Jolly Winter Monday!!!

Filosofa's Word

Good Monday morning, friends!!!  Brrrrrrrrrrr … I don’t know about you, but I am more than ready for SPRING!!!  🌻🌺🌼  Bring it on … NOW!!!  It really hasn’t been a horrible winter, relatively speaking, but between the isolation brought about by the pandemic and last week’s ice/snow storm, it just seems that I’ve had enough of winter.  I’m ready to open windows and let some fresh air and sunshine into my life!  What about you?

Joyful has been in the kitchen since the wee hours preparing to bring some culinary sunshine into our lives, so let’s go see what she has cooked up for us, then we’ll find some humour to start the week off on the right foot, yes?

   


Since there is still ice on the sidewalks, I didn’t feel comfortable stepping out, so I sent Jolly over to Phil’s Phun to find us some good ‘toons. …

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In rural California, the unvaccinated and ill overwhelm hospital staff – Los Angeles Times

It’s no mystery why this hospital in the Victor Valley is so hard hit: Only about half the population in this rural desert area of San Bernardino County is fully vaccinated, meaning they’ve received at least two doses, according to county data.

Many residents in the area also suffer from chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure, which increases their risk of developing severe COVID-19 and dying from it. The combination of unhealthy and unvaccinated is driving the surge.

Over the past week, 163 patients were crammed into the 148-bed hospital. About half of them were positive for COVID-19. Most were unvaccinated, according to hospital officials. The 24 ICU beds and 18 emergency room beds were mostly occupied by them too.

Source: In rural California, the unvaccinated and ill overwhelm hospital staff – Los Angeles Times