Yup, so Noo Yawkers, Californicators, Chicahgans and Massholes are flocking to the southern states:
Now Insty is all over us to make a Welcome Wagon for all these refugees, which is all well and good.
I, however, have a much simpler one:
Category: Advice
Warning Signs
According to a host of doctors — i.e. real doctors treating actual patients, not charlatans in wizard hats preening in front of the media assholes — these are the ailments most associated with the flu-like Omigodicron virus:
- Scratchy throat
- Lower back pain
- Runny nose/congestion
- Headache
- Fatigue
- Sneezing
- Night sweats
- Body aches
As I said: flu-like.
Now before anyone gets all panicky and starts fleeing to the hospital, let me stress that all the above are not mild symptoms (such as can be associated with the normal aches and pains of age, e.g. as experienced by me and my Readers — average age about 95).
No, we’re talking about the above as incapacitating symptoms: “can’t get out of bed” fatigue, night sweats which drench the bedclothes for days on end, a scratchy throat which makes it difficult to swallow, body aches which render any kind of movement difficult if not almost impossible, etc. In other words, extreme symptoms. (Kinda like ordinary seasonal flu, but on Barry Bonds-level steroids.)
If you are experiencing (or in the current revolting medico-speak, “presenting with”) many or all of these symptoms, then yes, you may indeed have the Omigoditron bug, and you might want to seek medical assistance, especially if you’re being treated for the usual age-related ailments. (If you’re a youngin in good health, take two aspirins and get on with your life.)
Remember, however, that Dr. Kim is not a real doctor, doesn’t even play one on TV like Ebenezer Fauci, and that all his “advice” should be taken with a metric tonne of salt.
But all that said (and the hospitalization/mortality numbers seem to bear me out), this Grandson of Wuflu does not seem to be that big a deal — more people are likely to die of influenza this winter than from any of the Covids, and most certainly more than from the new kid on the block.
YMMV, but I think the mild Omigodicron Covid variant is going to end up being the vaccine against itself, and life will soon be able to totter along on its normal uncertain path.
Still Relevant
This was my post-catastrophe piece from earlier in the year, and it’s just as relevant now — as we approach the chilly part of Texas winter — as it was then.
Cliff Notes: Texas needs to become completely self-sufficient in power generation.
I hope that some action has been taken, or else there will be all hell to pay.
Top Picks
I wish we had more interesting surveys Over Here in Murka, but we don’t. Here’s yet another one from over there, and a sample thereof:
Top 5 People We Wanna Bonk:
My top 5 wouldn’t include Margot or Kylie (Australians) or Emma Watson (Hermione). My longtime restraining order infatuation with Carol Vorderman is well known in these herrre parrrts, but girl-next-door Sandra Bullock has never really got my morals to begin their takeoff run.
As for the men… whatever, although the oily Paul Hollywood makes me want to punch him in the nose whenever I see him on screen.
Here’s another question from the survey:
Assuming that nobody’s lying about this (a big assumption), one out of ten people will be trying to shag someone else at the office Xmas party, assuming anyone gets to have a party this year (another big assumption). Whatever that actual number is, I would be fascinated to see how many women are planning a little festive bonk, with hubby all unsuspecting.
RFI: The Caption Competition
Last week’s Competition was #200 in this weekly posting — that’s nearly two years’ worth of strange pictures — and I need to have a quick poll just to see if it’s getting old, and my Readers would prefer that we Move On (to what, I don’t know).
Tell me how you feel, in Comments or by email.
“Dear Dr. Kim”
Dear Dr. Kim:
My girlfriend says she has been faking orgasms for a year and I am considering breaking up with her. What should I do? — Unsatisfied, [address withheld]
Dear “Unsatisfied”:
Short answer: Break up with her.
Long answer: Break up with her. No relationship has ever survived sexual dysfunction — in this case, your desire to take your partner to the peak of sexual intimacy, and her inability to do so.
Longer answer: Break up with her. In the vast majority of cases, a woman’s inability to have an orgasm is not physical, but psychological — and most especially if she’s never been able to reach a climax with any partner. There is no upside to the two of you trying to address this together and frankly, I don’t see marriage as even a remote option here.
This is not your problem; it’s hers. Move on.
— Dr. Kim Read more