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Fri Dec 4 06:00:01 EST 2020 ======================================== Slept from one to seven. Cloudy. Chance of snow in the morning. Chance of rain in the late morning and early afternoon. Highs around 40. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. PTO day. Napped in the afternoon. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/upshot/epidemiologists-virus-survey-.html > In a new informal survey of 700 epidemiologists by The New York Times, half said they would not change their personal behavior until at least 70 percent of the population was vaccinated. Thirty percent said they would make some changes once they were vaccinated themselves. > But epidemiologists are a very cautious group. Most said that even with vaccines, it would probably take a year or more for many activities to safely restart, and that some parts of their lives may never return to the way they were. > Epidemiologists worry about many unknowns, including how long immunity lasts; how the virus may mutate; the challenges of vaccine distribution; and the possible reluctance to accept the vaccine among some groups. > Of 23 activities of daily life that the survey asked about, there were only three that the majority of respondents had done in the last month: gathering outdoors with friends; bringing in mail without precautions; and running errands, like going to the grocery store or pharmacy. > As for the future, some said that parts of life could begin to return to normal sometime in the summer, thanks to vaccines. Others said some things would stay different, assuming a highly effective therapeutic drug isn’t developed. The most mentioned change: the persistence of mask-wearing, particularly in crowded places or when they felt sick. > “I expect that wearing a mask will become part of my daily life, moving forward, even after a vaccine is deployed,” said Amy Hobbs, a research associate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Servings: grains 6/6, fruit 1/4, vegetables 2/4, dairy 4/2, meat 3/3, nuts 0/0.5 Breakfast: cookies Brunch: wrap with potato, avocado, egg, and sausage Afternoon snack: banana, green tea Dinner: chips, pizza wrap 125/78

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