Sunset Times …

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Sunset Times …

  • Albany – 5:20 pm
  • Allegheny National Forest – 5:42 pm, 22 minutes later then Albany
  • Blenheim, NY – 5:23 pm, 3 minutes later then Albany
  • Dolly Sods, WV – 5:48 pm, 29 minutes later then Albany
  • Fox Lair – 5:19 pm
  • Kelly Stand, VT – 5:13 pm, 7 minutes earlier then Albany
  • Massena – 5:20 pm
  • Moose River Plains – 5:22 pm, 2 minutes later then Albany
  • Montauk – 5:15 pm, 4 minutes earlier then Albany
  • Jamestown – 5:43 pm, 23 minutes later then Albany
  • Staten Island – 5:25 pm, 5 minutes later then Albany
  • Syracuse – 5:29 pm, 9 minutes later then Albany

Should you wear your muzzle? 😷

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Should you wear your muzzle? 😷

Now that muzzles aren’t required in a lot of places like stores, should you wear it regardless? I don’t know, that’s a personal preference based on your assessment of risk. You could argue it should have been that way throughout winter, especially for vaccinated individuals.

I know for the time being, I’ll probably wear my muzzle for grocery shopping but maybe it will depend when I run in to get milk at Stewart’s or run inside at a gas station. For now they are still requiring muzzles at work when one is away from their desk, but I expect at least for quite a bit longer I’ll wear my muzzle in the elevator even if it’s not required. Regardless I’ll need my muzzle to ride the bus, so it makes sense to wear in the elevator.

It seems like the muzzles helped a lot pre-vaccination but nowadays with Omnicron, I’m not sure how effective muzzles really are. Relatively few people outside of New York wore muzzles during the past winter. There has been a lot of promotion of those disposable N95 masks as being better but honestly I don’t think it matters that much. I know a handful of people who have gotten a break through case of COVID-19 post vaccination haven’t gotten real sick. Most of the people I’ve known who got real sick from COVID-19 skipped on the vaccination – sucks to be them, choosing to do it the hard way. 

Americans Aren’t As Polarized As The News Makes It Seem

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Americans Aren’t As Polarized As The News Makes It Seem 2/10/22

by FiveThirtyEight, 538, ABC News, Nate Silver

Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/135307118 Episode: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP9949263941.mp3?updated=1644525298

Political scientists Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan suggest that focusing only on the Left/Right divide in American politics is reductive. By doing so we are missing another important divide, one that may actually run counter to the idea that America is hopelessly conflicted between red and blue.

NPR

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Inflation is hits another 40-year high. Older folks have seen worse : NPR

Jeanette Vecchio is 30, and everywhere she goes, she's feeling the pinch of something she hasn't experienced before in her life: high inflation.

The latest reminder came when she went to her favorite corner restaurant in Chicago where she loves the bread and butter.

"They're now charging for bread and butter," she says. "I was so devastated by it. But it's just another example of an increase across the board."

From restaurant meals to apartment rents, consumer prices have been climbing at the fastest pace in 40 years, meaning younger adults are witnessing the highest inflation of their lifetimes.

The Labor Department said Thursday that January prices were 7.5% higher than a year ago — the largest increase since 1982. Higher costs for food, shelter, and electricity were among the biggest drivers of inflation last month.