Thursday, March 26, 2020

Crocuses appearing through the grasses


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    1. All right! It's nice to have *some* good news.

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    2. listener3/26/2020 09:40:00 AM
      Glory Hallelujah (even in Lent)!!

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  2. “Last week 3,667 Vermonters lost their jobs and applied for unemployment insurance. To put that number in perspective, during the week of March 14, applications totaled 659 and at the peak of the Great Recession there were only two weeks when more than 2,000 Vermonters applied for unemployment insurance.”
    https://vtdigger.org/2020/03/26/vermont-jobless-claims-spike-smashing-records-since-2002/?utm_source=VTDigger+Subscribers+and+Donors&utm_campaign=7f50a1c898-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_26_01_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dc3c5486db-7f50a1c898-405965485

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    1. ^ Click the above link to have a look at the graph!

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    2. As a share of the population, that would be roughly equivalent to 200,000 in California, and sure enough, that is our situation.

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  3. We’re sicker and have a doctor shortage. Coronavirus can ravage Fresno area, experts warn [Click] Crest of the coronavirus wave expected to reach this area in another two or three weeks.

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    1. So, not all better by Easter?
      Gee, who could have foreseen that?

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    2. By Easter? Sure thing, a piece o' cake. The question of which year remains open, however.

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  4. VT cases/deaths:
    Sun 52/2 ~ Mon 75/5
    Tues 95/7 ~ Weds 123/8
    THURS 158/9

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    1. ^ That's a 5.7% death rate, now.

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    2. It's also a doubling time of two or three days.

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  5. Just got back from many errands and from taking Son #2 to the Dr. He's been coughing every few minutes 24 hrs. a day since 3/16. He tested negative for flu. Doc said he is in Tier 3 for COVID testing and she could write the scrip, but thinks it would be better for us to just stay home and continue social distancing. Anyway, I picked up his prescription and we'll hope it gives him some relief. She told us to stay away from each other, but we already do that since we have wildly diverging interests and our own spaces.

    867 COVID cases, 15 deaths.

    Anyway, Mama Wart (because I worry all the time) will keep a close eye on things.

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  6. The Pandemic Is Putting Primary Care Docs In A Major Financial Pinch [Click] Makes the East German [DDR] polyclinic system sound pretty darn good.

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  7. Hey! PhD*Son is a Selectman in Kennebunk, Maine and was the only member of the Board who did not show up for the meeting in person, but was present instead via Zoom. He brought up issues like people congregating at the beach and how they might kindly discourage that, as well as advocating to hold future meetings all via Zoom. So proud!!

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  8. I am attending class via Zoom...it was a little problematical getting it going, but much smoother on the second day.

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