https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...cards-n1277156
Florida couple arrested after traveling to Hawaii with fake Covid vaccination cards, officials say
Today I called my friend's husband (he's like my second Pop) to tell him that booster shots are available to all beginning on 9/1. I asked him what did he think about it. He TOLD me that I will be getting the booster, along with him, and he was checking for appointments for us. I just said ok. Was planning on it anyway due to college starting on the 30th. I have a lot of students from the NYC area.
A few years ago I had an older student drive me to look at a house because he would know what to inspect. It was winter and we were in a car with windows up and heat blasting. I knew he had the sniffles. By the next night, I was in an isolation unit unable to breathe. Turns out he had more than the sniffles. He ended up in isolation in the room next to mine.
Hopefully, no reactions to the booster.
I get all kinds of eyerolls or comments about my couponing, but I still have tp and paper towels from BEFORE the pandemic...That I got for super cheap, so I don't care. Hubby built me all kinds of storage when we moved so it's tucked away nice and neat for a rainy pandemic day or if an asteroid hits the earth.
I'm glad he encouraged you to get it sooner rather than later! I hope you have no issues!
I just found out my friend and his whole family have it. They can't get his fever to break. He volunteered with me and our friend that died last year. He didn't get the vaccine. I am so upset at him.I don't understand why he didn't get it.
Last edited by raisedbywolves; 08-19-2021 at 04:02 PM.
For my upper-level consumer behavior class, I do what I call an "outliers series" on things like tiny houses, freeganism, and of course couponing. After I bring in some of my useful items, with the receipts, I usually get at least one interested in joining us. I also put my savings to good use. A friend took her Dad and sister to Germany on her savings. I donate a lot of stuff to a church for backpacks for hungry kids (https://regionalfoodbank.net/backpack-program/) and Christmas shoeboxes (https://www.samaritanspurse.org/oper...ck-a-shoe-box/).
The friend who went to Germany needed a tractor. She went to our local grocery store who gives out gas points and bought almost $900 worth of Amazon gc. Used her prime account to buy something expensive to cut her grass and got free shipping. The gas points she got for buying the gift cards kept her car filled with free gas for weeks. I bowed downed to greatness.
Last edited by up2trouble; 08-19-2021 at 03:09 PM.
That is awesome!
I came home from work one day back in 2008 and my husband was telling me about this show he watched on some random channel about this woman who couponed and saved all this money. I was doubtful that it would really save that much, but willing to try it, and so we started couponing together, getting the CVS and Walgreens freebies. I just took it from there and ran with it and started couponing on everything-drugstores, publix, home stores, etc. In 2011 I kept a spreadsheet of all my coupon savings and I saved over 11k on stuff we were already buying anyway. My friends didn't believe it and were naysayers about trying it, but I did manage to convince two people to start couponing over the years.
I donate a lot of stuff I get to the animal shelter and sometimes food bank (but believe it or not they are somewhat picky so I don't donate that much anymore to them).
I don't coupon too much anymore except for food, because I am really stocked up, but I think everyone should try it. I think you are doing a huge favor for all of your students by letting them look in to that world. Even if it's just one a semester that gets into it, that's one life that you have changed for the positive!
I googled:
When should you get Covid booster?
The booster shots should be given eight months after a person received their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna shot in order to gain longer-lasting protection against the coronavirus as the delta variant spreads across the country.
I'm screwed because that'll be December ... after the end of my fall semester.
We're Number 1!
https://www.argusleader.com/story/ne...es/8204546002/
New York Times: South Dakota leads nation in new COVID-19 case increases per 100,000 residents
South Dakota has the highest COVID-19 case increase per 100,000 residents the past two weeks, according to data from the New York Times.
The state now has a seven-day average of 177 new COVID-19 cases ? 20 per 100,000 residents, according to the data, which is pulled from local, state and federal health departments.
The jump is a 230% increase in the last two weeks.
Guam ranks second with a nearly 200% increase with 43 new cases, and West Virginia follows with a 141% increase with 634 new cases reported, according to the data.
The number of active COVID-19 cases jumped on Thursday, according to the most recent data from the South Dakota Department of Health. The data show 295 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19, outpacing the number of recoveries.
Sarai Peralta receives her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at the Avera Health vaccine clinic in Sioux Falls.
South Dakota also ranks third for hospitalizations over the past two weeks with a seven-day average of 86 people being hospitalized, according to the NYT data. However, South Dakota ranks 45th with recent COVID-19 deaths.
Sioux Falls Mayor Paul Tenhaken tweeted a photo from WalletHub though Thursday evening stating South Dakota was No. 1 when it came to states recovering the quickest from the pandemic.
More:New COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations outpacing recoveries in South Dakota
The WalletHub study scored states on 18 key factors, including vaccination rates, unemployment and financial spending. But, South Dakota only broke the top five once in the determined categories when it came to pre-pandemic versus current unemployment levels.
The state still managed to nab a total score a 78.95.
Last year at the beginning of October, South Dakota ranked No. 1 for COVID-19 cases per 100,000 but it was much higher than the point the state is currently at. At that time, South Dakota had reported 3,517 cases ? 398 per 100,000.
One good thing: The rate of vaccinations in the state has gone up a tick; 61% of South Dakotans have received at least one dose of a vaccine compared to earlier last week when only 60% of the state had at least one dose.
Great, just got this email from my son's school:
Good Afternoon family of Tyler,
Yesterday we learned that a student or staff member who had interactions with your child has tested positive for COVID-19. They were last on campus on Thursday, Aug. 12. Your child has been identified as being exposed to the positive individual. However, all involved parties were wearing face coverings at the time of exposure, which makes your student eligible for a modified quarantine (rather than a standard quarantine through Sunday, Aug. 22).
He's not so little, 16 almost 17. If he were vaccinated, he wouldn't have to get tested twice a week like he has to now. This was also in the email:
My husband and I have been arguing, I told him it should be his decision since he is almost 17 and if he wants to get vaccinated, I will take him. My husband was pissed and said he will not allow him to get vaccinated. So, I told my hubby sucks for you that now you have to miss work to take him to get tested twice a week. If I take him, it's not just for a test but to get the shot.If your child is unvaccinated, your child can continue to attend school for in-person instruction tomorrow if they:
1. Are asymptomatic;
2. Continue to appropriately mask, as required;
3. Undergo at least twice weekly testing during the 10-day quarantine;
4. Do not participate in instructional components of the school day where a face covering cannot be worn, such as while playing certain musical instruments; and
5. Continue to quarantine for all extracurricular activities at school, including sports, and activities within the community setting.
If your child is fully vaccinated and asymptomatic, your child may continue to attend in-person learning without testing requirements, but must demonstrate proof of vaccination to our front office.
OK, not so little, but still your responsibility to make good decisions for him.
Good for you. My friend's husband was always grounding their sons and expecting her to enforce the grounding. Nope. Not gonna happen. If we decided together that that's the thing to do, we split the supervision, but you grounded him for some BS YOU sit on him.
Another divorced couple I know are fighting over their ADULT children's decision to get vaccinated (again, he's not if favor of it) For Real!
Yeah, the fact that we are on opposite sides has caused a lot of fights. Honestly, it pisses me off because yeah, I'm not his biological mom but I have been raising him with my husband since he was 2. And his thing is "he's my son and he will not get vaccinated!" Oh, now he's just yours? Go fuck off.
But it also puts me in a weird position. If Tyler asks me, do I go behind my husband's back? Technically, I am not his legal guardian so my husband isn't TOTALLY wrong but still....ugh. I just wish my husband wasn't so against it.
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