What's New With Covid

As expected, covid has mutated dozens of times since it introduced itself. 

The CDC isn't quite as rabid about masks or isolation anymore, though if you are actively sick with covid, they are recommending for at least five days.

They still want you to get vaccinations and boosters.

I think after the third time they came out with yet another booster is the day when I lost all confidence in them. If you're frail or susceptible to disease, by all means do whatever you need to do to keep yourself safe, but if you're not generally at risk, I have very little faith in the vaccinations. 

Ever since covid came out I've been trying to find a pattern on why otherwise healthy people (who have been vaccinated) die. My guess is it's a genetic switch. But what was the trigger, covid, or the jab? Or both?

Despite the fact we've had a pandemic-free nation for over three years, I do think the US will suddenly have a pop up pandemic just before the election. Mail in ballots are too easy to manipulate so a "convenient" pandemic may suit the cheaters that be.

Back in 2020 when covid came out, we think we got hit with it. We never got tested (not that they knew what to look for in January 2020). All we knew is that it was a bit different than the normal flu. It took two weeks to recover instead of the usual one. That first week was miserable, but once we hit bottom, recovery was steady.

We were lucky in two ways. First, it happened before the hysteria set in. Secondly, once we recovered we had a built in base of resistance drawing from the antibodies that developed after our infection. Although not everyone develops immunity, most will suffer less from subsequent infections.

Since we thought it was just the flu, we self medicated with water, zinc tablets, and Nyquil. We sipped water all day long, but since we had animals, we still had to go out and tend to them daily, giving us fresh air and Vitamin D through sunshine. That was our medicine.

Since then, we live by a few rules to keep us safe.

• Hygiene is critical. If you touch anything that's been handled by the general public, be it tomatoes or hand rails, wash your hands.
  
  
• Avoid crowds. We try to shop during off hours.
  
  
• Wear a mask if you're forced to be in close proximity to other people. Buy good quality, tight fitting masks, otherwise you're wasting your money.  We buy only N95 masks. This is the one we use.
  
  
• Isolate if there really is an outbreak. I gotta tell you, that 3 month forced isolation back in 2020 was one of the nicest times we've ever had. We got to visit with the neighbors more, and it gave us the best garden year we've ever had. 2020 was a great year for us.

Which brings me to one other point.

If we do get a pop up pandemic, either real or manufactured, be sure your pantry is stocked. One of the reasons 2020 was a cakewalk for us is because we never had to stress about getting food, medicine, or toilet paper.

I think our hardest decision was what type of ice cream to get. That's as much stress as I want during a pandemic.

It's always good advice to stock up your pantry before winter sets in anyway. In another month I'll be cleaning out my freezer and pantry to make sure all my older food is used up first, then I can assess what I need to restock.

This time, I'm good on ice cream.

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