contagion - covid - my little family - seems to be winding down where I live

Headline at the abc7 internet news site today: "LA County lifting mask requirement for public transit, airports as COVID transmission falls"

'County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said transit masks will remain only "strongly recommended" as long as the county ( Read more... )

covid - contagion - my little family - the doomsday book

At the end of July, my Spouse and Oldest went to an Event in Woodland Hills for a few days.

The event was hosted at a hotel.

When they got back home at the beginning of August, they received notification via a phone app that they may have been exposed to covid.

Within a few days, ( Read more... )

parenting influenced by my own growing up experiences
Latchkey kid

When I was in elementary school, in the 1970's, I was a latchkey kid.

My parents would leave for work in the morning, before I left for school. I would eat cereal with milk, or a tortilla with cheese.

I would walk or bicycle to school by myself. And walk or bicycle home from ( Read more... )

covid - contagion - 1million deaths

Morbid. But, seems important to document.
US COVID death toll reaches 1 million

'Experts said the statistic, however massive, does not fully capture the magnitude of the human tragedy.

"It's one thing to talk about numbers, but then to realize that each one of those numbers represents a grandparent or a ( Read more... )

covid - 3rd vaccination received - booster

Received my "booster" 3rd vaccination.

At the local elementary school that my Youngest goes to, the covid-positive rate reached 5% (one out of every twenty), recently.

Now my guess/prediction for "when will it end?!" for my local area is, Summer2022.


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contagion - My Little Family - we are now all fully vaccinated

This week my Youngest received her 2nd dose of covid vaccine. *huzzah!*

I had previously hoped that "the beginning of the end" would have arrived around the Holidays of Year2021.

Hopefully many other kids will become fully vaccinated over the next few months. If enough people are ( Read more... )

contagion - fully vaccinated - the Beginning of the End

I am starting to feel Hopeful.

I have received both vaccinations. Am now "fully vaccinated" (as far as I am aware). My spouse has received her 1st vaccination. My Mom has received her 1st vaccination.

Things are still Dire, but feeling Hopeful the Beginning of the End is Real. That it ( Read more... )

2nd COVID vaccination, received.


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1st COVID vaccine inoculation, received


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