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Just 5 days ago 281 new cases in the last 7 days. Today 591 in the last 7 days. No plateau here yet.
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Ice storm coming, very unusual for this time of year. Hooray I already have chili in the freezer.

It should be snow!
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Israel is doing 4th dose of COVID shots while Turkey is offering 5th.

When was the last time anyone took 5 doses of any vaccines to be protected?

My guess is that it will not stop at #5.

Insanity!!!

These so called vaccines have been shown to be IN-effective, except to cause harm from maiming to death to many unlucky people.
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Covid is on everyone's mind.

from The Globe and Mail

"Meanwhile, a Red Deer restaurant has closed temporarily after public health inspectors say some of its staff accepted dog photos instead of vaccine passports to dine-in."

Takes all kinds!!!!

Sil is feeling better. Hopefully he will be over it in a few days. Dd has no signs of infection so far.

I am finding it very weird at my age to have one (adult)child with diabetes and one with cancer. The latter, particularly, is something I never expected.
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There was no sound, but there should have been!
Just checking!
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Shoot had my sound off! Will have to check tomorrow, it is off for the night. Did it sing happy birthday or thank you for being a friend?
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It worked on google, my chromebook!

🎂🎊🎉🎉🪅🪅💯💫💫💥

Thanks for sharing!

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Was there sound on yours Glad?
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Shoot! Google Betty White worked on my laptop but not on my kindle.
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LOL golden, I have stubborn Scandinavian in me too, but I also have I am too old for this nonsense in me too!
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Today is Betty White's 100th Birthday!
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Yes glad there are and I considered it, but this was a small job. A sewer back up would have been worth it.

If I can do it, I will do it. Muscles, that don't get used, atrophy!

And I have stubborn Scandinavian in me.😉
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Hey all, Google Betty White and see what happens.
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Golden, you know there is help. There are mitigation companies that will come and clean up that mess for you. If it were me, that is what I would do.
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Thx llama - the drain from the humidifier on the furnace backed up because it wasn't properly installed. That drenched the surrounding area and cut the furnace off. I had some baseboard stored behind the furnaces, an assortment of furnace filters and a few other things that got wet. It was obvious when I cleared it out that this had been happening in a small way for a while as most of the baseboard was moldy and some of the floor tiles back there had lifted. I mopped and removed stuff yesterday, and managed to haul it all out to the garbage today and sprayed mold control everywhere. I'm getting too old for this!!!!! I really need to downsize!

re covid - I have to laugh as I already often have well more than half the symptoms due to allergies, and CFS/FM. How would I know that I got it? The things I would have to look for are a fever (haven't had one in years) and a headache. Oh well. Life goes on.
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golden: Sorry about your son in law and praying that others in the family don't get it. Did your downstairs flood or something?
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Becky: Sorry that you won't get your wheelchair and PT wasn't happening. At least you got your leg lowered.
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Thanks for the support, encouragement and prayers. It means a lot.

That family is not getting a break. As of yesterday, Sil has covid - probably got it from a guy at work. So far he has a bit of a cough, and is very muscle achy and tired. And, yes, he had two shots and a booster. Hopefully he won't get any worse or have lasting side effects. Also, hopefully, neither dd nor dgs will get it. It seems unpredictable who will get it in a family.

Blessings in disguise - I normally would have asked them for help with cleaning up the basement, but now not with dd and her health issue. Yesterday, I was thinking of going over to borrow their fan to dry things up. Glad I didn't. I am managing - just have to do a bit at a time. I will bag and put out the water damaged and moldy stuff today, and cover the area with mold spray. I am so done with water damage and mold!!!!
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The "side effects" really "affected" me.

Effect is a noun, affect is a verb.
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Disappointed - my new wheelchair won’t be delivered today and PT won’t happen either. Too much ice and snow out. But I did get half hour with my leg lowered which was good.
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Affect/effect are words I stumble over often enough that I have a pot it note about it by my computer. Sometimes I still have trouble so I just mentally flip a coin.🤷‍♀️
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Glad: Thank you. My cousin did well on January 12 for the double reconstruction as she had the bilateral mastectomy in October. I can understand it's a very personal decision and your's was right for you. My cousin is a 52 year old woman of very strong faith.

Yes, I was giving the opposite version of what Covid did to my sister in law, who was already 5 years into Alzheimer's disease. She went into a downward spiral of which she could not recover once she stopped eating, et al.

Yes, you used "affect" correctly, IMO.
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Send: Thank you. I am rounding the corner with this cold.
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Glad, I think about affect/effect as --

Affect: an INFLUENCE ON something

Effect: a RESULT OF something

If I'm not sure which one to use, I substitute "influence on" or "result of" to tell if I'm using them correctly.

You used affect correctly. :-)

*I like the RAVEN acronym in the link. Remember Affect is a Verb, and Effect is a Noun.
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Llama, best wishes to your cousin on her reconstruction. I did not choose that route because of the unfortunate results I have heard about. Some women end up having to get them removed after a short time because of infection and other reasons.

Covid's impact on the brain it seems cannot be all or nothing. I wonder, too, about the grading and steps of damage in those that recover. Does it somehow affect just some brains and these are people that most often die. Does it affect an area of the brain that is responsible for recovery from sickness and disease? So much is not known about Covid and it will be years.

Is this the right effect vs affect? This one just always gets me, it seems.

https://www.touro.edu/departments/writing-center/tutorials/affect-or-effect/
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Llama,
Just stopping by to say goodnight, and I hope you are feeling better. 🦙️
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Thanks Glad! I was reading that particular article just now. Did not finish yet.
I will look for the original study.
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Thanks Glad, it worked.

The ultimate brain damage: 😡 is death.

["Brain damage worse in deadly COVID cases
In this regard, the study authors found that markers of brain damage were worse in patients who did not survive their coronavirus infection. The markers in patients who died of COVID were 124 percent higher than those who eventually left the hospital."]

I am not doubting the study, just the author of the article to convey the facts accurately throughout.

I am going to see the actual study.
I am interested because I see signs of mental decline in someone we know about.
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Send, see if this link will work. Google it, there are many articles posted just in the last couple of days.

https://nationworldnews.com/covid-19-patients-show-more-signs-of-brain-damage-than-those-with-alzheimers-disease/
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glad: That's an interesting story. On the opposite side of the coin so to speak, as many of you know, my late sister in law, who already suffered from Alzheimer's got Covid. She had no chance of recovering because the virus made her deleterious of course.
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golden: Huge prayers sent for your daughter. My cousin just had her breast reconstruction surgery on January 12 and did well. 💚
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