<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Covid-19 Omicron presents as a cold or flu for most people <font face=".SF NS Display" class=""><span class="css-16my406 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 css-901oao r-bcqeeo" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 20, 25); display: inline; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; min-width: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(</span><span class="css-16my406 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 css-901oao r-bcqeeo" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 20, 25); display: inline; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; min-width: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">nasal congestion/runny nose, scratchy sore throat, fever, & aches)</span>. </font>My niece (radiologist MD for ProHealth) sent me a photo yesterday of the cold & flu shelves of Walgreens in Waukesha - they are already <b class="">empty</b>. Also, she said that area hospitals are boarding people in the ER due to so many Covid positive cases and no beds available. This is from Twitter Dec. 30, 2021:</div><div class="">------</div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/tanya-prowell" class="">Tatiana Prowell, MD</a><b class=""> </b>@tmprowell</p><p class="MsoNormal">Oncologist serving people w/ #cancer
via #bcsm
clinic, #MedEd,
#Regulatory,
& #COVID19.
#ASCO20
Ed Chair. @HCWvsHunger . #NavyWife.
Helper. Go high. Baltimore, Maryland</p><p class="MsoNormal">Life in the US in Jan-Feb 2022 is going to be almost
unrecognizable to most Americans. Even the people who have managed to pretend #COVID19
wasn’t happening are about to get a major wakeup call. When we call 911 &
no one comes, when we literally cannot enter the ER for crowds… </p><p class="MsoNormal">When we go to grocery stores & find shelves empty, to
pharmacies & find them closed because every single employee is out sick
themselves or tending to a loved one. Please get what you need to look after
your household. Fill prescriptions, get over the counter meds & staples…</p><p class="MsoNormal">As much as I hate it (and I really do, I’m a mom of 3 kids
who had virtual school from Mar ‘20 til Sept ‘21), the idea that schools will
manage to stay open in any meaningful way in Jan is a joke. Staffing issues
alone will close them.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Prepare for major disruption in Jan ‘22. MAJOR. Start
thinking now about how you can help your family/friends/neighbors—w/ supplies,
w/ skills, w/ knowledge—& vice versa because we are deep trouble if we
don’t go all in as a community of helpers for what is coming. #Omicron</p><p class="MsoNormal">This won’t last forever. I promise. But Jan & Feb 2022
are going to be very dangerous & difficult. All the things you can
ordinarily count on, you won’t be able to count on. I’m here as a dr & so
is @gleeson_md to help anyone in
our #HoCoMd
community. That’s what we can offer.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">-------</p><div class="">There are rapid Covid Binax tests at Walmart currently for $14/box of 2 (normally $24). Consider stocking up on food, supplies, and prescriptions now. Let's keep our congregation safe.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ginger Goral</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>
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