lokihen Member

I miss my son's cooking since he moved. He learned in self-defense against my cooking.

The beginning of the end of the beginning... My son and his girlfriend were both vaccinated yesterday at the hospital where they work. No problems so far.

I wonder why Type 1 diabetes isn't on that list? Is there some reason it wouldn't be a factor?

Clear, easy to understand article on positivity rates: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2020/11/20/no-soaring-covid-19-cases-are-not-due-to-more-testing-they-show-a-surging-pandemic/ Chilling to see my state so close to the high end of the chart.

I think the stress is hitting more people now. I don't know if it's due to election results, holiday/family stuff, possibly realizing the warnings about things getting bad this winter were true or maybe something else entirely. One formerly sensible poster on another forum has started screaming about the CDC plans to lock…

For my fellow Fresca lovers, I picked up a Walmart curbside order today and was able to get Fresca in two liter bottles.

My parents insist on going inside the grocery store every week; last week they saw stockers without masks. I finally talked them into accepting and using P100 masks (the ones with the big pink filters). I'm known to be the most overcautious in the family and I hoped I was wrong about how this would play out.

South Dakota finally released the adult ICU bed numbers. When they included NICU the available beds were 33%, now it's 18% for adult-sized beds.

Please be careful about letting politics creep into this discussion. I would hate to lose this thread. I watch different news programs on youtube. It felt very strange to hear my state mentioned on a German news channel because of our rising cases. One of our doctors pointed out that there is no curve to flatten; the…

My state's DOH has admitted they count NICU beds in with the 40% of ICU beds available, but still won't say how many that is. Some of the smaller rural schools are returning to remote learning because they can't find substitute teachers. Fortunately, they have the equipment and plans in place now. Because of the springtime…

I don't know if this has already been posted, but it's a sobering read. https://theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/11/third-surge-breaking-healthcare-workers/617091/

I checked the Sam's Club site to see the status of paper goods. Out of paper towels but toilet paper was still available online, although not at the local store.

A local news station has learned that South Dakota's DOH has been using a total staffed ICU beds number that includes NICU beds. As babies are rarely very sick with covid (thank heavens), it makes the percentage of available beds look much better than the reality.

Quote from a friend at a hospital: We're getting the first recovered nurses back from our big outbreak. They're worthless. 2 weeks out most of them aren't functional enough to work as a nurse. For example one today couldn't remember how to set up telemetry or keep train of thought long enough to accomplish a task. She…

Good grief! I never looked at your avatar and have assumed all this time that you were a woman. I'm laughing now at my preconceptions. On topic: I suspect you have run into a very vocal minority who want weight not to be a factor in dating while the vast majority know it is and accept it as a given, thus not worth…

SD is the same with daily record breaking. One difference is October has been, by far, the deadliest month. The trending data shows pretty clearly that this is the first wave here.

I think you just haven't found a forum that leans that way.

My sister always has a Jerry in her life and there is always maximum drama involved. On the questionably positive side, she has no filters for race, height, age, etc. She usually meets them through friends. Her minimum requirements are low to non-existent; one guy cleaned her bathroom on his first visit then moved in.

Actually, I've found them helpful in specific situations. If I take one before eating peanut butter I'm fine, if I don't there will be horrific cramps.

This is a second-hand account from a poster on another forum. He claims that two patients at his clinic tested positive twice over a three month time span. When he reported them to the CDC as reinfections, both were reclassified as re-emerging.

I don't know this is related, but it's worrying me. Here in South Dakota they normally get 1,000 to 1,400 test results back daily. Yesterday it was only 216 new people tested. Today it was 86. Of those 86, 66 were positive.

Re: Halloween. Most local parents stopped going door to door years ago. Instead they go to the zoo, mall and nursing homes. I hope the latter will be off limits now. About shortages, has anyone seen lite versions of margarine or is it a local shortage for my area?

Thanks! I like diet 7up for dealing with an upset stomach and you're right, very hard to find.

I just got diet dr. pepper at Sam's (my birthday treat to myself). What I miss most is fresca which seems to have disappeared entirely.

If you will use it before it expires, there should be no need to worry. Here, it's normal to stock up before winter because we never know what will happen with the weather. If stocks run low later, then you won't be part of the problem because you won't need to shop.

While I doubt it will become as cultural here in the US as it is in some Asian countries, I hope it becomes normal to wear one when we have colds and flu.

I've closed the lid first ever since learning how many feet the droplets can travel from flushing. Ewww Using a public toilet now? Absolutely not.

Hopefully my neighbors are used to me greeting my chickens by name and chatting with them.

Funny, I had to sign out of amazon and search again to see it wasn't showing up. If you search the title under kindle romances it's on the second page. Don't buy the paperback - too expensive.

My niece brought her kids up to see my mother. Inside, none of them wearing masks; now I have to isolate from my parents for two weeks. I was furious. If anyone has Kindle Unlimited they can read my book for free. It's an apocalyptic romance: Something Begins. No pandemic. I've been avoiding anything in the apocalyptic…