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When it turns, it turns so fast!
Feb. 7th, 2022 04:47 pmAbout 3 weeks ago the Poop Patrol in Minnesota reported that the traces of coronavirus in Minnesota wastewater were dropping precipitately, but you couldn't see the peak on the COVID arrival graph until Jan 25 (peaking out at 16,578 new cases). This is reportedly because the staff who enter the data for Minnesota Dept of Health were either overwhelmed or out sick, and it took them a while to catch up. Jan 25 looks like they pulled an all-nighter and got the data stream back on track. Good work, guys!
Anyway, it's been falling like a stone ever since. I'm still finding articles online from as recently as a week ago listing Minnesota as one of the states where the rate is still increasing, but a week ago is like a year ago these days. We're plummeting downwards, even with some outstate areas trailing the metro and holding the average back a little. Now the question is... will it go back to where it was before the Delta wave hit in late summer, or will Delta somehow resurface and continue its course? I like to believe that Omicron wiped out what was left of Delta, which might take us back to ground zero (which is not actually zero, of course, but 89 sure looks like zero compared to 16,000).
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Has anybody gotten those free COVID tests that we all ordered from the government on Jan 18? We haven't. Haven't needed them, though, because we haven't gone anywhere except grocery shopping since Christmas. I haven't had so much as a cold since November 2019, when I last passed unmasked through an airport.
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So how do you decide when it's safe to take a few more risks? For me, that would be visiting an indoor restaurant or gym, both things I would like very much to do. For Richard that would be hosting a game party. Since we are planning a trip to Oregon in mid-March, I guess we'll keep a low profile until then. We have a vacation house rented in Depoe Bay for a couple of days of whale-watching, and I don't want to have to cancel that. Barring another big COVID surprise, we'll probably start opening up after that.
Anyway, it's been falling like a stone ever since. I'm still finding articles online from as recently as a week ago listing Minnesota as one of the states where the rate is still increasing, but a week ago is like a year ago these days. We're plummeting downwards, even with some outstate areas trailing the metro and holding the average back a little. Now the question is... will it go back to where it was before the Delta wave hit in late summer, or will Delta somehow resurface and continue its course? I like to believe that Omicron wiped out what was left of Delta, which might take us back to ground zero (which is not actually zero, of course, but 89 sure looks like zero compared to 16,000).
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Has anybody gotten those free COVID tests that we all ordered from the government on Jan 18? We haven't. Haven't needed them, though, because we haven't gone anywhere except grocery shopping since Christmas. I haven't had so much as a cold since November 2019, when I last passed unmasked through an airport.
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So how do you decide when it's safe to take a few more risks? For me, that would be visiting an indoor restaurant or gym, both things I would like very much to do. For Richard that would be hosting a game party. Since we are planning a trip to Oregon in mid-March, I guess we'll keep a low profile until then. We have a vacation house rented in Depoe Bay for a couple of days of whale-watching, and I don't want to have to cancel that. Barring another big COVID surprise, we'll probably start opening up after that.
