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[thecpdiary]

Lessons from the Pandemic

The pandemic is teaching us many lessons, the biggest lesson being, it's important we work together and support each other.

Personally, I have learned many things. Initially when we heard about the pandemic and there was talk about us catching the virus, government scientists talked about a pre-condition and those people being more susceptible to catching the virus.

Months in and it was becoming clear, that we're all vulnerable, and we can all catch Covid, but those with a pre-condition would be worse off if they caught the virus and worst case scenario, they might die. Having a pre-condition myself, I am hoping I never have to put that to the test.

The Covid vaccine does protect, but it's not protecting enough, and the protection it has reduces over time and you can still catch and spread Covid. It is the reason the booster was first introduced. Due to the issues with the first vaccine, there is now a second vaccine, but the UK isn’t stocking it currently. Eligibility for the new vaccine is for the 18/50′s so not everyone is eligible. According to the media, the government placed an order, but cancelled it.

If the new vaccine doesn’t come into circulation in the UK, people shall have to rely on the current vaccines, which aren't protecting enough. For those people who are immunocompromised, taking the vaccine means they may only have around 40% protection, which again, will significantly reduce.

There are many people like me, who fall into the being vulnerable and high-risk category and yet nothing has been said about how the vaccine fits for us. Initially, the government were prioritising the vulnerable and high-risk to take the vaccine, vaccinated first for a vaccine they don't know really know if it fits well enough.

Now with lifting precautionary measures, I am personally struggling with being given little choice as to how I live my life, with a government that simply doesn't care. My old life doesn't exist. With lifting restrictions everyone is now at risk, whether you have been vaccinated or not.

If I do want to get back into my life, I would have to ignore the fact there is a virus out there and potentially risk catching the virus. As a result I am now four-walled. When I do manage to go out, I have to wear full PPE in public enclosed spaces.

I couldn't guarantee my survival and if I did, I would potentially have to be hospitalised. When I am able to go out, I mask and visor up. I cannot go to pubs, coffee shops, restaurants or the theatre.

Fancy joining the conversation? Let us know if you are high risk or vulnerable, how you are ‘surviving’ in the pandemic? Have you struggled, are you still struggling, have you caught Covid, have you come through Covid okay, or have you been seriously affected?

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[doodrun]

Uhhh...hi

It’s been a looooooong time...how have you been?

#i #have #returned #fromThe #grave #to #give #the #living #haircuts #that's a tf2 reference #tf2 #jk back on tumblr now i guess lul

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

Trans!thranduil, except legolas keeps saying things that sound wild out of context, and just never elaborates.

Legolas: my dad gave birth to me on a night just like this one.

Elledan:...

Elladan: what?

———————————————-

Legolas: i never knew my sperm donor

Elrohir: I’ve literally seen you talking to Thranduil.

Legolas: yeah? I said my “sperm donor” not my ada.

Elrohir: hhhhhhhhhhhh

—————————————————-

Legolas: my siblings and i are all half sibs, and none of us know our other parents. Except Lasgen, but that involved drama.

Arwen: h-how would you not know who the one who carried you for a year is??? Who actively nurished your soul?

Legolas: i do know em, i said the other parent.

Arwen: i’m so confused.

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Legolas: *in the fourth age at a meeting with Aragorn, Arwen, the twins, Faramir, etc* oh yeah, Ada’s trans.

Arwen & the twins: WHAT- COULDN’T HAVE TOLD US THIS SOONER?? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW CONFUSED WE WERE FOR MILLENNIA?!

#trans thranduil #lord of the rings #lotr #silmarillion #the hobbit #lotr elves #legolas #thranduil #silvans #4 silvan sibs au #elladan #elrohir #arwen #incorrect tolkien quotes #incorrect hobbit quotes #incorrect lotr quotes #btw thranduil doesn’t care who knows but he doesn’t scream it fromthe rooftops

[vesrin]

I won’t be able to see the Mighty Nein Reunion live but I’m so excited!!! I’ve missed them all so much 🥰

inspired by this post

#ves arts #critical role #jester lavorre #fjord #fjorester #the mighty nein #sprinkle #critical role fanart #critical role art #mighty nein reunited #mighty nein #aaaaaaaahh i missed them so so much!! #i tried really hard to finish this before the episode airs #and now off to study for exams i go #mighty nein my beloved #also while i was drawing this i imagined jester singing to fjord 'when love is true' fromthe count of monte cristo #idk i just thought it suited the moment 🥰 #fjord would be really embarrassed but he would humor her #oh and i gave jester laura's long hair because she looks GORGEOUS

[noecoded]

this is the most hardcore miserable spiteful hatefilled thing luke possibly could have said to him LMFAOOO

#he dudnt even reherse this this was fromthe HEART!!!! #if i got read this bad by a 10 yr old i think i would have to explode there wld be no other option.no coming back #i love luke hes too funny

[gaydexvocaloid]

that sure was a splatfest huh

#splatoon #splatoon 3 #frye #my art #fanart #digital art #nintendo #bro i am still recovering fromthe splatfest oh my god #i failed you queen… #this is my first time drawing smth splatoon so uhhhh sorry if it’s shit!! #i’ve been;playing for almost a year idk how i haven’t drawn anything 4 it yet.. #procreate #deep cut #splatoon meme #it’s obv a redraw of that one frye image lol

[cryptidm0ths]

tojou week day 6 : us

#himeru #kaname tojou #enstars #ensemble stars #tojouweek2023 #is it still alright to tag it im a little late bc apparently going to an impromptue pride parade takes it out of a guy #yea i got distracted by trying to do clothing that i kinda got far fromthe promt #well its been a whilesince moth drew some people laying onthe floor #moth draws

[sistervirtue]

shuffles my papers. thinking abt small adaptations in the population of the tombkeepers. 3000 years isnt enough to cause incredibly noticeable shifts in a human population but their isolated nature + longevity does mean i think there would be a few smaller things

for starters i think u could make the case marik & ishizu demonstrate ocular albinism (the purple / blue (and in duel links for ishizu, pink) all are ways it can be interpreted) as well as the persistence of light colored hair in the family line as a way of adapting to their low-vd3 environment. furthermore i think they probably have a tendency towards being shorter (although i think an argument could be made that because marik left the tombs as a child he breaks this pattern since he still had time to Grow His Bones) and have slower metabolisms/a lower overall body temperature

the likelihood of rickets is still a pretty high possibility given everything although we do see openings to the sky like the grate and well and we know at least Some of Them go up to the surface from time to time bc they have gas lamps and ishizu Knew Some Shit. also insects & fungi contain vitamin d as a source from diet, as do many kinds of fish, and calcium is found in various dairy products as well as taro root, which grows in egypt. that being said, it seems like the ishtars lean towards being vegetarian in some way, so (?) get under the sun hole child

stronger low light visual acuity but weaker overall color definition and sight is also pretty likely. respiration and cardiac changes in response to hypoxia (lower oxygen levels) likely include a higher resting respiratory rate, larger lungs, and more capillaries in muscle tissue. overall hearing sensitivity increase also but likely more towards the specific wavelength of sounds that are localized + audible in the muffled environment of an underground chamber

#marik ishtar #ishizu ishtar #unsure if any of this applies to rishid since hes adopted #yugioh #pasting this fromthe server i dumped it in

[grinchwrapsupreme]

That thing Roman does when hes trying to keep it together and has hit that last little bit of self-control and suddenly hes making faces and twisting his head around, externalizing that internal conflict before he breaks? Mwah.

#roman roy #succession #between snapping at matsson and trying to keep it together with his dead dad on the phone #i love when his internal conflicts get physical #and i love that kendall can recognize it enough fromthe first expression to tell him no

[gatzbright]

i know every route in this county

dnf fic, 1.5k, one shot, gen [Established Relationship, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, long drives with the one you love]

Dream glances over at George; how beautiful he looks in the evening glow, resting his head against the window and gazing out at the steady rain. Dream mourns when he has to tear his eyes away to guide the car around a bend. He speaks softly into the quiet: “You doing okay?” George sighs and looks over. “I should be asking you that.” And Dream almost crumbles, right there under George's gaze—all fond and concerned and gentle as always. “I can still worry about you," he says quietly. "You know that I do.”

[Or, When life wounds Dream, George feels it too.]

#hi againnhf . just a lil fic #comfort that came fromthe Chaos the othegr day .... ach #i lov dream so mucgh it Hurts #my writing #dnf fics #dreamnotfound

[beefbro]

When the Spirit is Hunter 🤯🤯🤯🤯

#spirit hunter #death mark #spirit hunter death mark #shibito magire #satoru mashita #Mashita #.......i dont like posting my art much.....but im excited......be kind to me or else ill be so sad and keel over and die fromthe heartbreak

[bumblingbabooshka]

Something something ‘sleeping with a guy your friend warned you about’ something something ‘don’t text him back’ 

#I haven't had enough life experiences to formulate that particular joke as you all have probably guessed from my displayed behavior #But I'm sure people cooler than me will able to see the clay I've put forth and shape their own #st voyager #Tuvok #this is about Suder btw (literally - watching Meld) #Kathryn Janeway #Tuvok: Suder is a bit..... #Janeway: Who's Suder? -Chakotay shows her- the MURDERER!?!?!? fromthe bri -!?!? STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[virgothozul]

messy on all levels

#caejose #lyrics from « we will not be lovers » #fromthe WaterBoys #Caesar Zeppeli

[nachosforfree]

WAIT YOU DIDN'T KNOW SKILLET IS LIKE. EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS

I HAD NO IDEA 😭😭 I ONLY HEARD ONE OR TWO OF THEIR SONGS BACK IN MY AMV DAYS

#asks #i dont get conservative christian fromthe song Monster !!!

[warwickroyals]

🖋️AUTHOR'S NOTES

READ THE POST + RELEVANT STORY POSTS: PHILLIP

For the first time, we're seeing how Phillip and Jean's relationship is being received by the royal family: Not Well. Phillip had the good sense to prevent Jean from becoming mixed up with the royal family because they correctly predicted that they wouldn't approve of her. We the readers know the positive impact Jean has had on Phillip's life, but the rest of his family are unaware of that and have jumped to many conclusions just based on their prejudices. There's some dialogue spoken by Princess Mary (Louis's cousin) that I cut because it was pretty on the nose, but it involved Mary caring more about Jean's well-publicized thirst traps rather than her being Asian. "I didn't even know she was Asian until the media reported on it," Mary says, an assertion so laughable that even Shelby is confused by it. I cut these lines out because, on top of being blatant, they add nothing. The lines that really matter aren't part of an unhinged sexist rant. In particular, it's this line right here:

"Not everyone is meant to be a princess."

Yes, that's true not everyone is meant to be a princess, and it's the exclusivity that causes these toxic beliefs to come out. In order to become a princess all Jean would have to do is marry Phillip, nothing about her character would prevent her from that rank. However, those already within the system have a lot today about her character regardless. It's almost as if royalty is an inequitable system at its core and those with power will do anything to maintain that inequity so as to keep themselves superior.

This calls to Shelby in particular who, unlike the old blood princesses, has no coherent reason that explains her dislike of Jean. Jean is both uninteresting enough for her to not warrant any media attention, but at the same time is a homewrecking monster destroying the royal family and preventing Phillip from being a good father. It makes no fucking sense.

Below is a screenshot I really wish I could have included, but it's still canon. Shelby's lack of compassion hasn't had an effect on Imogen, it seems. While Shelby seeks to exclude outsiders, here's her six-year-old daughter openly spending time with Margaux, an outsider from birth, blissfully unaware of her mother's illogical prejudice.

READ THE POST + RELEVANT STORY POSTS: NICHOLAS, SCHUYLER, SCHUYLER II

I've stated before that I want to get into the power behind the crown: the palace staff. The staff are the people who really get things done within the royal family. They control how the media reports on the family, government affairs, and liaise with external stakeholders and potential business partners. Obviously, this comes with a lot of power, but on top of this, certain members of staff are not above manipulating their relationships with their bosses in order to get what they want.

Enter Jennifer Ware, Nicholas's shrewd communications secretary. Jennifer and Nicholas have a shared interest in the sense that they're not all that fond of Alex. Both believe he's a huge liability that compromises the monarchy's image. Here we're seeing them work together to control the narrative surrounding Alex. Nicholas relies on Jennifer to get his side of the story out in the press, and Jennifer is happy to oblige as if it further alienates Alex from the main fold.

However, I think there are some underlying tensions there. Nicholas has previously rejected offers to brief the press about family members, mainly Louis, in the past. With Alex however, Nicholas seems to throw away all his standards and seems almost guilty as a result. He insults the quality of the article and states several times that no one will believe it. Jennifer's the one who has to twist his arm a little to insure him "Truth is subjective".

Translation? "If I push this lie hard enough, people will believe it regardless." And, boy, is Jen pushing this story. We're introduced to Nasty Women a talk show meant be a spoof of The View and L0ose Women. Here we see one of the hosts, Blainley, parroting Jennifer's spin on things in a far more aggressive manner. Blainley will become a recurring character and she serves as an example of the corruption that flourishes when the media sells out to these huge institutions. The more we see of her, the more galvanized she becomes.

Poor Tatiana, I'd like to imagine she was trying to take her mind off things by watching one of her favourite talk shows during a painful dress fitting (she is Nasty Woman's main demographic, after all). Instead, she's treated to the hosts shit-talking her child. She was probably so preoccupied, she didn't even hear the insults coming from her dressmakers. Palace staff at Chester Palace are a little too comfortable, it seems.

READ THE POST + RELEVANT STORY POSTS: TATIANA, SCHUYLER, TATIANA

Ah, devoted mother Tatiana, how I'm going to love deconstructing your character. We've seen Tatiana's grief be self-sacrificing and, let's be honest, slightly annoying. Now we're actually getting into the negative side-effects of her being so damn lonely all the time: her affair with her private secretary. Suddenly it makes sense as to why Schuyler hasn't resigned from his position. We also get glimpses of Schuyler's personal life, he has a single daughter who 1) lives away from home despite being quite young and 2) doesn't get along with him very much. We also get glimpses into just how close the Schuyler family is with the Danforths:

"Saoirse likes me. I’ve been giving her hand-me-downs since she was fifteen."

There are several reasons that Tatiana is having an affair with Schuyler in particular, most of them emotional, but the main one being more calculating. Schuyler's position allows him a great deal of power and Tatiana's closeness to him allows her to easily sway him into doing things. We see that at the end of this post, she's getting Schuyler to do her dirty work and "handle" the mess that is Alex's personal life. She's very good at it, she calls him "David" (the first time we've heard Sky's given name) and lays it on thick for him without coming off desperate (which, is what most people see her as). That's a pretty big dick move from Tatiana, considering Jennifer explicitly told her not to get involved. Maybe there is a little bit of defiance in her after all? She did promise to help Kamryn out.

Plus, I love the location of NYC (Putting the Empire State Building in the background such a fun little detail). I'd like to imagine that Tatiana and Schuyler don't actually "see" each other that much, but when they do it's never on Sunderlandian soil. Schuyler in particular seems paranoid about the press finding out and why shouldn't he? Between the two he's the married party.

Also, Tatiana genuinely isn't an alcoholic. But she loves her Merlot.

#note fromthe author #warwick.extras #long post #reposting because fuck you tumblr

[raisinushigher]

i cried

#FROWNS #this is fromthe uhhhh season review. its really nice it makes me feel good about it #and gives me lots of hope for more seasons #mine #no seriously though this gets it. this is exactly what the main cast is #all the drama and stuff just hammers it in even more just how much they all care about eachother #and how important they all r to eachothers development