I didn't.

Nothing like the fanfare when overweight, pre-election Trump was sick with it.

But then, Biden seems to be less ill. (He is thoroughly vaccinated and taking Paxlovid,)
Admittedly, Biden had been slacking off a bit on masking himself.
A far cry from Putin's rigid isolation and banning possible carriers.

Everybody seems to be taking it - Covid and Biden's catching it - in stride. Reportedly, there are multiple cases of people sickening three and four times even, vaccinations and all.

(I've deliberately avoided reading about monkeypox.)

How many here have had it?
I haven't, not even once. K'eynarah!
Against the Evil Eye, in Yiddish-Hebrew.! (Someone pointed out to me recently that "knock wood" is Christian. Wood being wood of the Cross.)

She's a recent convert and says she's intent on eradicating all traces of Christian habit from her behavior, even from one superstition to another (anybody know if there's a Muslim equivalent?)

Is this going to go on forever or what? It's apparently not even making much of a dent in the Ukraine War. Don't know why, considering all those pitiful refugees, fleeing bombardments packed into underground tunnels.

Bloomberg reported on Biden but I see many others are now.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opin...ampaign=sharetheview

Two vaxes, all the boosters , Paxlovid.

I suspect he’ll be fine.

And apparently an old school smallpox vax (we all got it) protects against monkey pox.

I’m more worried about the root canal I’m getting tomorrow. Can’t anyone come up with a better way?

My root canal a few months ago wasn't any big deal. Sure, it's a long time in the chair, but nothing worse than sitting there for a crown...

The Illinois govener was recently diagnosed positive...

We are pretty much on our own now - Lots of positives among friends, but I don't think there is any political will to try to encourage masking or being more careful.

So far, the Mrs and I have avoided it.

I didn't, and, I haven't, Amanda.Thanks for the Biden news.

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And apparently an old school smallpox vax (we all got it) protects against monkey pox.

I’m more worried about the root canal I’m getting tomorrow. Can’t anyone come up with a better way?

I feel for ya, man. I had one 'bout 30 years ago. I cracked a tooth on something and they couldn't simply repair it. I think the worst part of it was the initial novocaine shot. It felt like the needle was twelve miles long and would shortly exit from my big left toe. That wasn't fun.

I did have one problem when they started working and discovered that the nerve wasn't fully anesthetized. Whoops. That was an electric shock. They added more novocaine.

After the root canal they put a crown on top.

Neither I nor Mr. SK has had it yet. But we are still being very cautious, no indoor dining in restaurants, no indoor socializing, very little outdoor socializing , masks whenever we are inside (grocery store, bank etc.)

Not only have we not gotten covid yet, neither of us has had so much as a cold since Feb. 2020.

I'm as worried about being knocked out by a cold as I am about covid. Although, a cold is a known problem, with covid there's the concern of longer-term problems.

So I don't see us changing our protocols any time soon. I'll be teaching in person in the fall, and at this point, I'm still planning on masking. As much as I dislike it. :P

We haven't had it, although all the grandchildren have. All of our children have had sicknesses that make me think they might have had it, but I think only one of them tested positive. (Not 100% sure about that, but I know one of the Quirtlets recently had a positive test and I don't think any of the others have.

You've made me curious, Amanda, about "knock wood." I'm fairly certain I've seen it referenced as an appeasement to the spirits of trees that dates to pre-Christian Europe, but I could be wrong. Or it may be one of those pagan customs that Christians couldn't wipe out, so they assimilated it and explained it away.

Oh, as to your other question, Amanda, I did hear that Biden has covid, I saw a headline yesterday somewhere but I didn't click on it. My first thought was, well, he's fully vaxxed and has the best health care, so he'll be ok. My second thought, I hope that's not overly optimistic. And then I didn't worry about it anymore.

Mary Anna,

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Or it may be one of those pagan customs that Christians couldn't wipe out, so they assimilated it and explained it away.

That would be my guess as well.