Yesterday was another day with the portable heater on. I guess that’s the new normal, so I’ll have to find something else to talk about. Hopefully something less whiney.
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The Hill – CDC panel authorizes COVID-19 vaccine boosters for high-risk people, those over 65
Quote – The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 15-0 to recommend a booster dose for Americans age 65 and older and people in long term care facilities. ACIP also fully recommended giving a single booster dose to people between the ages of 50 and 64 with certain high-risk conditions, by a vote of 13-2. The panel did not define what the qualifying underlying conditions are, but the CDC is expected to make that determination.
Click through – but some questions are not even being addressed. For instance, if your initial course was Moderna, should you be getting a Pfizer booster? Also, How long should you wait? An article in The Atlantic included a wide range of estimate – just about in the middle was eight months from the first shot. For me, that’s next year. But for those of you who got the first jab in February, that’s coming right up. I’d like to hear something official.
Mother Jones – Inside the Private Facebook Groups Where Anti-Vaxxers Plot to Get Religious Exemptions
Quote – Medical exemptions can be hard to come by—they require a documented diagnosis of one of the very few conditions that prevents someone from getting vaccinated. Religious exemptions are easier: They rarely require proof that an employee belongs to an organized religious group that opposes vaccines. (Few faiths do.) Rather, the onus of explaining the religious beliefs is left to the individual—and the employer must then decide whether the belief they describe is sincere, explained Poonam Lakhani, an employment attorney with the Prinz Law Firm in Chicago. “That’s a really difficult line for the employer to walk.”
Click through for story. If they would mask up (with N95 or stronger) and take dailt rapid CoViD tests (which are actually more uncomfortable than the vaccine), or else stay in quarantine, they could go unvaccinted for all I care. But they won’t. Free-dumb.
Washington National Cathedral – Reimagining the Confederate Windows
Quote – Washington National Cathedral today announced that it will replace its former stained-glass windows featuring Confederate iconography, removed in 2017, with racial-justice themed windows created by world-renowned artist Kerry James Marshall, described by The New Yorker as “a virtuoso of landscape, portraiture, still-life, history painting, and other genres of the Western canon.” The Cathedral’s commission represents Marshall’s first time working with stained-glass as a medium, and the windows are expected to be his first permanent public exhibition anywhere in the country.
Click through for more. I googled his work and I think his style is a natural for stained glass. It appears to be based more on shape than on line. There has also been a poem commissioned for this project.
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6 Responses to “Open Thread for September 25, 2021”
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Plezze. Imho…I don’t see you, nor do I take your statement(s) as whiney. You’re just stating the facts, and that’s that.
Cartoon: A good day.
The Hill: I know two gals who are high risk, and one has received her booster.. not sure about the other. I’ll have to check the times too.. to get mine.
Washington National Cathedral: Good article. Glad that they are replacing the Jackson/Lee windows with new ones.
Cartoon: Yup.
This just in: “Ten years after the end of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’, I’m reflecting on the courage of LGBTQ+service members who answered the call, both before and since it became possible to serve openly – as well as those who fought to ensure all could wear the uniform as their whole, full selves.” ~ Secretary Pete Buttigieg ~
2. “Giant corporations use armies of accountants and lobbyists to get out of paying their fair share. We need to put a padlock on the revolving door between government and big business and rewrite the rules to level the playing field.” ~ Senator Elizabeth Warren ~
3. “Every day in America, people go to their doctor because they are sick. They get a diagnosis from their doctor. But they can’t afford to pay for the prescriptions they need to get well. Then they get even sicker. Does that make any sense to anyone? ~ Senator Bernie Sanders ~
4. “Congratulations! The former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be at Queen’s University on Friday to be inaugurated as chancellor.” ~ Robby Meredith ~
5. “When the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services began #COVID19 vaccination planning in August 2020, they knew they’d face challenges. Their careful planning paid off. As of September 2021, over 55% of Alaska is fully vaccinated. ~CDC~
TJI #1 – Oh, yes indeed. Every group except straight white men has had to fight to be allowed to seerve our country in uniform (or at all, really), and non e of those fights have been pleasant, but this one – and the fight of trans people – have been egregious.
TJI #2 – Amen.
TJI #3 – Except for the ones who can’t even afford to go see the doctor. Which makes even less sense.
TJI #4 – Saw this last night with delight … and commented, “A prophet is not without honor save in her own country.”
TJI #5 – There are some advantages to being geographically isolated – one is that MAGAt politicians, and rherefore also the media, pay you less attention and you can get things done.
TJI #1 & 2 – Love both Sec. Buttigieg & Sen. Warren
TJI #4 – She looks quite splendid:
TJI#1: They’ve come a long way and stood strong. True fighters.
TJI#2: Yes, we definitely do.
TJI#3: Sad circumstances. I’ve been signing lots of petitions; to lower prescription cost and free/lower cost medical coverage too.
TJI#4: She looks great. Thanks Nameless for posting the photo.
CDC panel authorizes COVID-19 vaccine boosters for high-risk people, those over 65
YIPPEE!! I hoped to get mine scheduled for next week.
Inside the Private Facebook Groups Where Anti-Vaxxers Plot to Get Religious Exemptions
Alexander to Reimagine Confederate Windows
I liked that they had a deconsecration service before their removal.
Lee-Jackson Windows Deconsecration Service:
Download Service Leaflet (PDF)
“Food for Thought”
Now that’s a quick-thinking teacher!
Cartoon: Important document.
The Hill: Wonderful news. I sent my message to my doctor asking if they’re going to have them available this week? Will expect a reply on Monday when she come in. Otherwise I’ll schedule with one of the local pharmacies.
MJ: Wish these anti-vaxxers would wise up and just get the vaccine. Otherwise they may find themselves in the ICU.
Washington National Cathedral: Over 70 years old, nice that they finally replace these historical windows. I looked at the leaflet that Nameless posted for the service they held, Nice.
Food for Thought: Good for her. Just too bad we have to play games to stay safe.
We’re always happy hearing about what’s happening with the weather in your area. It’s going to stay cooler here for the next couple of days, then warm up again.
The veggies and other plants in my backyard are confused with the weather changes. I hope to get another couple of weeks worth of growth for my tomatoes, zucchini, butternut, zucchini, sweet and bell peppers. Then that’s it till Springtime.
Hope you had a nice enjoyable Saturday.
Take care. Thanks Joanne