Three and a half years after having wild-type Covid, I’ve mostly regained my sense of smell, but it’s not quite right. Day to day it can be different. One of the first things I usually smell in the morning is coffee, as I fire up the Nespresso. But some days I don’t smell it. And when I do, I rarely get the nuance of different coffees. (I’ve given up on my dreams of being a sommelier, of course....
Global cases: 57,975K. US cases: 12,143K. US deaths: 259K Been a while…sigh. We’re in a “third wave” of infections, since the first and second waves were never controlled. It’s hitting WA pretty hard too, although we are doing WAY better than the rest of the country now. Sturgis was definitely a superspreader event, no surprise. Fucking Trump lost, but of course he refuses to concede. Filing lawsuits all over the land to try and overturn elections....
Global cases: 27606K. US cases: 6454K. US deaths: 194K. We made it to the 6 month mark! 😭 6 months of the stay at home order from work. Businesses closed, school barely functioning, cabin fever at all-time highs. Ellie’s school is fully remote, but it’s fantastic. So much better than last spring! And she’s back to her amazing self. Hoping we can get one more camping trip in this year.
Global cases: 19770K. US cases: 5127K. US deaths: 165K. 151 days and there is no end in sight, no vaccine, and people continue to think the virus is a hoax, or nothing to worry about, or someone else’s problem. Schools are already opening in other parts of the country, and covid cases are spiking because people aren’t wearing masks (and schools aren’t allowed to force mask wearing, like in Georgia). Ellie’s school is planning to open (at 50% capacity), but who knows if that will last....
Global cases: 2707K. US cases: 890K. Kind of bummed today. Work was fine, but it seems like this might go on for a long time. Months or more of not really seeing people. Working from home has been tough. Amber is on a ton of loud conference calls, and if I don’t bug Ellie to do her homework, it doesn’t happen. I can’t blame Ellie. She has an overflowing inbox of emails telling her what is due....
Global cases: 663K. US cases: 123K. The numbers are increasing so fast. People are saying the next month is going to be really bad. I think WA is far ahead and we’re closer to hitting the hump than other states. Still, the worst is yet to come, even here. Sense of smell/taste is getting somewhat better. It’s only at like 10% of normal, so I have to sort of use my imagination when I smell something....
Global cases: 381K. US cases: 46K. So, apparently my lack of smell/taste is a marker for coronavirus. It just came out yesterday. And it’s been about a week and a half since I probably got the virus. Crazy that this is a new marker–everything is evolving so quickly.
Global cases: 307K. Doubled in a week. US cases: 27K, 11x from a week ago. COO of Swedish says that the US Navy may park a ship in Seattle as a floating hospital. Not a bad idea. I was playing with a modeling tool yesterday that looks pretty depressing. Shows that even with “strong mitigation” (social distancing) there will be a second round of cases a year from now, which is much worse than the current one....
Global cases: 243K 😬 US cases: 14,250 … up 75% in a day??? 😬 California has just issued an order for everyone to stay at home. So any “non-essential” businesses will have no customers, and will have to close for as long as the order lasts. The amount of damage this will do to the economy is terrifying. There’s a good chance it will happen in WA too. So these restaurants, small businesses, everybody who is trying to survive doing the takeout thing, could be fucked....
2 days since the last entry. Crazy work schedule trying to get some covid-19 work out the door. Global cases 218K, US cases 9,379! 😬 I stopped by Bent Bine brewery today. They are selling cans and bottles to go, and pretty much in good spirits. But who knows how long this shit will last. If people have to “shelter in place”, small businesses are fucked. The economy is already pretty fucked....