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Monday, October 12, 2020:
Sumas – Bellingham, Washington
The duo was up by 7:30 am to prepare for another week of remote learning / e-school, gig work, and web development. Dad makes breakfast and they get ready for Cian’s 2nd grade to zoom main class from 9-11:15 am. Before class began, Cian wanted to watch “Cloudy day with a Chance of Meatballs” on Netflix before class began. Dad made Apples and Cinnamon oatmeal he got from a grocery outlet, but it wasn’t to Cian’s liking. They had orange juice as well. Lunchtime was meatloaf, a new favorite of Cian’s. Then RLC Class from 1:15-220 pm for Cian, web development, and client work for Dad. Independent study with dad’s assistance, and PE from 3 pm – 3:30. That is the typical Monday grind. Oisin concentrated on web development, as well as having a heart-to-heart, open-book talk with a kindred sister about relationships, investigating whether or not they should pursue something together. Friendship or more compatibility? Oisin not really interested in dating right now. No time for relationships in his life – his full concentration on his son. Oisin finished up laundry, then the duo headed off to Bellingham to do a Grubhub shift from 5:30-7:30 pm. Cian kept “sssshhhhing” his dad during the drive as Cian focused on winning his video games of Stick Men and Kick the Buddy, as well as Minecraft. They pit stopped at Panda Express for dinner on the way home. Dad had the two plates of Honey Walnut Shrimp and honey chicken over fried rice, Cian the Orange Chicken kids meal with chow mein. Cian had a call with his mom to catch up.
When they returned home, they tried out their Halloween lights they drug out of storage and have never used. It has been sitting in storage for several years, but amazingly worked. They then went in and called it an early night. Dad attempted again to awake early to do some web work but failed to get up early.
Reviewing NPR and the Wall Street Journal, in the news was more coverage of the White Houses’ non-social distanced, non-mask celebrating of Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, which spread the coronavirus. It was too large, with over 200 people in attendance. Even Sweden would make a gathering of such punishable by fines and prison, and they have been the most notorious laissez-faire response to the Coronavirus and lockdowns. While the rest of the world was on lockdown, they refused and actively discouraged mask-wearing. Most countries opposed to Coronavirus lockdowns and mask enforcement used Sweden as their case study. Sweden however suffered more than 5 times as many deaths per capita as neighboring Denmark, and 10x as many as Finland or Norway.
 By The New York Times | Sources: Johns Hopkins University, World Bank |
Sweden while anti-lockdown and anti-masked, still did more than other countries, such as closing schools for age 16 and older, encouraged social distancing, and imposed bans on big gatherings. Coronavirus tends to spread in clusters, many infected people don’t infect a single other people, while 10-20% of infected are responsible for as much as 80-90% transmission. The numbers of confirmed cases around the world have accelerated exceeding over 300,000 per day for the first time. Trump claimed he was now immune from the virus and couldn’t spread it. Fauci disclaimed that statement. Virus survivors coping with troubling cognitive long-term effects impairing their ability to work and function. Trump continued his rallies – holding one tonight in Sanford, Florida – one week after leaving the hospital with COVID himself. His campaign continued to book him on the road through Election Day.
 By The New York Times | Sources: Johns Hopkins University, World Bank |
