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I know. I’m one of them. Never left. But to plan to require the higher ed people to come back in person and deprioritize them for vaccines isn’t right. The community colleges in CA are vital to access for higher education for students from marginalized groups—they feed directly into the CSU system. Online classes are not…

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If I'm reading your numbers correctly, you've been in an extreme deficit for a long time. 1800 in and 3100 out on days with exercise, so that means a negative net of calories. If that's the case, you might be seeing the results of depriving your body of needed nutrients for an extended period of time. It sounds like you…

Also, a weight-trending program can be super helpful in helping you see through the scale fluctuations. Libra works for Android and Happy Scale works for iPhone. Weighing at the same time every day in the same state (a lot of people weigh first thing in the morning after going to the bathroom) makes for some level of…

Mine certainly does. Always worse two days later than the day after for some reason. What can I say? I’m unique! 😂

Me, too. Lost almost 120 pounds in total (more than an entire “me”) and kept it off, so it is totally possible. 💖

And here’s a kicker. Our county decided today that the “educator” category in 1b only includes K-12 and not higher ed. Thank goodness my university gets our vaccines from the state and not the county. But that doesn’t help my colleagues at other institutions around the county who are being pressured to return on-site with…

It sounds like everyone is doing everything possible for your brother and it still must be so scary! I’m so sorry. My staffer has been struggling for three weeks now and is finally around the bend. Thank goodness! But she still is nowhere near 100%. Running a fever daily for weeks on end—yikes! Coughing so hard she can’t…

Here in California, our agricultural workers are also priorities after healthcare workers. But you’re dealing with many barriers: status, language, isolation in rural areas to name a few. We have not been successful in vaccinating them yet and outbreaks remain rampant. Same thing for our frontline grocery workers. And…

If schools were reopening with safety precautions in place, I would feel differently. For example, in Oklahoma, it's been decided if students are physically distanced, they don't have to wear masks indoors. All the science we have says that's a very bad idea. If teachers are being required to go back in the classroom with…

I think it depends on the work/circumstances. A senior staying at home versus a teacher required to go back in the classroom? Taking the only resource out of a rural community hurts everyone. Including the people the health dept. wants to prioritize.

It’s in the US, including California. What worries me is the South African variant has been identified in three states in the last week and a half: Maryland, Virginia, and one of the Carolinas.

What happens when adequate precautions aren’t taken for in-person learning. 😞 https://apple.news/AyMIn9a3ARZ6AaQiWX-Y6_w

Personally, I found this rather appalling as the term “essential employee” has been left open to interpretation. That and the shifting directions on who to vaccinate. https://apple.news/ApkRhyC0dRLKdXs-4jrDVog

We don’t retest cleared positive people until 90 days have passed for that reason.

It detects for the virus. And the virus needs to be at levels which can be detected. I’m testing twice a week and my labs always come back “no virus detected” not “negative.” I don’t know if the PCR tests can also be used for antibodies. Ours aren’t. We’re also doing saliva tests now. Don’t know about that one for…

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What our county CT has encountered is people unwilling to cooperate. They won’t give information about where they’ve been or who they’ve seen. Makes it really difficult to limit spread. On campus, the students have to cooperate. And they’ve been really good about following policies and working with the tracers.

With the rolllout in some states, seniors over 75 have prioritized with the limited supply (Florida). Not a value statement, just that 1b is a really big group and the vaccine supply is limited.

The schools in one of the studies I read had met or gone beyond the CDC safety standards. That does not seem to be the norm in most places. Good point about the resources schools have, i.e. wealthier schools have more resources to devote to heathy and safety standards. Our communities of color have been disproportionately…

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Everything comes at a cost, right? Economic, educational, emotional ... The balance scales are continually shifting. It does sound like NM has a solid plan and data and are doing the best they can. Florida, for example, is tying state funding to in-person education for K-12. Not a solid plan for some areas of the state—the…

Or they think because they’ve had COVID they’re immune or because they’ve been vaccinated they’re immune. Neither is true. And both only address the self, it does not take others into account. The best info we have right now is that people can still infect other people even if they’ve been vaccinated or had COVID. The…

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Sounds like your districts have more effective safety plans than the ones where my friends are working (Michigan, Oklahoma, Florida) where they’re not doing what they should to protect anyone, frankly. Especially people with pre-existing conditions which make them more vulnerable to serious health risks as a result of…

Regular masks fall off me, I need the adjustable ear loops. I found a vendor on Etsy where you could order different sizes by measuring your face and using the corresponding size chart. Found out I have a face on the small side of a 7-12 year old child. 😂😂😂

I honestly haven’t paid much attention to it, but there are ways of testing how widespread the virus is by sampling the sewer system. I think that and this new test might be related. I self-administer my nasal swab tests under someone’s supervision. They know from a marking on the swab if it’s in far enough. (Not going to…

Not necessarily for the teachers and their families. Even if teachers are vaccinated (most aren’t right now) the best information says they can still take it home to their families. As can the kids. Some districts (Oklahoma) say the kids don’t have to wear masks indoors if they’re sitting six feet apart. I am so scared for…

Disneyland (well, Downtown Disney when it reopened for a bit) wouldn’t allow them (gators, bandanas, any masks didn’t fully cover the more and mouth with no openings). People were apparently getting very creative and had masks with mesh or lace inserts. Which really aren’t that effective. Initially a big controversy here.