Category: COVID-19
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The snake finally bit me
Frustratingly for me, and for everyone in my house, I got COVID this week. Monday evening I started to have a scratchy throat. Tuesday I had a runny nose, sneezing, sinus pressure, and headache. Wednesday the headache was worse, I was moderately fatigued, I felt some chest congestion, and I coughed a little here and…
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This is probably my last COVID-19 message
Since the pandemic started, I’ve written occasional bonus posts about my experience. This is the 61st. At first, I wrote frequently, at least twice a month. But since last fall the pace has slowed considerably. There just hasn’t been much new to say. Recent mask guidance from the CDC suggest that 70 percent of Americans…
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Losing my voice during the pandemic
Since the pandemic began I’ve worked from home the vast majority of the time. I normally drive about 20,000 miles a year, but in the last two years I’ve put only about 3,000 miles on my car. I’m a car singer. When I’m driving, I’ve got my music on and I sing along. I can…
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Weekend update
I was sad that more people didn’t come to Rana’s memorial service, which was last Saturday. I know she touched far more lives than those who attended. I was pleased that my brother came, and my old friend Michael and his wife. I was blown away that the woman who runs HR at my company…
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A lousy holiday season
Christmas Day was nice, but then overnight Christmas night our younger daughter had a diabetic emergency and had to be rushed to the hospital, where she spent two days recovering. And then on the day after Christmas our son’s girlfriend came over for a couple hours. Monday our son texted us the bad news: she…
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I’m boosted
I got my booster shot of the Moderna vaccine yesterday. There’s so little demand for the booster here that I was able to schedule it at will at the CVS Pharmacy within walking distance of my house. When I got the initial two doses, demand was so high that in order for me to wait…
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single frame: Harry & Izzy’s
Facade of an Indianapolis steakhouse.
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Trusting my vaccination
I hardly know whether to bother wearing a mask anymore. The places I go, no less than half of people aren’t wearing theirs. Last time I went grocery shopping, my estimate is that four out of five bared their faces. I know that the point of wearing the mask is for me not to spread…
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What I lack in smarts I make up for in luck
Some …pauses in my caution during the pandemic.
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American disunity at a critical time
Thoughts on American unity amid the Delta spike.
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Trending the wrong way
A new spike in cases and no response from the government.
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Returning to the world
I’m starting to attend church and go to work again, a little.