HayiWena

HayiWena, 2 months ago

@ai6yr Trader Joe's has taken union busting to the next level. Friends don't let friends shop there anymore. https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/02/02/trader-joes-argues-national-labor-relations-board-is-unconstitutional-and-other-labor-news/

HayiWena, 2 months ago

I also had to figure out how to turn the bed into a bed because the room is so tiny it is stored in couch mode. There are no instructions in the room. What fresh hell is this, millennials?

HayiWena, 2 months ago

@enobacon It was my friend's job to make the tolling happen. I wonder what she's going to do now.

HayiWena, 2 months ago

@mekkaokereke He was especially not nice to his first wife, who most likely was an uncredited equal partner on his work. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-forgotten-life-of-einsteins-first-wife/

HayiWena, 3 months ago

2/12 First of all, you need to test. We only have the free home test kids that were distributed by the Federal government via the post office.

Order your tests here: https://store.usps.com/store/results?Ntt=covid&_requestid=377312

HayiWena, 3 months ago

3/12 So you have some symptoms and you took a test and you got just the faintest whisper of a second line, congratulations, you have COVID. May as well report your test results: https://report.makemytestcount.org/

If you don't live alone, I hope you have masks, you'll need them. Either way, open the windows and turn your HVAC up to constantly run on high. If you have a CO2 monitor, then you can start to relax when you see the concentration somewhere south of 700ppm.

HayiWena, 3 months ago

4/12 So, you have a positive COVID test and you do not want Long COVID. That means antivirals. There are now options for people aged 28 days/at least 7lb and up! See your options here: https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/whats-new/antiviral-treatments.html

The treatment options for kids under 12/40kg are intravenous and require 3 days in a healthcare facility. Sorry parents of kids under 12. We started this pandemic with one of those, I know, it sucks.

HayiWena, 3 months ago

5/12 If you are in the right age and weight band for Paxlovid, how do you get it--in our case, on a Sunday before a Federal holiday, since you have to start treatment within 5 days of symptoms? There are a few options:

• Test to Treat
• Telehealth
• Urgent Care

We'll take those one-at-a-time.

HayiWena, 3 months ago

6/12 Test-to-Treat is supposedly available in my city, but it's never worked well for me. (In my two times of trying.)

First, here's the Test-to-Treat page: https://aspr.hhs.gov/TestToTreat/Pages/default.aspx

After you hit find locations, it'll let you do a map search. There are two (Walgreens) in my 300,000-person region, both "Sites with no-cost medications for eligible patients."

HayiWena, 3 months ago

7/12 The nearest Test-to-Treat result was a 12-mile drive away so I called before going. The Walgreens pharmacy was kinda dismissive but upon further probing, gave me clear and detailed information about accessing it.

Walgreens uses an online screening tool to determine eligibility: https://www.walgreens.com/findcarecovidui/covid19/paxlovid

You need to upload blood test results less than 12 mo old showing kidney and liver function. If you have had blood tests, say annual physical bloods, get a copy of your results now.

HayiWena, 3 months ago

8/12 I didn't have the blood test results for my 17yo, so I can't tell you how things go if you are determined eligible. I was told that a Pharmacist will call you within 3 hours and prescribe over the phone. As long as they have some in stock, you should be good to go! If they don't have any in stock, still get the prescription, you can have it transferred.

HayiWena, 3 months ago

9/12 So, with Test-to-Treat not an option for us, we were stuck with Telehealth or Urgent Care. My husband has two Telehealth providers as part of his work benefits, and separate to the health insurance.

One is Galileo Health: https://galileohealth.com/

Apparently, it's app-based, we didn't use it. We used the other one, Live Health Online: https://livehealthonline.com/

We were connected to a doc within 10 min. He talked to us and the teenager, discussed his health and gave a prescription.

HayiWena, 3 months ago

10/12 Urgent care is also an option. In trying to get blood test results for the Walgreens thing I talked to the Urgent Care side of our Primary Care practice. She said if we couldn't find telehealth they'd see us and prescribe Paxlovid if warranted without the blood test results.

Here's the FDA's PAXLOVID Patient Eligibility Screening Checklist Tool for Prescribers: https://www.fda.gov/media/158165/download

HayiWena, 3 months ago

11/12 Back to our journey, our telehealth provider wrote a prescription and sent it electronically to our preferred pharmacy.

An hour later, my husband went to the pharmacy... they hadn't started to fill it. They checked, and all of their Paxlovid was expired. They called around and found a pharmacy with it in stock, 15 miles away. My husband talked to the pharmacist to confirm, they put a hold on it, and started the prescription.

HayiWena, 3 months ago

@bikepedantic My teenager, who has a birthday this week, asked if he should put his gift that came in the mail "under the birthday tree." But joke's on him cos I put the tree away two weeks ago!

HayiWena, 3 months ago

@ai6yr @artemesia @smellsofbikes @oheso @glent @Brownian_motion @stevenbodzin @glightly @mastobikes @fedibikes @bikenite A history of [the lack of] pockets in women's clothing per the NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/style/pockets-womens-clothing.html#:~:text=When%20it%20came%20to%20women's,they%20were%20filled%20with%20stuff.

As for cycling "gear," I only wear it if I'm riding my MTB more than 10 miles. And my women's jerseys have the same pockets that men's do. Maybe MTB shirts don't? I don't fit in those.

HayiWena, 3 months ago

@vagina_museum Oh my gosh I feel like this is right up the alley of the wonderful women behind Writers HQ (and their members). https://writershq.co.uk/

HayiWena, 3 months ago

@marcprecipice @KidicalMass Are you looking for something more than the Bike League's Smart Cycling? The guy who started Kidical Mass is a League Cycling Instructor coach--he led my LCI seminar.

Oh, is "corking" stopping traffic? Because LCIs aren't allowed to do that. It's also probably not covered by insurance.

HayiWena, 3 months ago

@glightly @ascentale @fedibikes @mastobikes The time doesn't work for me but it's pretty heartening to see that #BikeNite has a bigger level of participation than #BikeSchool had towards the end on the other site.

HayiWena, 3 months ago

@skinnylatte Interesting, my husband believes they are much worse than when he started, but that could just be his inner sys admin curmudgeon.

HayiWena, 3 months ago

@skinnylatte I dunno, I feel like UX peaked during the GeoCities years. So much is broken now. Like, I can't get Delta's website to work so I can book a family trip.