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[clochette]

7 minutes ago, clochette said:

- all people working in medical and social fields (even the secretaries and cleaning crews) have until September 15th to get vaccinated. After that date they'll expose themselves to sections still to be defined. 

It might seems like too much and I don't like the fact we had to made it to that point but a third of people working in nursing homes aren't vaccinated though they were in the first groups of people to have had access to the vaccin! 

A family of an elderly who got infected by someone working at the nursing home made a complaint against the government. 

Edited July 12, 2021 by clochette

[Headstall]

7 minutes ago, clochette said:

Our president talked tonight. Due to variant 🔺️ and a rise of positive cases making us fear a 4th wave some decisions have been made:

- people working in medical and social fields have until September 15th to get vaccinated. After that date they'll expose themselves to sections still to be defined. 

- starting July 21st a sanitary pass (a certificate of full vaccination or a certificate of having been positive or a negative test) will be mandatory to access all cultural places open to 50 people or more. This will be extended to shopping malls, coffee shops, restaurants, visiting hospitals/nursing homes and long distance plane/train/bus travels. 

He made it clear that if by this autumn the number of vaccinated people and the number of positive cases haven't gone down enough and the 4th wave is hitting us then he isn't above taking tough decisions meaning making vaccination mandatory for all without exceptions or last resort another lockdown which would clearly be the fault of those refusing the vaccin. 

It seems to have had an effect as less than 30 minutes after the end of his speech the website to book a vaccin appointment had registered over 20 000 bookings! 

I know it's controversial, but we are in a GLOBAL health emergency with people still dying in droves around the world. Tough is not only good, I think it is needed. I respect peoples' rights to make their own decisions but come on! If you don't want to get vaccinated, then you should expect there has to be personal limitations. 99.5% of all covid deaths are those without vaccinations. Meanwhile, the rest of us who have been vaccinated still have to hold our breath over whether the next variant allowed to mutate will be the one that puts us back to square one. So I commend France and her president. I would like to be able to go into a building with other people and know everyone has been vaccinated.      

[Headstall]

5 minutes ago, clochette said:

It might seems like too much and I don't like the fact we had to made it to that point but a third of people working in nursing homes aren't vaccinated though they were in the first groups of people to have had access to the vaccin! 

That is soooo wrong. I wouldn't want a loved one being cared for by someone unvaccinated. 

[Albert1434]

I agree with Gary but some aren't going to do that they follow there leader and to hell with anyone else😲 And we are having large increases in the people are coming down with the virus !

Edited July 12, 2021 by Albert1434

[Albert1434]

Not good at all

[Albert1434]

12 minutes ago, Headstall said:

That is soooo wrong. I wouldn't want a loved one being cared for by someone unvaccinated. 

That happen here in the begin of the plague  And some of those care givers didn't want the vaccine. And as far as I know they never did get it!

We had nurses that the hospital they work for said get the shot or find another job. And they sued can you believe that 

Edited July 12, 2021 by Albert1434

[clochette]

Some positive news: Wednesday I'm going to my cousin's birthday and I'll meet baby Nathan for the first time! He's already 9 months old! 

Inhad her on the phone last week and he was babbling in the background. She said he wanted to grab the phone as he is used to FaceTime calls with his grandparents and uncle and aunt.

Edited July 12, 2021 by clochette

[clochette]

I'm gonna catch some ZZZ as I'll have a busy day tomorrow. I'll be making ficelles picardes and a red berries entremet cake for my brother's birthday dinner. The kid will be 25 already! 

Good night gang

Edited July 12, 2021 by clochette

[Headstall]

21 minutes ago, clochette said:

I'm gonna catch some ZZZ as I'll have a busy day tomorrow. I'll be making ficelles picardes and a red berries entremet cake for my brother's birthday dinner. The kid will be 25 already! 

Good night gang

Sweet dreams, Tink.  

[Marty]

10 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Very belated greetings back at you, Albert!

[Marty]

9 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

I spoke to my sister about gooseberry pie and the fruit itself. Neither of us remember my grandmother making a gooseberry pie but clearly remember her enjoying the fruit itself. Does it require more fruit than other berries? They had a ginormous mulberry tree that was great to climb (and to pick fruit when ripe although we had old clothes for that). She made pies from that but never the gooseberries… 

Doesn't require more fruit.  

Maybe more sugar (depending on the ripeness of the gooseberries.

[Marty]

1 hour ago, dughlas said:

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

Except for a sore arm and some lingering tiredness, I am feeling almost normal again.  

Define "normal" 'cause I wasn't aware that "normal" was our default setting.

Perhaps that's why Gary only said almost normal...

[Marty]

1 hour ago, Albert1434 said:

We had nurses that the hospital they work for said get the shot or find another job. And they sued can you believe that 

Sad to say that I can believe it...  

[Marty]

53 minutes ago, clochette said:

I'm gonna catch some ZZZ as I'll have a busy day tomorrow. I'll be making ficelles picardes and a red berries entremet cake for my brother's birthday dinner. The kid will be 25 already! 

Good night gang

Sleep well, ma fée.

Have a great time tomorrow (today now).

I'm looking forward to heading to England at the end of he month to celebrate my youngest nephew's 30th birthday (my mother's youngest grandchild).

[Marty]

I'm off to bed. Good night, all.

I think I'll leave you all with this one tonight. Sadly, with all the news about climate change, wildfires, melting of the polar ice, and the like, I am beginning to wonder if Bowie is maybe being a bit optimistic when he says we've got five years...

 

 

Edited July 13, 2021 by Marty

[Page Scrawler]

4 hours ago, dughlas said:

just saw on the local news that a ride at the Cherry Festival in Traverse City almost had a tragic accident

Yes, that was on Friday night. Luckily, no-one was injured, and it didn't seem to detract from the number of merry-makers at the fairgrounds. On Sunday morning, all of the rides, booths, kiosks, etc, had packed up and moved to another town on their route. The faulty machine was shipped back to the factory in Ohio for inspection and maintenance.

[Albert1434]

Aloha All

[Albert1434]

wow its the end of the world

Snow, Australia, 2019

Edited July 13, 2021 by Albert1434

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Aloha, Albert.    

[Headstall]

Happy Tuesday, all!  Had a little bit of nausea this morning, and I still feel tired, but otherwise okay. 

Edited July 13, 2021 by Headstall

[Bucket1]

18 hours ago, clochette said:

It might seems like too much and I don't like the fact we had to made it to that point but a third of people working in nursing homes aren't vaccinated though they were in the first groups of people to have had access to the vaccin! 

A family of an elderly who got infected by someone working at the nursing home made a complaint against the government. 

We have had some weird rules here. Flu vaccination has been compulsory for staff and visitors but COVID was not mandated. Except for visitors that is, so I couldn’t see Dad but the staff could be there without vaccination. They seem to have fixed that now.

[Bucket1]

18 hours ago, Headstall said:

I know it's controversial, but we are in a GLOBAL health emergency with people still dying in droves around the world. Tough is not only good, I think it is needed. I respect peoples' rights to make their own decisions but come on! If you don't want to get vaccinated, then you should expect there has to be personal limitations. 99.5% of all covid deaths are those without vaccinations. Meanwhile, the rest of us who have been vaccinated still have to hold our breath over whether the next variant allowed to mutate will be the one that puts us back to square one. So I commend France and her president. I would like to be able to go into a building with other people and know everyone has been vaccinated.      

Don’t get me started on Sydney… they haven’t taken it seriously and now there is talk of extending their lockdown for weeks extra.

[Bucket1]

16 hours ago, Marty said:

Doesn't require more fruit.  

Maybe more sugar (depending on the ripeness of the gooseberries.

I’m guessing she just liked them fresh from the vine

[Bucket1]

1 hour ago, Albert1434 said:

wow its the end of the world

Snow, Australia, 2019

Not really. They are robust creatures and some live in the alpine region and some on the beach. They did have a bit of a snow storm… just before an outbreak so the snow fields were closed.

All of that is on the east coast. On this side of the country, if the small blip of a mountain range gets a cup full of snow, it’s on front page of the paper and all the news headlines  

[Bucket1]

46 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Happy Tuesday, all!  Had a little bit of nausea this morning, and I still feel tired, but otherwise okay. 

A nice distraction