And a new start for millions of people! Life is beginning to feel like it was pre-pandemic. In-person dating is awkward. Students feel socially awkward. Small talk is hard after communicating with people through video and online.… Read the rest
Source: The Experiment Podcasts
I listened to these podcasts (Part One and Part Two). They resonated with me because: (1) I was alive during the decades that are discussed in the first podcast and much of it is personally relevant and true, and (2) I experienced much of the confusion and dismay that is described in the second podcast.… Read the rest
Last April, Texas Governor Abbott lifted the mask mandate and opened everything back up. What changed? Apparently nothing. No affect on employment, no affect on retail foot traffic, and virus counts stayed the same.
Conclusions: Policy didn’t seem to matter, because the effect was the same in both conservative and liberal areas.… Read the rest
Lynn and I, along with Brian and Vicki, had made plans (and booked airline tickets) for a trip to Fresno ‘way last April 2020. COVID 19 had other plans that interfered with this!
Soooo … after arranging for credits through Alaska Airlines (they have been wonderful), we were in hopes that in 2021, we could eventually take our trip.… Read the rest
As of April 1, the BIG STORY now is whether enough people can get vaccinated to get ahead of the possibility that variants, many of which are more contagious and dangerous, can create another spike and possibly an additional “wave.”
In Washington, all adults 16 and over are eligible for the vaccine.… Read the rest