Interregnum, week 1
Nov. 16th, 2020 05:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petrea_mitchellNow we get to the part where the current administration trying to pretend it isn't leaving on January 20th, and most of the world outside the US is trying to pretend the inauguration has happened already.
Meanwhile, the plague continues. Oregon is still doing better than most of the country, but that's not saying much at this point. The governor is still trying the approach of smaller restrictions sooner in order to avoid bigger ones later, so this past week, gyms, bars, and dining rooms were closed again, and restrictions on social gatherings were tightened, but everything else stays open for now. With masks and distancing, of course, but those were never dropped.
We've had our first report that one of the vaccines in development is looking very effective. Also we have gotten the cavalcade of cautions about it: no one knows if it actually stops transmission, there's no data yet in how it performs in different groups of people, it has to be stored at -70C, etc. Still, good to know that science is chugging onward out there somewhere.
The weather has shifted to normal for this time of year: damp and moderate (40s F) during the day, damp and chilly at night. The leaves have been falling in earnest the last couple weeks. This makes for my least favorite time of year as a cyclist, with piles of wet leaves in the bike lanes. Not something I have to worry about so much this year, though.
Meanwhile, the plague continues. Oregon is still doing better than most of the country, but that's not saying much at this point. The governor is still trying the approach of smaller restrictions sooner in order to avoid bigger ones later, so this past week, gyms, bars, and dining rooms were closed again, and restrictions on social gatherings were tightened, but everything else stays open for now. With masks and distancing, of course, but those were never dropped.
We've had our first report that one of the vaccines in development is looking very effective. Also we have gotten the cavalcade of cautions about it: no one knows if it actually stops transmission, there's no data yet in how it performs in different groups of people, it has to be stored at -70C, etc. Still, good to know that science is chugging onward out there somewhere.
The weather has shifted to normal for this time of year: damp and moderate (40s F) during the day, damp and chilly at night. The leaves have been falling in earnest the last couple weeks. This makes for my least favorite time of year as a cyclist, with piles of wet leaves in the bike lanes. Not something I have to worry about so much this year, though.
