I'm slightly paranoid, so when I started reading about how the Delta variant is hitting Israel, which has a higher vaccination rate than the US, I bought a box of KN95s. I feel like maybe I should buy more. I don't think cloth masks are going to cut it with this Delta variant.
My mask-making neighbor has ordered us all a bunch of KN95s and is starting up her cloth mask making again because a) we'll be wearing them for a while and b) she figures we need new colors/patterns since we've been wearing the others long enough to be bored with them. Which is its own source of sadness. Still, it's nice to get a face-wardrobe refresh.
A while ago I saw a story from a man whose mother was using a town building (town hall, I think) to make masks. She was interrupted when a bunch of anti-maskers came in and harassed her. His response:
Look. It’s very simple. People with sewing machines are not to be messed with. They spend all day sticking their fingers in metal contraptions connected to the electrical outlets, their fingernails always dangerously close to a giant NEEDLE going stabbity stabbity stabbity. Do you KNOW how much energy it takes to make a dress from a frickin’ PATTERN when Old Navy exists? And you want to turn your Big QAnon Energy on those people? Really? … Crafters and makers are universally organized, energetic, and creative. Is that really who you want to be screwing with right now? You piss off the legions of people who buy yarn in bulk and they will END you.
I went ahead and scheduled a rapid test for tomorrow mostly because I am flying on Saturday and I would cancel if I was positive. I have no great reason to think I was exposed and was vaccinated last February, but I did go to a large indoor gathering with a lot of unmasked people, and I have been congested the last few days. So, I need the reassurance.
That is a fabulous story, Toddson. He's not wrong.
Negative test -ma, Laura.
We are told the new box is installed (I think that's what that chatter meant) and we should be operational again soon. I'm doing the equivalent of refreshing the tracking every few minutes on the package that was supposed to be delivered yesterday but in our ERP trolling for new orders...
My Dad's test was negative. Glad he went.
Yes, indeed. Glad to hear that.
