This afternoon on my favorite (I don't have many) one of the callers was talking about her mother who has Alzheimers pretty bad, to the point where trying to take her out of the house to one of the sites is just not workable. Having a mobile injection team that could travel for a house call for such cases would be a blessing, particularly now that there's a vaccine that doesn't have to be specially handled.
It was a great segment, particularly because the CDC has just issued new guidelines about whether it's safe for fully vaccinated people to socialize without masks, so there was a lot of discussion about that as well.
Timelies all!
My parents and Gary's parents are all fully vaccinated. With the new CDC guidelines, that means we're having the first Seder at my MIL's house. It also means my folks can stay with us on their way back north.
So sorry to hear it, msbelle.
Got my first Pfizer today.
Not sore or sick but the fatigue is semi-hilarious.
Its like I'm depressed and can't drag myself out of bed but I actually WANT to do stuff and I'm at work working.
NYT and a couple others say the reaction to the second shot is worse for women than for men, which tracks with what I've observed but raises a LOT of questions about why bodies would react differently. Biology is complex.
Having a mobile injection team that could travel for a house call for such cases would be a blessing, particularly now that there's a vaccine that doesn't have to be specially handled.
A nursing group in the Netherlands (where, universal health care) shifted from making patients come in to having the nurses go to the patients' homes a few years ago, because the nurses chose to make that shift, and the results have been staggeringly great.
Just spoke with my aunt. My uncle probably only has a few days. He is not awake, his breathing is labored and rattling. He is not eating and their living wills request no feeding tubes.
I think they’ve been married over 50 years. They call each other Love. They had trouble getting pregnant, but would take my brother and I for a week some summers. They were the fun aunt and uncle.
Oh msbelle. They sound wonderful.
Whenever I become eligible for the vaccine I am definitely taking a sick day or two afterwards.
And I’m going to take a bereavement day for my uncle and go scream into the void somewhere.