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I stopped by CVS and got my flu jab this morning.

Science is something, eh?

I have worked for companies that give employees X amount of sick days per year, then ding them on their yearly performance evaluation for poor attendance if they use any sick days, which directly impacts their merit increase. It’s a messed up system that promotes working while sick so the...

Just about every company I have ever worked for (except my current employer): Official Company Policy: Stay home if you are not feeling well. Employee: I’m sick and can’t come in today. Manager: We’re already short handed and can’t cover for you. Is there any way you can come in today?

I learned to cough and sneeze into my elbow when I worked in food service. I still carry that technique with me years later.

The difference being that you kept your mask on. You still blew through the mask on to your hands but you didn’t pull your mask down to uncover your face, sneeze, then re-cover your face.

An observation while in CVS that made me facepalm: I was waiting in line inside at the pharmacy because it’s always much faster than the endless line of cars at the drive thru. Anyway, I can see the pharmacist, who is wearing a mask. Suddenly she pulls her mask down, looks off the side and...

Since Covid is a respiratory illness, much like seasonal flu, the best we can hope for with a vaccine will be results similar to an annual flu vaccine. Not 100% effective, however, it cuts down transmission, duration, and lightens symptoms to a tolerable level. It’s more about mitigation and...

I’ve been masking since early March.

And once more, “Stop! or I’ll say ‘Stop!’ again”.

Truth. I don’t have a formal education, but I have a tendency to listen when smart people talk.

I’m normally not a fan of drinking alone, but over the past 5 months, I’ve become quite an expert at it.

I believe Arkansas reported our first day yesterday with over 1000 new cases. It has gotten bad enough that my wife is quitting her job because the sheer number of cases coupled with the risk of transmission where she works far outweighs her pay. She has long suffered from an autoimmune disorder...

Meanwhile, there are 92 cases at the state-ran intermediate care facility where my wife works, including residents and staff.

The beginning of this week marked the third time that I have been ordered to quarantine because of a positive case at work. I’ve had to take two tests so far and the results of both have been negative. Cases in Arkansas are spiking and people are running around like morons without masks and no...

Then there are those of us who watched the SARS outbreak years ago and started wearing a mask the day this was announced to be spread through the air.

I really wish I could have stayed at home for the past couple of months. The Dept. of Homeland Security defines my job as an essential critical infrastructure worker so I have had to go out in the thick of this every single day since the pandemic began. Every service employee of my company...

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Most likely you were already sick and just didn’t know it yet. The flu vaccine contains “dead” virus which makes it impossible for you to catch the flu from the vaccine.

Pneumonia, trouble breathing, extreme fatigue, chills, fever, heart attack, stroke, diarrhea, swollen toes, or death may occur.

There should really be a facepalm emoji.

I had to get a COVID-19 test a couple of weeks ago because of exposure at work and mine was a throat swab. It took three days to get the result and it was negative.

Then there are those of us who have been going to work every day throughout this certain public health crisis. It’s a bit unnerving visiting a client to work on their equipment and walking into a busy mailroom and being the only person wearing a mask.

Isn’t this the strain which we are already dealing with here and have been for pretty much the past two months?

I know a few.

In Arkansas, you can buy beer and wine in some gas stations in wet counties. You have to go to an actual liquor store to buy hard liquor. Of course, the only way to buy alcohol on Sunday is to go to a restaurant or sports bar.

That’s the real reason. The tongue in cheek reason is people need lots of alcohol to be locked up for days on end with their families. :D

I’m curious what will happen if this is still a thing on Black Friday.

It’s the Wild West here. Crowded stores with few wearing masks and the governor believes issuing a stay at home order would be worse than letting people run wild.