I saw so much of this up until omicron hit us, some people saying they won’t be getting any booster shots having no idea what would be around the corner and the UK gov’s back slapping of a successful vaccine roll-out when so much of the world remains unvaccinated. Circuit breaker lockdown in the new year? Sure, but again it’ll be far too late and so it goes on.
The speculation about where omicron may have mutated from blew my mind.
I’m really sorry. I feel you.
Close friend of mine is an oncologist.
Has family. Youngest was born more than 4 months early, thus has a lung precondition.
She is thinking of quitting. And she is truly on top of her field.
I wonder what “called out” means in this context. (Not wanting to click through to the New York Piss to find out.)
Seems like we may well be heading for severe lockdown again. Which would actually be good, but also… 
We’re going to get slammed very soon.
Sounds like what I used to do when the bosses wanted me to come to work despite hazardous conditions. I called out sick as in, “I’m sick of management not giving a damn about their employees.”
Agents are reviewing their actor’s contracts and implementing COVID escape clauses and or bonuses right now.
Thanks! I was confused because where I live, we call IN sick.
In Even Cowgirls get the Blues, the heroine calls in well. Something to the effect of “I feel great and will not be coming into work.” I’ve wanted to try that for some time now.
That might just confuse my boss.
Uh ohs, I hope to God this doesn’t end up in the dead celebrity topic. Brian May is one of the very few celebrities I’m very fond of.
A fun reminder to get your booster:
Covid bonus? That’s some contract.
While more than 85% of the Dutch adult population is vaccinated, fewer than 9% of adults have had a booster shot, one of the lowest rates in Europe.
Meanwhile:
Fuck this.
On a personal note: I agreed to visit the family weeks ago. This means seeing about 9 adults plus four kids on the 24th, 2 additional adults on the 25th, and on the 26th most of the people (minus three, but about plus three) we met on the 24th.
All adults received their booster jab. Two within the last week. Two o the kids are vaccinated, one other had COVID-19 in October.
I am still very, very anxious about this.
ETA:
Part of the family lives 20 kilometres from the border to the Netherlands.
Especially adding in the new data suggesting that the flu shot was a pretty bad mismatch this year. All the makings of a perfect storm…
