This Baltimore place makes awesome hand sanitizer and you can buy it in small quantities. [link]

Remember the week of 95-100 F degrees I mentioned? (in Jerusalem. Other parts of the country are getting higher temperatures) Well, schools are kindda back and instead of deciding the kids will study in shifts/other arrangements to keep safe, Ministry of Education decided to bring down impossible instructions: get all of the kids back (other than the ones in risk), and study with the windows open, with masks, and without A/C. Obviously that is not a study environment.

So new instructions were dropped overnight: due to the heatwave, everyone in school and public spaces can wander around without masks. I'm keeping mine on and staying the hell away from people.

Yikes. Massachusetts just issued an opening roadmap with some dates for Phase 1 that on the whole seem quite sensible. And being the state we are, businesses have to fill out a detailed form as to the measures they're taking before they're allowed to open, such as distance between work stations and et cetera.

Oh dear. Looks like a subject I thought would be easy peasy to write a final paper about turned out to be kindda nightmarish to frame to officials even though they agree with the logic (it's the terminology they find hard to understand). I did not foresee that and now thinking what the hell I got myself into, but at least it is interesting and I'll get to practice my presentation skills. yay...?

Has any state unveiled a re-opening plan that prioritizes childcare? It boggles my mind how anyone thinks people can go back to work if their kids are still home all day!!

"When I was that age I was selling newspapers on street corners and shining shoes! Why can't these kids do that?"

Has any state unveiled a re-opening plan that prioritizes childcare? It boggles my mind how anyone thinks people can go back to work if their kids are still home all day!!

This is a nightmare--our YMCA kept their childcare open throughout the shutdown to provide care for essential and medical personnel, but considering how many private childcare operations and providers have closed, there is no possible way we can have open without providing support for childcare.

Of course, that means there isn't any. And we are still screwed (well, those that have to go to work and leave kids at home.)

Our county exec fired off a summary that makes me feel better about voting for him, but enrages me at the WI Supreme Court. Seriously, the GOP Assembly requested the order be overturned but THEY requested a 6 day stay to provide clarification and modified instruction for the whole state.

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Instead, the Court overturned the order and nullified the stay. Which is why the bars flooded with people Wednesday night.

STOOPID Robin Vos should have had his own set of restrictions ready instead of relying on the stay and expecting the Governor, whom he despised, to come up with more ideas to save the people of Wisconsin.

ooops. Seems I had extra rage with my coffee this morning.

I don't want to work anymore. Can someone cover my mortgage and bills for a few months while I do laundry and wash dishes? That would be swell.

Has any state unveiled a re-opening plan that prioritizes childcare? It boggles my mind how anyone thinks people can go back to work if their kids are still home all day!!

A friend just suggested to our friend with a five year old that they just drop her off at the zoo, since that will be open!

there is no possible way we can have open without providing support for childcare.

Every day is bring your daughter (or son) to work day!