The slow transition from ‘almost all about Covid’ to ‘only somewhat about Covid’ continues, with the non-Covid various-things-to-note portion this week reaching something like 25%. My presumption is that this portion will continue rising over time. What’s happening with Covid? More of the same old stuff, basically, and nothing that it is vital to know short term.
Sharing my Paxlovid experience. Still somewhat feverish, sorry in advance if any of this doesn't make sense.
On Tuesday I woke up a bit phlegmy, but that's not super unusual for me. In the afternoon I took a sudden turn. Achey, coughing, and with a fever that climbed from 99 to 102 over about an hour. At-home rapid test gave me a very faint line, which still means positive.
I'm overweight and have had a near constant idiopathic headache the past two years, though I'm a spry 37 years old. I hoped that being overweight and having neurological problems would help me to get Paxlovid.
I called Bartell Drugs, a chain local to Washington, to ask if they have Paxlovid. They did not.
I called Walgreens and found that they did have Paxlovid. I asked if the pharmacist could prescribe it directly to me and was told that they can't do tha, the prescription has to come from a doctort. I told them I'm looking at the FDA announcement from Jul 6 authorizing pharmacists to prescribe the drug, and they told me that it hasn't been approved by the state's pharmacy board.
Okay then, I'll go the doctor route. I called them up and while they weren't able to prescribe based on my self report of a positive test, I was able to get an appointment later that afternoon. They told me that at-home tests can yield a positive result for flu, which AFAICT is not true.
Still hoping to avoid leaving my bed, I did some more research online. I Googled for "washington state pharmacy board paxlovid" and in my fevered state thought the first result was from the Washington State Pharmacy Board. It reiterated that pharmacists can prescribe Paxlovid, but it wasn't the pharmacy board. It was the Washington State Hospital Association: https://www.wsha.org/articles/covid-19-therapeutics-reminders-paxlovid-evusheld/. I realized I hadn't located the pharmacy board when I called Walgreens back to report my findings and they asked what site I was looking at and the domain was wsha.org. At this point I gave up on the pharmacist prescribed option.
As far as I can tell now, the "Washington State Pharmacy Board" does not exist. There's a Washington State Pharmacy Association which looks like a trade organization. Then there's a bunch of spammy sites that purport to share addresses and phone numbers for the Washington State Pharmacy Boad. But no website for the supposed entity itself.
On to the doctor. Taking a car ride at this time was not great, I'm lucky my wife was able to drive me. I had a 102° F fever, it was 85° F outside, I was bundled in a full sweatsuit, and still getting chills. They had me wait in my car, and luckily the wait was not long. An ARNP came out to gather the test sample and send me on my way. Twenty minutes later I got a call back telling me that I'm confirmed positive and that she'll send over the Paxlovid script. An hour or so later my wife picked up the drugs without any problems.
On school craziness part N: Homeschooling is easy (though ease varies by state), better, and very legal in the US. The more extra cash you have the easier it is, but it doesn't need to be more expensive than childcare over the same time.
If you're smart, and you have smart kids, this gives them a ridiculously accelerated education on around 2 to 3 hours school per weekday. Then once they're teens you can send them to college, where they get "socialization" with the peer group they'll have for life, not the crazy mix of folks in school.
I'm homeschooling 6 kids, and the eldest is 18 and graduating college this year. It's really been great for them, and for me.
Just popping in to say that Justin (Amash) is totally correct about pro-liberty reps, so long as your definition of liberty aligns reasonably well with Justin’s... and I know this because I spent a year of my life manning those damn spreadsheets, and they’re some of the weirdest Excel programming I’ve ever seen.
Sharing my Paxlovid experience. Still somewhat feverish, sorry in advance if any of this doesn't make sense.
On Tuesday I woke up a bit phlegmy, but that's not super unusual for me. In the afternoon I took a sudden turn. Achey, coughing, and with a fever that climbed from 99 to 102 over about an hour. At-home rapid test gave me a very faint line, which still means positive.
I'm overweight and have had a near constant idiopathic headache the past two years, though I'm a spry 37 years old. I hoped that being overweight and having neurological problems would help me to get Paxlovid.
I called Bartell Drugs, a chain local to Washington, to ask if they have Paxlovid. They did not.
I called Walgreens and found that they did have Paxlovid. I asked if the pharmacist could prescribe it directly to me and was told that they can't do tha, the prescription has to come from a doctort. I told them I'm looking at the FDA announcement from Jul 6 authorizing pharmacists to prescribe the drug, and they told me that it hasn't been approved by the state's pharmacy board.
Okay then, I'll go the doctor route. I called them up and while they weren't able to prescribe based on my self report of a positive test, I was able to get an appointment later that afternoon. They told me that at-home tests can yield a positive result for flu, which AFAICT is not true.
Still hoping to avoid leaving my bed, I did some more research online. I Googled for "washington state pharmacy board paxlovid" and in my fevered state thought the first result was from the Washington State Pharmacy Board. It reiterated that pharmacists can prescribe Paxlovid, but it wasn't the pharmacy board. It was the Washington State Hospital Association: https://www.wsha.org/articles/covid-19-therapeutics-reminders-paxlovid-evusheld/. I realized I hadn't located the pharmacy board when I called Walgreens back to report my findings and they asked what site I was looking at and the domain was wsha.org. At this point I gave up on the pharmacist prescribed option.
As far as I can tell now, the "Washington State Pharmacy Board" does not exist. There's a Washington State Pharmacy Association which looks like a trade organization. Then there's a bunch of spammy sites that purport to share addresses and phone numbers for the Washington State Pharmacy Boad. But no website for the supposed entity itself.
On to the doctor. Taking a car ride at this time was not great, I'm lucky my wife was able to drive me. I had a 102° F fever, it was 85° F outside, I was bundled in a full sweatsuit, and still getting chills. They had me wait in my car, and luckily the wait was not long. An ARNP came out to gather the test sample and send me on my way. Twenty minutes later I got a call back telling me that I'm confirmed positive and that she'll send over the Paxlovid script. An hour or so later my wife picked up the drugs without any problems.
On school craziness part N: Homeschooling is easy (though ease varies by state), better, and very legal in the US. The more extra cash you have the easier it is, but it doesn't need to be more expensive than childcare over the same time.
If you're smart, and you have smart kids, this gives them a ridiculously accelerated education on around 2 to 3 hours school per weekday. Then once they're teens you can send them to college, where they get "socialization" with the peer group they'll have for life, not the crazy mix of folks in school.
I'm homeschooling 6 kids, and the eldest is 18 and graduating college this year. It's really been great for them, and for me.
Just popping in to say that Justin (Amash) is totally correct about pro-liberty reps, so long as your definition of liberty aligns reasonably well with Justin’s... and I know this because I spent a year of my life manning those damn spreadsheets, and they’re some of the weirdest Excel programming I’ve ever seen.
Zvi do you plan to home school your kids?
What agency would be responsible for regulating mediums, and when can they start?