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Does anyone else feel a disconnect from the people around them? Cases are rising fast here; my county is back to High transmission status, but nobody is wearing a mask. When I stopped to get gas yesterday, I looked at the man standing on the other side of the pump and tallied up how long he must have been there filling up…

Last Friday I took my parents to the nearest shelter to adopt a cat. They had to spend an hour inside and were the only ones masked. Today I went back to curbside adopt a cat for myself. Almost every person coming out of the building wore a mask. At least there is awareness of the rise in cases. P.S. I picked the cat that…

I just had a strange encounter. Went to town to buy chicken feed, had to go inside (and because I'm back on high alert) I was wearing my P100 mask. Young man at the counter said, "that won't help, if you got the vaccine you're going to get it." I shrugged and said I won't be breathing it in. My takeaway from that was he…

I read that it's up to 7 cases in New Zealand now.

For five weeks the SD DOH felt justified by low numbers to only publish data once a week. Today they reversed that decision and went back to daily updates. Delta is here in force.

You may recall that I am extremely cautious about catching covid; I only stopped disinfecting groceries in the late spring. Which is why I'm fully vaccinated AND have Ivermectin on hand. I will continue with my plan of never being exposed if at all possible.

The local VA hospital is giving Ivermectin to covid patients. Interesting with limited data: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7698683/

A Florida doctor I talked with said every patient he's had to send to the hospital has T2DM. I've been struggling to get my diabetes back under control so this news makes me want to hide. At least my best friend is understanding that I probably won't make it to her wedding next month.

Are we sharing doctors not listening stories now? Goodie. On my last visit, my doctor blanked on the fact that I'm unemployed and uninsured and prescribed a $500 per month medication.

You are mistaking CICO for calorie counting. Your PCOS merely changes the CI to CO ratio; it does not invalidate the science.

That's especially worrisome because the main symptoms of the delta variant are headache, runny nose, sore throat... just like a very bad cold.

I saw my doctor today and was disappointed that he didn't mention my weight. I've lost 30+ pounds since my last appointment. Although I did get a 'good for you' for exercising. Lol I normally don't pay attention to BMI so it was nice to see I've dropped out of Stage 3 obesity and am firmly in Stage 2. Another 25 pounds…

I will be very interested when more data is available. I have heard that around 5% of middle-aged people end up with long covid regardless of symptoms from the initial infection. I don't recall vaccination status being mentioned.

Lol, my friend and I were waiting in line and she picked up some kind of ACV supplement bottle off a display, "Is this a thing again?" I laughed and said it's always a thing, but nice for cooking.

Different customs I guess. My family stopped doing elaborate (expensive) weddings generations ago. Probably why I had no qualms about eloping. I know another family that does church weddings but the 'reception' is always a massive potluck in the park. As to the chances of an autumn wedding without any restrictions, I'd be…

I wondered about that too. Possible reference to my story about my friend who chose to marry while barefoot in her backyard? Back to covid: active cases are way down here, only 9 new positives today; but there were 3 deaths. Of course, I don't know if they were rare cases of serious illness while vaccinated or weren't…

My best friend got married a couple weeks ago; barefoot in her backyard with two witnesses and the guy doing the ceremony. They're planning a ceremony/reception in September but the real wedding is done. The only person who is annoyed is her mom.

I usually eat my first meal of the day between 12:00-2:00 p.m. I call that meal lunch.

If it's just the masks I would try to come up with some way to incorporate them into the wedding, like lace-covered masks in the wedding colors for everyone. If there are attendance restrictions, then that just sucks.

Regarding the "Be Careful" advice, my little experience with supplements: I was suffering frequent headaches and my parents suggested magnesium because it helped them. Not only didn't my headaches get better, but I became ill to the point I couldn't climb a flight of stairs without nausea and weakness. Discovered my…

One of the few benefits to living in South Dakota is no state income tax. I took my cat to the vet today. While chatting, she asked if I had got 'the shot'. It was a bit odd, but then I realized she probably doesn't see many people wearing a mask.

They're taking down the plexiglass barriers? Dang, for the sake of the retail workers they could at least keep those up.

Barely on topic, but I thought about visiting the bakery since our county only reported one new case in the last 10 days. Then I weighed myself this morning, down 3 pounds, so there's no way I'm bringing donuts back into my life. Explanation: I tend to binge sweet, fatty foods so it's been easier to not have them around…

Here in South Dakota, it's a much higher percentage not masking. I took my dad to Sam's Club yesterday and went inside for the first time. We were the only ones wearing masks, but nobody paid any attention to us. I'm going back to curbside pickup for the convenience but I expect we will see another surge when the India…

I'm surprised to hear they are still making TBL. I thought the ratings fell off years ago.

I saw a piece on BBC that they've found a variant that combines the UK and India variants into one in Vietnam.

Has anyone de-escalated a mask/non-mask situation? I wonder if it would work to say 'I have halitosis that would make you vomit."?