What COVID Hospitalization Numbers Are Missing [Click] “As COVID numbers tick up, hospitals are supposed to be ready to jump in as needed. Only, they never really had a reprieve.” Yep. For a long time before Covid I worked alternating eighty and hundred hour weeks. You can't just turn out the lights at 6PM and tell the hospital patients "see you tomorrow." People who would never even think of working evenings or weekends often expect round the clock care in hospitals, and they get it because so many of the workers have "Florence Nightingale Syndrome." P.S. for listener: University of Vermont Medical Center figures in this story.
Eighty- and Hundred-hour workweeks are one thing, evening and weekend shifts are another. When I went back to working from home I found myself in effect working an evening shift, roughly 4 pm to midnight, because that felt comfortable and fit my daily rhythm. Marcus finds it natural and comfortable to go to bed around 8 am.
Swing shift isn't bad, if it fits with one's family. Some people can adjust better to graveyard shifts than do others, and most people do look very tired after pulling three 12 hr. shifts. Thirty and forty hour straight shifts really tough. ---Alan
From The Guardian [quoted because I can't figure out how to link directly to it] ----Alan
In his nightly address, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia’s alleged use of laser weapons systems “indicates the complete failure of the invasion”.
He said:
Today, one of the representatives of the Russian state said that the occupiers allegedly began to use laser weapons systems in Ukraine. Allegedly to save missiles.
Firstly, it is noteworthy that they need to save missiles and somehow explain it. That is, more than two thousand missiles fired by the Russian army at Ukraine were the main part of their stockpile of missiles. That is, only the remnants are left.
Secondly, everyone has already seen Russia at war. Inexperienced conscripts, which it throws into battle like cannon fodder. Marauders who see normal appliances for the first time in a foreign country. Old Soviet “armor” without modern protection. Forbidden phosphorous bombs, which they use to burn schools and ordinary houses.
And missiles, most of which were spent by the Russian army on the destruction of absolutely civilian infrastructure without any strategic military outcome. Today they hit missiles in such a way at Mykolaiv and Dnipro.
Well, in the propaganda of Nazi Germany there was such a term “wunderwaffe”. Wonder weapon. The clearer it became they had no chance in the war, the more propaganda there was about the wonder weapon, which would be so powerful that it would provide a turning point in the war.
And here we see that in the third month of a full-scale war, Russia is trying to find its “wunderwaffe”. Allegedly laser. All this clearly indicates the complete failure of the invasion.
Russia has said it is using a new generation laser weapons to burn up drones, according to Reuters. Per the agency:
President Vladimir Putin in 2018 unveiled an array of new weapons including a new intercontinental ballistic missile, underwater nuclear drones, a supersonic weapon and a new laser weapon.
Little is known about the specifics of the new laser weapons. Putin mentioned one called Peresvet, named after a medieval Orthodox warrior monk Alexander Peresvet who perished in mortal combat.
Yury Borisov, the deputy prime minister in charge of military development, told a conference in Moscow that Peresvet was already being widely deployed and it could blind satellites up to 1,500 km above Earth.
TitleGuardian: Why is there a baby formula shortage in the US, and what can parents do? [Click] I am still surprised that the journalists don’t suggest consulting Dr. Spock. Or are they afraid of creating a run on condensed milk? For that matter, I suppose that (just like canned fruit) condensed milk might not be as common in the markets as it used to be. --Alan
This whole mess makes me think of the baby formula recall of years ago, and how I am glad I never ever ever ever used formula with our five. Just breastfed them all. No production issues. Ha! But, truly, my heart goes out to all the families struggling. If it were me, I'd opt for goat's milk.
The Future of America is Bright - Young Peter Zeihan Old Predicts Deglobalization [Click] This guy sure is an excellent public speaker. Not sure how right or wrong he is, but that’s beside the point.
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What COVID Hospitalization Numbers Are Missing [Click] “As COVID numbers tick up, hospitals are supposed to be ready to jump in as needed. Only, they never really had a reprieve.” Yep. For a long time before Covid I worked alternating eighty and hundred hour weeks. You can't just turn out the lights at 6PM and tell the hospital patients "see you tomorrow." People who would never even think of working evenings or weekends often expect round the clock care in hospitals, and they get it because so many of the workers have "Florence Nightingale Syndrome."
ReplyDeleteP.S. for listener: University of Vermont Medical Center figures in this story.
Fund More Covid Treatments [Click]
-----Alan
Eighty- and Hundred-hour workweeks are one thing, evening and weekend shifts are another. When I went back to working from home I found myself in effect working an evening shift, roughly 4 pm to midnight, because that felt comfortable and fit my daily rhythm. Marcus finds it natural and comfortable to go to bed around 8 am.
DeleteSwing shift isn't bad, if it fits with one's family. Some people can adjust better to graveyard shifts than do others, and most people do look very tired after pulling three 12 hr. shifts. Thirty and forty hour straight shifts really tough.
Delete---Alan
Why Didn't the Dinosaurs Take Over Again? [Click] A pretty good ecology tale.
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DeleteFrom The Guardian [quoted because I can't figure out how to link directly to it]
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In his nightly address, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia’s alleged use of laser weapons systems “indicates the complete failure of the invasion”.
He said:
Today, one of the representatives of the Russian state said that the occupiers allegedly began to use laser weapons systems in Ukraine. Allegedly to save missiles.
Firstly, it is noteworthy that they need to save missiles and somehow explain it. That is, more than two thousand missiles fired by the Russian army at Ukraine were the main part of their stockpile of missiles. That is, only the remnants are left.
Secondly, everyone has already seen Russia at war. Inexperienced conscripts, which it throws into battle like cannon fodder. Marauders who see normal appliances for the first time in a foreign country. Old Soviet “armor” without modern protection. Forbidden phosphorous bombs, which they use to burn schools and ordinary houses.
And missiles, most of which were spent by the Russian army on the destruction of absolutely civilian infrastructure without any strategic military outcome. Today they hit missiles in such a way at Mykolaiv and Dnipro.
Well, in the propaganda of Nazi Germany there was such a term “wunderwaffe”. Wonder weapon. The clearer it became they had no chance in the war, the more propaganda there was about the wonder weapon, which would be so powerful that it would provide a turning point in the war.
And here we see that in the third month of a full-scale war, Russia is trying to find its “wunderwaffe”. Allegedly laser. All this clearly indicates the complete failure of the invasion.
Russia has said it is using a new generation laser weapons to burn up drones, according to Reuters. Per the agency:
President Vladimir Putin in 2018 unveiled an array of new weapons including a new intercontinental ballistic missile, underwater nuclear drones, a supersonic weapon and a new laser weapon.
Little is known about the specifics of the new laser weapons. Putin mentioned one called Peresvet, named after a medieval Orthodox warrior monk Alexander Peresvet who perished in mortal combat.
Yury Borisov, the deputy prime minister in charge of military development, told a conference in Moscow that Peresvet was already being widely deployed and it could blind satellites up to 1,500 km above Earth.
TitleGuardian: Why is there a baby formula shortage in the US, and what can parents do? [Click] I am still surprised that the journalists don’t suggest consulting Dr. Spock. Or are they afraid of creating a run on condensed milk? For that matter, I suppose that (just like canned fruit) condensed milk might not be as common in the markets as it used to be.
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Ignore the glitch in the clickable link--it works.
Delete---Alan
This whole mess makes me think of the baby formula recall of years ago, and how I am glad I never ever ever ever used formula with our five. Just breastfed them all. No production issues. Ha! But, truly, my heart goes out to all the families struggling. If it were me, I'd opt for goat's milk.
DeleteWhat the presidential election really revealed about fractured France [Click] Sounds awfully familiar. . .
ReplyDelete—Alan