It's Day 299 today, I've been keeping track of the days on my calendar since Covid took over our lives. Positive test numbers are going up here, another 14 positive tests registered in our small town yesterday, making 74 reported in the last 7 days. That might seem a small number, but high when I consider that the majority of people seem to be following the rules, wearing masks, sanitising hands, keeping the correct distances. But there are sure to be more infections after careless holiday gatherings, and the hospitals are filling up.
One bright light in all this is the arrival of various vaccines. At risk seniors in care homes and their carers and hospital staff are being vaccinated first. I have no idea when my turn will come, but as I was watching the National News yesterday, I counted 31 images of arms receiving a needle... and I only watched the 1 hour broadcast for 30 minutes. Too many needle images! I am hoping the next arm I see with a needle sticking into it is mine!
Abject apologies to any blogger who has left a comment on this blog and wondered why it never appeared. I recently found over 300 comments that somehow got missed, no idea how, blogger seems to have hidden them, anyway, I reinstated them, well, the ones that weren't spam. Some were from a couple of years ago. They used to show up in my email but now they don't. Weird.
And on a lighter note, I saw Mickey out on the street yesterday. He was feeling chilly but enjoying the sun.
You can restore the emailed comments function. You need to go to Settings, then to email and to add yourself as a recipient. I think the facility was removed as part of Blogger's 'improvements'.
ReplyDeleteI hope you find yourself on the pointy end of a needle soon. We will not even start vaccinations before March.
Thank you, I think I fixed the comments. 'Improvements" are not always that.
DeleteI just read in Huffington Post Canada that 48% of Canadians flouted the rules and visited with friends or family outside the home over the Christmas/New Year Holidays, so you can bet that a whole new spike in cases is in the way. Will we never learn what it takes to get ahead of it?
ReplyDeleteWell I suppose I am guilty but I was isolating and so were they.
DeleteOur numbers have increased too. Younger people (20-45) flouting the rules. Someday we will be free to do what we wish once again without fear of this virus.
ReplyDeleteInfection numbers are increasing everywhere, very worrying.
DeleteI'm also way back on the list for the vaccine though I'm old. But medics and long-term care people are rightly getting in first. They can't control their risk level.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit squeamish about seeing needles, though I can handle them for myself. But too many images of them lately, presented as good news, which it is I know. I just would like it less graphic!
I can wait, it's going to be a while. Although a cousin in UK gets here today!
DeleteI am finding comments like you are but far less. I check it regularly now.
ReplyDeleteI have to remember to check.
DeleteHaHa..great capture..Smiling Mickey.
ReplyDeleteThat's sure a lot of days for this awful pandemic.
Too long and too sad
Sue
Yes its a long time. But I'm staying at home and finding things to keep my busy.
DeleteI am figuring April and then there's round two to come, so I don't expect big changes until June, and that's not everybody. Am I being pessimistic? No, I don't think so. Do I know what I am talking about? Also no.
ReplyDeleteNobody knows anything definite because the rules keep changing.
DeleteHurray for vaccines and Mickey Mouse!
ReplyDeleteI think I'm scheduled for the first shot in February, but I wouldn't mind waiting longer. I can easily stay at home, unlike younger people who need to get out to work and are much more likely to be at risk of infection.
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