Thursday, December 16, 2021

December 16: Omicron Variant, Gagan Thapa



Omicron spreading rapidly in U.S. and could bring punishing wave as soon as January, CDC warns But federal and some pharmaceutical executives signal they do not currently favor revising vaccines, saying existing regimen plus boosters are effective .........

the omicron variant is rapidly spreading in the United States and could peak in a massive wave of infections as soon as January



Teachers all over the US are burnt out, but parents’ compassion has gone Sadly, it appears that respecting the teaching profession was just a pandemic fad ........ The past 12 months have been terrible, period, but particularly terrible for those working in schools. Please dig deep, we are advised; these are uniquely difficult times. ......... If we were frightened in 2020, there was also a sense of readjustment, much discussed, about what we owed to one another. There was a warm glow of mutual responsibility. Those taken for granted were lauded and rewarded. In New York, food delivery apps introduced a button for a 40% tip, and teachers and doctors were heroes. .......... Over the past year, gratuities winnowed back to 20% and griping about school schedules resurfaced. ....... It’s a feature of burnout that while one’s own is deeply felt and definitely real, other people are mostly faking it. The state of burnout erodes tolerance. To nurse one’s own bruised system relies on everyone else’s being up and running. No one has the bandwidth to accommodate the needs of others, particularly if they make one’s own life more difficult.

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