Shots – Health News : NPR

How mental health conditions can raise COVID risk : Shots – Health News : NPR

Last year, researchers analyzed data from five hospitals in the Yale New Haven Health System to see how people with a mental health diagnosis who were hospitalized with COVID-19 fared compared to others.

"What we found was we had a higher level of mortality for those that had a prior psychiatric history," says psychiatrist Dr. Luming Li, who was working on her Master's degree at Yale University at the time.

The risk of death from COVID-19 went up by 50% for those with a history of mental illness compared to those with no such history, says Li, who is now the Chief Medical Officer at the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD in Texas.

Weather Update – November 22, 2021

We made it to the Thanksgiving Week. πŸ¦ƒ

Turkeys do not approve, although I’m sure most of the ones in West Virginia have long been harvested, flash frozen, wrapped in plastic, soon to be baked in ovens across America, then the wrappings and carcasses discarded to burn barrels, landfills and incinerators everywhere. Or in case of my pig farming friends, maybe used as feed. Ain’t the holidays grand?

It’s going to be a pretty decent week, 🌞 cold but sunny. But that’s not unheard of for late November, to have days that resemble more like December then early to mid-November. Thanksgiving should be fairly warm — in the upper 40s though with a lot of sun.

Today I have to cancel my appointment for my inspection, 🎫 and then Tuesday hopefully they will have tires in. ⚫ What happened yesterday kind of sucked, but it is what it is. Thursday might be nice to get outdoors before Thanksgiving Dinner, but I’m not sure about the long weekend. It doesn’t look all that great at this point — cool and kind of gray. ☁️

Today.
Feels like …
November 21st.

Chance of Showers then Partly Sunny

A chance of showers, mainly before 8am. Partly sunny.

Southwest wind 8 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

and

47 degrees , 4:27
sunset.
Tonight.
Feels like …
December 3rd.

Slight Chance of Snow Showers

A slight chance of snow showers between 9pm and 2am. Partly cloudy.

Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

and

26 degrees , 6:57
sunrise.
Tuesday.
Feels like …
December 15th.

Sunny

Sunny.

Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph.

and

38 degrees , 4:26
sunset.
Tuesday Night.
Feels like …
December 29th.

Mostly Clear

Mostly clear.

Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

and

19 degrees , 11 max wind chill, 6:58
sunrise.
Wednesday.
Feels like …
December 6th.

Sunny

Sunny.

Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

and

41 degrees , 12 max wind chill, 4:26
sunset.
Wednesday Night.
Feels like …
November 30th.

Partly Cloudy

Partly cloudy.

 

and

27 degrees , 6:59
sunrise.
Thanksgiving Day.
Feels like …
November 18th.

Partly Sunny

Partly sunny.

 

and

48 degrees , 4:25
sunset.
Thursday Night.
Feels like …
November 7th.

Mostly Cloudy then Chance of Rain/Snow

A chance of rain and snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 40%.

and

34 degrees , 7:00
sunrise.
Friday.
Feels like …
December 3rd.

Chance of Rain/Snow

A chance of rain and snow showers before 1pm, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 40%.

and

42 degrees , 4:25
sunset.
Friday Night.
Feels like …
December 7th.

Mostly Cloudy

Mostly cloudy.

 

and

25 degrees , 7:01
sunrise.
Saturday.
Feels like …
December 22nd.

Partly Sunny

Partly sunny.

 

and

36 degrees , 4:24
sunset.
Saturday Night.
Feels like …
November 30th.

Mostly Cloudy

Mostly cloudy.

 

and

27 degrees , 7:02
sunrise.
Sunday.
Feels like …
December 15th.

Mostly Cloudy

Mostly cloudy.

 

and

38 degrees , 4:24
sunset.

Good Morning – November 22, 2021

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. πŸ‘¨‍🏫

That weekend came and went in a flash, but it’s a three-day work week before Thanksgiving, so hopefully things will go by just as quickly this week.

Partly cloudy and 42 degrees in Delmar, NY. β˜” There is a south-southwest breeze at 8 mph. πŸƒ. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 9 pm. β˜ƒοΈ

Yesterday was kind of a cluster fuck with the tires. ⚫ Despite ordering the tires for my truck a week ago, and promises they would be at the tire shop on Sunday, when I got there and waited for like two hours — despite my appointment — they called me back and said they couldn’t find the tires at the shop as they hadn’t been delivered. I had planned to go to Waterman Park and walk around it for a bit, but seeing that they hadn’t done anything yet, I caught a bus to Pine Bush, 🌲 which I had nearly reached before I got the call. I was a bit livid about — I’m spending like $1,800 on the tires, but I didn’t say anything. 🀬 They’re supposed to be in on Tuesday, I’ll call later this afternoon. πŸ“ž

I now have to cancel my appointment today with my local shop, which is annoying 🎫 because I usually like to give people some notice — but it’s not like I could call them yesterday as it was a Sunday. I was originally a bit hesitant about making the appointment for a Monday, just in case something went wrong, but I figured what the heck. I don’t think it will mess up their schedule too much. I can offer to bring it in if they want, but I am not convinced all four tires are legal, even though they have some tread. πŸ˜• The whole situation is annoying, but I’m sure I’m not the only one who has had to deal with this over the years.

Last night I went to bed a little later then usual — 8:45 PM, 😴 and I was up around 5 AM, just enough to hear the latest violent propaganda on the radio news, πŸ“» which I promptly shut off. Do they really need to be talking about how much blood was spread on a 5-year child’s when some angry driver smashed through a police barricade into a parade? It’s just sickening the news these days, put out by sick, evil minds wanting to sell more propaganda. πŸ“° Isn’t there important government reports or issues that would be more important to talk about then blood on a child’s dress from a murderous driver? 🚘 πŸ§’ There is so much data and analysis out there that isn’t covered, the news media shouldn’t be encouraging murderous acts. So disgusting!

Been reading this book called Thinking Small, the Story of the Volkswagen Bug. πŸ“• Interesting book about the Nazi regime and the development of the Volkswagen bug both before the war and after it — and how the modern Germany came to be. While the book is primarily about the development of the car, it really tells the story of how Germany became de-nazified and the tough decisions that had to be made after the war. 🏡

Also was looking at heated blankets again. ♨ Been looking for affordable ways to stay warm without cranking up the gas heat or using a lot of electricity. πŸ”Œ Until it gets really cold I’m trying to keep the heat at 50. Last year I bought a small electric heater fan and an a heating pad to help keep warm, especially when I’m reading πŸ“– in bed. I rarely use the heater fan now that I’m working downtown – but even last year with my relatively light use it added only about 33.5 kWh or maybe 40 lbs of coal to my electric bill, even though they don’t burn much coal anymore in New York State. Heated blankets though are kind of expensive – even the cheapest ones are like $50 and who has that kind of money these days with inflation eating up so much at the gas pump and grocery stores. πŸ’΅

The other day I was noticing how much prices where up at Walmart πŸ§€ and yesterday I was noticing how Shoprite πŸͺ is even more expensive. I don’t buy fancy things but it’s even crazy how basics like big bags of frozen fruit πŸ“ are a few bucks more. It’s just obnoxious how expensive things have gotten lately. I try to keep the budget, but everything keeps creeping up. At least with winter underway, I probably won’t be traveling as much, so that will help keep things a bit more in check.