Showing posts with label Covid winter resurgence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Covid winter resurgence. Show all posts

Monday, October 10, 2022

Post chemo – session 2

News blues

Our third pandemic winter rapidly approaches with cooler weather, and people spending more time inside, where the virus spreads more easily. The risks of a resurgence is increasing with the first hints that another possible surge of COVID-19 infections could be on its way.
Infections have been rising in many European countries, including the U.K., France, and Italy.
"In the past, what's happened in Europe often has been a harbinger for what's about to happen in the United States," says Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. "So I think the bottom line message for us in this country is: We have to be prepared for what they are beginning to see in Europe."
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On war…
Ukraine Under Attack: Documenting the Russian Invasion Photographers in and around Ukraine have captured the horrors of war >> 
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The Lincoln Project:
Liz Cheney: flip or skip  (0:42 mins)
Priorities  (0:26 mins)
Ukraine  (0:59 mins)
Lead blockers  (1:05 mins)
Last week in the Republican Party - October 7, 2022  (2:15 mins)

Healthy planet, anyone?

Fat bears >>

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

A pattern emerges in Meso Mary’s post chemo treatments. Now that she understands which anti-nausea drug to take – Zyprexa – she states that she is “queasy” but not nauseous. Some tinnitus distracts her sense of hearing, too. But overall, while she rested most of yesterday – no walks outside – she reports “feeling better.
You go, girl!
 
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Cool in and around San Francisco Bay Area today
SF Bay Area:
Sunrise: 7:13am
Sunset: 6:38pm

KZN, South Africa:
Sunrise: 5:27am
Sunset: 6:06pm