It’s time to unmask our student-athletes

I regularly shoot local Chatham County high school sports. There is one thing I have clearly recognized looking through hundreds of my images of these sporting events. It is almost guaranteed that the face masks that student-athletes are required to wear fail to stay in place. In all practical terms, these studentsContinue Reading

Last week when I wrote in detail about getting the first and second  covid shot, I just wanted it to more or less be a portal for others to  tell of their experiences- good and bad. It was not a platform to bitch  and complain about how ‘poor ole me’Continue Reading

Free COVID antibody test by donating blood

You can also get a free COVID antibody test by donating blood through The Blood Connection or Red Cross.  Donating blood helps save lives.  If you have the antibodies, you can donate convalescent plasma to help the very sick patients as well.   Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2021 15:22:14 +0000 (UTC)From:Continue Reading

We appreciate you, Mike Zelek

Thank you, Mike. You have been a wonderful leader for your group at the Health Dept. and for Chatham County. This has been a trying year; all of us trying to stay alive against the onslaught of a new disease, caused by a new virus that none of us knewContinue Reading

1st shot COVID side effects

I got my first Covid vaccination on Tuesday.  I felf a little sluggish the rest of Tuesday.  When I got up Wednesday, I had the same exact symptons as the original covid bout:  intense headache, fever, no appetite, and thirst..  I was better yesterday.  I had a slight headache whenContinue Reading

https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/cases-demographics Facts (as of 12/5/2020):o  COVID affects Hispanic Countians disproportionately.o  777+ Hispanic Countians are COVID positive. o  Half (1211 of 2423) of County COVID positives are in the 27344 zip code.o  Siler City & outskirts dominate 27344.o  Siler is half Hispanic. What do the facts indicate?  That COVID spread rateContinue Reading

N. A. Booko’s squash was hilarious!

Lots of fun things going on Thursday. N. A. Booko’s squash was hilarious! And the new Thales Academy sounds like a wonderful year around school and love their way to grow, assuming adding a 5th grade for their 4th graders to stay at the same school and each year (orContinue Reading

Billy and Joanne’s deaths

Both were asymptomatic when Billy fell and was hospitalized at the beach. I don’t know which beach or which hospital first tested him and then Joanne Positive. Both died of Covid respiratory failure. Wish I had more precise details. You are very correct about asymptomatic persons often being Covid positiveContinue Reading

Was awake until 3 last night, so I was sleeping soundly when i heard the heavy rumble of a heavy truck engine outside my bathroom window about 9 AM. The right knee hurt as I struggle to look out to see the gravel truck, so I grabbed my cane as I pulled onContinue Reading