I’m working this week. Practically nobody else working for my employer is—since most are in the UK they’re taking today off (since Christmas fell on a Saturday) and tomorrow off (since Boxing Day fell on a Sunday). It’s making for a quiet week.
I’m guessing that there will be a half-hearted attempt at working on Wednesday and Thursday, substantially impeded by the people prudent enough to take the whole week off, and an even more phlegmatic attempt at working on New Years Eve.
Apparently, there’s a lot of this going around and not just in the UK. I’ve mentioned before that blogging is largely a reactive form, i.e. I react to what other people are writing about. Other than the regular bickering, complaining about people who haven’t been vaccinated, and saber-rattling about Russia, not much is being written for me to react to.
It was a quiet Christmas here and the day after was even quieter. Muy pesents to my wife largely consisted of chocolate or materials for our indoor garden. I’m hoping she’ll plant some lettuce soon. Her present to me largely consisted of kitchen tools—cutting boards and towels. My Christmas dinner menu was pork chop braised with sauerkraut, prunes, dried apricots, and apples; mashed potatoes. My wife and I eat pretty sparingly. That was one pork chop split between the two of us. I’ve calculated out our annual red meat consumption. It’s less than 30 pounds per year—about a quarter that of most Americans.
I guess its only fair, you get to enjoy Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Casimir Pulaski Day and Juneteenth.
Wikipedia: “Though it originated as a holiday to give gifts to the poor, today Boxing Day is primarily known as a shopping holiday.” They really get started on Christmas shopping early.
“Other than the regular bickering, complaining about people who haven’t been vaccinated, and saber-rattling about Russia, not much is being written for me to react to.”
Well there was a major, 180* actually, change in policy announced. After running a “campaign” based almost solely on the notion of his “stamping out the virus.” And 12 months of a federal government attempting to dictate policy to states, Biden has decided that “look, there is no federal solution. This is for the states to fix.”
Well, unless Biden has suddenly been consumed by a wave of confederalist thought he may have seen the realities of Omicron, looked at himself, and discovered he has no clothes. Shorter: he’s clueless about what to do, and running like a political yellow dog from the issue. Next up, Peppermint Patty explaining that Joe never really meant he was going to stamp out the virus, (and don’t you people be so stupid as to have believed that) but rather was all along going to facilitate and vigorously cheer on the governors to “do the right thing for their states.” Media will dutifully report. Hilarity ensued.
Meh. we know what needs to babe done, get people vaccinated. Since the federal govt doesnt control that might as well leave it up to the states. The states wont be able to get people vaccinated either.
Steve
I’m not 100% convinced that’s true. Maybe “get people vaccinated every 90 days” is closer to the truth. Is that an actually achievable goal?
Depends upon your goal. Every 90 days if you are working towards zero covid. Maybe every 6 months for another year and then yearly, assuming normal progression, after that. Even against Omicron the current 2 dose regimen was pretty against severe disease.
Steve