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Been a long-ass time since I've had chapped lips. It's to the point that they are bleeding.

Nothing helps.

I did not find air travel to be that bad the last four trips I took.  ATL was really crowded though relative to "normal".  I just paid for our Baltic cruise in May, so I guess we're going for real.  I hope it's in a "window".

Cancelled my Northern European Cruise for May.  Not going to get over there and find places are closed, travel everywhere with a mask, etc. 

Highlights

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  The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant harbors 34 mutations in the spike, more than other variants
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  Two doses of mRNA-based vaccines elicit poor neutralization of Omicron
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  Three mRNA vaccine doses elicit potent variant cross-neutralization, including Omicron
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  The Omicron pseudovirus infects cells more efficiently than other SARS-CoV-2 variants

mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine boosters induce neutralizing immunity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: Cell

President Biden and the White House Covid-19 task force said during a conference call with the National Governors Association that states would have to "solve" the pandemic "at the state level."

"Look, there is no federal solution. This gets solved at the state level," he said. "And then ultimately gets down to where the rubber meets the road, and that's where the patient is in need of help or preventing the need for help."

"If you need something, say something," the president told governors on the call Monday.



December 27, 2021

I wonder where he got THAT idea.

Can't even be approached at the state level.  This is a municipal issue if ever there was one.  Local treatment of local cases, local changes to public health policy as needed, when the stress on local healthcare resources requires it.

I've said before that it's really good we got this trial run on how to handle a pandemic, with only a mildly lethal disease like COVID19. We're really lucky we didn't get hit by something as transmissible as COVID and as lethal as Ebola, for example.

But we'd have to be willing to apply lessons learned and adopt best practices in order to manage the next one better.  And I don't have much faith that we're capable of that.

Can't even be approached at the state level.  This is a municipal issue if ever there was one.  Local treatment of local cases, local changes to public health policy as needed, when the stress on local healthcare resources requires it.

I've said before that it's really good we got this trial run on how to handle a pandemic, with only a mildly lethal disease like COVID19. We're really lucky we didn't get hit by something as transmissible as COVID and as lethal as Ebola, for example.

But we'd have to be willing to apply lessons learned and adopt best practices in order to manage the next one better.  And I don't have much faith that we're capable of that.

Amen.