguing over who should get the credit over discovering the actual virus that nothing was being done to try and save lives.
It was heartbreaking to watch parts of it. There was also the added "bonus" of the fact that it was the "gay virus", and many people (including those in charge) were of the mindset that "it doesn't affect normal people, so what's the big deal?"
Side note. I lived in the Bay area during part of the time frame of this film (81-83). I worked at a magazine publishing firm in the financial district in the city. It was well known that the 3rd floor was the "gay floor" in our building. It was my first exposure to men who were openly gay. I learned a LOT from them about my prejudices and things that I had had drilled into me as a child & young woman. When you never know any openly gay guys, you can form all kinds of wrong impressions. I'm forever grateful for that experience.
I don't know how to pronounce that so in my head I say "dantelope" - like some pronghorn variant.
Speaking of names, this young Iowa farmer's stage name is awesome! And his dad's is pretty good, too.
I think we'll find out all sorts of stuff over the next 3 monthsish about where things really are for protection and real impact. You'd think if there's enough protection, and if estimates are accurate for how many people have already had it, that things would even out a bit as we get closer to 2/3 U.S. population vaccinated by June.
Oddly they might run out of people to study to see if they're still holding ABs/protection from infections last March if enough people get vaccinated.
My favorite uncle, who was a concert pianist, was gay during a time when you simply didn't come out. All of nieces and nephews knew.....how could you not? The older family members simply danced around the issue.
But he was the most personable person I've ever known (my Dad was a close second), and so urbane and sophisticated. Never afraid to say "I love you". I never saw him angry or flustered. He and a baritone singer from New Jersey were flown to Saudi Arabia a couple times to perform for the oil sheiks by the Shell Oil Company - we thought that was the coolest thing ever. As a young, single guy, I was thrown out of an exclusive club on Rush Street with my uncle and Paul Lynde (the old Hollywood Squares guy). Lynde was a lush, and not a really friendly one.
Anyway, I grew up knowing that being gay was different, and kept secret. Coming out in many cases meant seeing your life destroyed. It's too bad, because my uncle was truly an important and wonderful person to me.
The same can be said about any demographic.
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