I found this article very useful:
I’m a 64-year-old vaxxed doctor. Here’s how I calculate my covid risk at parties.
Currently reading: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers 📚It turned out that past me had done the right thing so I can read this library book after all.
Finished reading: Klara and the Sun: A novel by Kazuo Ishiguro 📚So lovely and disturbing. Shook me up not through violence but via quiet, perfect prose describing a future I do not want.
Arrgh! Library fail. I didn’t manage my Overdrive loans properly and just lost my spot for Becky Chambers Record of a Spaceborn Few. And I’ll lose two more if I don’t finish Klara and the Sun soon! The perils of being a cheapskate and not actually buying books I want to read. 📚
Because there are so many people infected with Omicron, we expect those cases, unfortunately, will lead to more cases of long COVID
Researchers found that rates of many conditions, such as heart failure and stroke, were substantially higher in people who had recovered from COVID-19 than in similar people who hadn’t had the disease.
Nature: Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case
Finished reading: Number9Dream: A Novel by David Mitchell 📚While I love all the David Mitchell novels, this isn’t at the top of my list. On the other hand, he was only 33 years old when he wrote it.
Great characters, but some over-the-top violence that I found disturbing.
Currently reading: Klara and the Sun: A novel by Kazuo Ishiguro 📚
Finished reading: The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig 📚I hated this book. Seemed patronizing, minimizing the seriousness of suicidal ideation, with an overall “If you’re depressed, just get over it” feel to it.
Big ice storm on Friday, but not big enough to cause us to lose power. Just big enough to leave the trees encased in diamonds.
When you live in a cold climate and you’re trying to eat local fresh vegetables, you give thanks for carrots, Northern Spy apples, and treating parsley as a vegetable.
Finished reading: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara 📚Wow. I can’t easily say whether I liked it or not. But I’m definitely still thinking about it. It’s worth reading.
Finished reading: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams 📚A nice, poignant, well-written novel about the Oxford English Dictionary and women’s lives circa 1900-1925.
Currently reading: The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig 📚
Currently reading: Number9Dream by David Mitchell 📚
Weird weather facts: for the past 2 days, it’s been 10 degrees colder at my office than at my home, only 3.5 miles (5.6K) away.
Yesterday: 2º F at home, -9º at the office (-16C and -23C) Today: 11º F at home, -1º at the office (-12C and -18C)
Home is 600 feet higher & on a slope
New Research Hints at 4 Factors That May Increase Chances of Long Covid - The New York Times
No Paywall wapo.st
The New York Times buys Wordle, the ultra-popular online word game
From the Washington Post 1/30/22, long haulers lose sense of smell and it may never come back Covid has changed the way I eat. Don’t take chances with omicron.
Quit reading: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir 📚
Currently reading: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams 📚
Researchers highlight COVID-19 neurological symptoms and need for rigorous studies
Well, duh. But I hope this press release means that research and rigorous studies are about to be underway.
Currently reading: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir 📚though so far I don’t like it. Uninteresting characters and overall too scary for me. Should I keep reading?
Finished reading: The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden 📚I’ve enjoyed this series set in a medieval Russia fairy tale. Good characters, good magic.
Currently reading: Software Estimation Without Guessing by George Dinwiddie 📚