This weekends find

[shropshire lad]

What a great weekend!

It sure was.
After another week in almost solitary confinement at the home office it is nice to break away for a couple of days.
And it seems that due to the EU messing up the vaccine procurement deals, the Covid restrictions will continue well past the summer... But I should not complain, the infection rates in Norway are among the lowest in Europe, and the restrictions far less severe than in most countries.



Anyone gotten their jab, by the way?

  Having my first one next week .

Nick

[WP Rayner]

Anyone gotten their jab, by the way?

Nope, believe we're looking at sometime in June or July for our age group. Canada is well behind most of the rest of the world in the vaccination process and our province is behind most of the rest of Canada. There are some supply issues here and definite logistical issues due to the remoteness of much of the population, but in typical fashion, the politicians are too busy blaming each other rather than getting on with the task at hand.

[finescalerr]

California is in the same kind of government/political mess as Paul. It is almost impossible to get an appointment but my current female spouse somehow managed to book me one on February 19. I drove half an hour and when I showed up they said, "Didn't you get our message? We have no vaccine because of a big snow storm in the Midwest." Of course I didn't get a message and so far they still don't have enough vaccine to reschedule me. -- Russ

[WP Rayner]

but my current female spouse -- Russ

Your "current" spouse... how often do you change them?  

[shropshire lad]

but my current female spouse -- Russ

Your "current" spouse... how often do you change them? 

I think you'll find they change him !

[Lawton Maner]

Went to my GP last Thursday for a normal checkup and was asked if I had gotten a jab.  Answer was no.  Told to ask when I checked out.  Took 2 minutes to get on the list for last Saturday and it took 45 minutes to get that afternoon.  Seamless operation.  Second jab on 20 March.   

[Ray Dunakin]

Great bridge, and thanks for the additional photos of the hydro building.

Cris and I got our first shots (Moderna) four weeks ago. We're scheduled to get the second shot on Friday.

[Hauk]

I´m a little jealous to hear how many of you that has already received the jab, or will get it in the near future. I will probably not get the first shot until June.
I am not about to get deep into politics, but it is obvious to me that that the EU has negotiated a very bad deal with the vaccine producers. The UK has administered more than three times as many doses as the EU.

But I will stop my whining now. No infections among friends and family, and my 80+ parents has received both doses. The home office is cozy enough and the workshop is full of materials and tools, and my head is full of possible projects. It could definitively be worse.

[Ray Dunakin]

Last Friday we got our second Moderna shot. We were warned that it would probably have more side effects than the first, which never bothered us at all. After the second shot, we were fine for 24 hours, then I felt kind of sore all over, tired, and had a headache. Similar to a very mild flu. Cris just felt tired and a slight headache. Another 24 hours later and we were as good as new.

[Hauk]

Last Friday we got our second Moderna shot. We were warned that it would probably have more side effects than the first, which never bothered us at all. After the second shot, we were fine for 24 hours, then I felt kind of sore all over, tired, and had a headache. Similar to a very mild flu. Cris just felt tired and a slight headache. Another 24 hours later and we were as good as new.

Good to hear! The media blows up every story on negative side effects to the level where you are led to believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease.

I can't wait to get my jab!