The UK has seen a large rise in long-term illnesses since the pandemic began. Among the causes are long covid, breathing difficulties, and mental-health problems. Some 14.2 million people aged 16 to 64 said that they had had a health condition lasting 12 months or more in 2021, up 1.2 million from the year before. This suggests that the "average" level of health could be decreasing.
The vehicle convoys--the truck convoy has expanded to include recreational vehicles and cars as well as trucks--are gathering in Hagerstown, Maryland, about 70 miles northwest of the District of Columbia. It is not clear what their plans are after at least one rally at the Hagerstown Speedway. The head of the DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency says that the convoys have said that they will stay out of the District. It's not clear if that is true; one source did say a group might be heading to the Capital Beltway.
The mayor of Boise, Idaho says that she has faced "real and grave" threats including protesters with torches and pitchforks outside her home over her support of covid restrictions. She said that some other city officials had resigned due to the threats. She now has a protective details and has changed her routines including canceling her morning trail runs. Health regulations have been especially divisive in Idaho, not surprising considering only 53 percent of residents are fully vaccinated.
You may have seen photos of Vladimir Putin meeting with people. Putin sits at one end of a massively long table, and the other person sits at the other end. The Federal Protective Service has maintained a virus-free bubble in which Putin stays, protection far stronger than most other world leaders have maintained. At Putin's residence and the Kremlin, all visitors must pass through disinfectant tunnels to enter. All world leaders visiting with Putin must quarantine for two weeks or tests negative on a PCR test. Some world leaders have refused the PCR test if Russian doctors conduct it; they don't want the Russians to have the sample of their DNA that a PCR test would provide.
In a small online poll of 1,250 Americans in February, 56 percent reported having medical debt. Thirty percent of the group with medical debt said that it was from covid treatment. Such treatment was typically provided free of charge in the early days of the pandemic, but no longer is.
Finally, Spain is dropping many of its covid restrictions and telling people to act responsibly. I still wrestle with how many people will be and just how responsible they will be. It's on them, though. I can only really control my own behavior on this front.
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Did you have an extra day in between Saturday and Sunday (720,722)? I could do with a third day in the weekend, actually an extra day anywhere in the week would be helpful.
I have a (minor) health condition lasting since before covid, the reason is that it was next to impossible to see a doctor for the first year. Despite the policicians proclaiming that the NHS is open for business things still aren't back to normal, I would like a doctor to look at me rather than my describe my issue over the phone.
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