{"id":1830,"date":"2021-10-29T21:27:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T04:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2021-10-29T21:27:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T04:27:14","slug":"pandemic-life-just-before-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2021\/10\/29\/pandemic-life-just-before-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Life: Just Before Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have a really bad case of wanderlust. Dates are being published for opening more and more things up for travel. Things ARE getting better. My airlines are sending me sunny newsletters about all the places I should go with them. And yet…we’re still losing more than A THOUSAND PEOPLE A DAY in the U.S.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From: https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_dailydeaths captured just now. Yikes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It feels so… strange to be having such optimistic conversations, though the downward curve is quite welcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The graph just has scary<\/em> numbers on the y-axis.<\/p>\n\n\n

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My pen friends in Europe are telling me that everything is great, but there’s a slight delay in their letters, so they aren’t looking at the data that I’m seeing. Which says that cases are up globally after a decline we were hoping would stick, and that cases are up 18% in Europe alone. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wanderlust or no, I’m… not leaving the country anytime soon. \ud83d\ude41 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have a really bad case of wanderlust. Dates are being published for opening more and more things up for travel. Things ARE getting better. My airlines are sending me sunny newsletters about all the places I should go with them. And yet…we’re still losing more than A THOUSAND PEOPLE A DAY in the U.S. … <\/p>\n

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