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Hopalong:
It's amazing what we've all acclimated to this year, isn't it?
BTW, I mis-typed (ADD brain) that statistic. It's only 35% of those intubated who survive. And many with lasting damage. Motivation not to get Covid in the first place is very high. On the brighter side, locally there is a large plan underway to set up a massive vaccine center in the space of an old "KMart" -- the big discount store pre-WalMart. Huge place with ample parking. Dunno when my appointment will be but even if it's months away I'm grateful.
M lost an old friend (secretary for years) to Covid and was distraught about it last night. Second person he's known personally. I know a couple of people whose relatives in other places have contracted it.
I have my days when I'm a bit crazed by it all, but overall I feel very grateful and also fairly safe. Biggest danger to me is lack of exercise and my inner ADD stuff, but there is still time to make this winter about getting healthier.
I'm so grateful for you too, Tupp--always will be.
Big hugs,
Hops
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: Hopalong on January 18, 2021, 10:47:51 AM ---It's amazing what we've all acclimated to this year, isn't it?
BTW, I mis-typed (ADD brain) that statistic. It's only 35% of those intubated who survive. And many with lasting damage. Motivation not to get Covid in the first place is very high. On the brighter side, locally there is a large plan underway to set up a massive vaccine center in the space of an old "KMart" -- the big discount store pre-WalMart. Huge place with ample parking. Dunno when my appointment will be but even if it's months away I'm grateful.
M lost an old friend (secretary for years) to Covid and was distraught about it last night. Second person he's known personally. I know a couple of people whose relatives in other places have contracted it.
I have my days when I'm a bit crazed by it all, but overall I feel very grateful and also fairly safe. Biggest danger to me is lack of exercise and my inner ADD stuff, but there is still time to make this winter about getting healthier.
I'm so grateful for you too, Tupp--always will be.
Big hugs,
Hops
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I'm sorry about M's friend, Hopsie. It is all very close to home now. I was talking to a friend yesterday - she has a friend whose son has caught it, her partner has a relative who has it, another friend has a friend who's on a ventilator. It feels like it's changed from many saying 'no-one I know has caught it' to many saying the opposite now. And it's very sobering. But yes, like you, I have days when it all catches up with me, but on the whole we're getting on with what we can and very grateful for the time, actually. I'd never have taken an extended period like this just to stay home and not rush about all the time so it's given me opportunities to think about a lot of things. And to think about the future. I don't want it to be like the past. I'm working to change that. And I hope they get that big vaccine centre up and running so you can get your jab soon! I think they've given first doses to about four million people here now. I can't fathom the logistics for having to vaccinate an entire population twice and then having to do it all again because it needs to be done yearly? But I guess greater brains than mine are working on it so there must be a way :) xx
Meh:
I go from being super worried about Covid to forgetting about it entirely at moments because I'm doing something else.
Start of this month I had a week straight of covid dreams and nightmares.
It feels like THE PANDEMIC will never end. At some point maybe there will be a low sickness rate and someone with authority might announce an end to the pandemic whatever that means. It does seem likely the virus will just continue to mutate and mutate and mutate until everybody with underlying diseases are dead from either the disease or covid. Who knows. I'm always grim. I will self identify as a gloomy and negative person.
Sometimes I feel a bit angry in knowing the disease may have been prevented, I mean it's arguable like EVERYTHING is arguable. Still it all comes into crisp focus when a person becomes sick or dies. I dislike the abstract numbers of deaths they don't make any sense to me. Some commentators say the numbers of deaths are not high enough to justify social distancing. There are so very many many commentators and opinions.
Hopalong:
Sometimes I think that humanity is getting its overdue lesson from nature.
We wouldn't rein in our selfish ways to protect the earth or animals, so she's reminding us who's in charge.
That's too apocalyptic to last long in my head, but it does occur.
hugs
HOps
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: Pseudo Mouse on January 21, 2021, 10:10:44 PM ---I go from being super worried about Covid to forgetting about it entirely at moments because I'm doing something else.
Start of this month I had a week straight of covid dreams and nightmares.
It feels like THE PANDEMIC will never end. At some point maybe there will be a low sickness rate and someone with authority might announce an end to the pandemic whatever that means. It does seem likely the virus will just continue to mutate and mutate and mutate until everybody with underlying diseases are dead from either the disease or covid. Who knows. I'm always grim. I will self identify as a gloomy and negative person.
Sometimes I feel a bit angry in knowing the disease may have been prevented, I mean it's arguable like EVERYTHING is arguable. Still it all comes into crisp focus when a person becomes sick or dies. I dislike the abstract numbers of deaths they don't make any sense to me. Some commentators say the numbers of deaths are not high enough to justify social distancing. There are so very many many commentators and opinions.
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True that there are so many opinions, Posh, and also so much speculation. Very difficult to be sure about anything just now, I think. I've just taken the approach that my son's risk is high (and although mine isn't high medically, I don't even like having a cold - I definitely don't fancy catching this so I'd rather not), so we're avoiding as many people as we can, as much as we can. I'm like you, sometimes I forget all about it, then other things catch me and it comes into stark focus again. There was a man in the supermarket the other night wearing a gas mask; that did make me smile :) We have been advised here to get medical grade masks now, which of course means you can't because they all sold out within a matter of hours. I was just talking to a friend who's had to work through it (school teacher) and we were talking about how stressed everybody is now, whatever their situation in life. It's a leveler, I think, a situation like this. Reminds us all that none of us are infallible. I'll be glad when it's at least down to a level where your risk of catching it is the same as getting any other kind of illness that might be a bad thing. We do all live with risk every day, it just feels a bit like this is swimming with sharks xx
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