I should drop an update about one of these issues that is actually somewhat positive, to wit: It appears the staff at the nursing home where my grandfather lives was able to confine the COVID outbreak to the dementia ward (which is obviously not a positive for the people on that ward, but work with me) and wait it out until the first shipments of vaccine could reach them. Gramp has now been vaccinated without incident, so hopefully, if the vaccine is as effective as they think it is without complete testing, he ought to be in the clear.

(I haven't had any word about when tier-3 persons like myself might expect availability, although that may open up somewhat now that the top echelons of the federal government are not actively seeking to punish states with Democrat governors. In the meantime, coward mode remains fully engaged, because quite frankly, extreme risk aversion is an excellent individual survival strategy, even if it's not great for a species in evolutionary terms. :)

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