We're dealing with absolute fucktons of COVID right now. Starting to talk about rapiding everyone who comes in in labor and then kicking them if they test positive. But then the test is unreliable and they're more likely to test correctly two days later - so if they test positive two days later do we lock down anyway? And how much of their fee do we keep? two of our midwives got in a shouting match about that (well, as close to a shouting match as you can get in WhatsApp because this is our life now). We've got 22 tests left, and we've been informed by our distributor that there won't be any more because all these tests the government is handing out were promised without much consultation with the manufacturers.

I pointed out that we're talking about six women tops because this stuff is over by mid-February. All but two of them are vaxed anyway. Play it case-by-case and don't worry about setting a precedent you'll never have to stick to.

The dollar store was closed yesterday because they only had two employees. One came in at 7 to stand in front telling people they were closed, the other one spelled him at 3. Guy I talked to wasn't at "zomg everyone's sick" he was at "this is so lame."

My wife pointed out that we can expect a combined flu/covid shot every winter and we can expect it to be elective.

The end.