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Thu Jan 6 06:00:02 EST 2022 ======================================== Slept from ten-thirty to six. Woke briefly around three-thirty. Colder. Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in the mid 20s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west 5 to 15 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Lowest wind chill readings 2 below to 8 above zero in the morning. # Work * ✓ enable Excel macros because Beacon hates security * ✓ help Village Green log into cl-router * ✓ fix 1099 permissions for Jennifer * NO. configure Contact Points for each property * NO. update resident portal URL on non-compliance letter Exciting morning with the phones not working. Turns out Meir's AmEx card declined payment for Twilio. # Home * ✓ 11 AM grocery pickup * ✓ review SSG job posting Having read the job description they emailed (verses the one posted on Reddit) I'm less excited about the SSG job, but — still — Linux and remote is good. https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/there-is-good-news > 3. Antigen tests can still detect Omicron really well. (I’m writing another post that’s coming out tomorrow about this). > 5. We now know that masks work great. They aren’t perfect, but a recent study that pooled more than 70 studies showed that masks reduce transmission by 57%. N95s are much better (close to 95% reduced transmission). And, unlike at the beginning of the pandemic, we have plenty of N95’s in supply. We also have KN95s for kids. > Pfizer is ramping up production for antivirals and we will have enough for 300,000 Americans by the end of February and, eventually, 120 million courses in 2022. A dream coronavirus vaccine is in clinical trials that, if successful, will prevent severe disease from all future coronaviruses. And kids under 5 will get the vaccine by summer. Servings: grains 1/6, fruit 1/4, vegetables 1/4, dairy 0/2, meat 1/3, nuts 0/0.5 Brunch: banana Lunch: ramen with sausage and vegetables Afternoon snack: coffee Dinner:

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