Day: January 4, 2021

Well, I did watch the Bears get whipped by the Packers..and slide into a playoff slot anyway.

I did a few other things; one of them was a short outdoor snow hike and an HOT indoor treadmill walk..

The good news is that piriformis pain is negligible. But my hips and hamstrings (that “posterior chain”) is sore. I think the Wednesday (deficits 10 x 214) and the Saturday were too much, ..should have taken Wednesday easier or gone a big lighter on Saturday.

Other topics

I think that our whole system: economic, social and political, was tailor made to fail during this pandemic.

One is the family structure: many see large, coherent families as a source of strength, and it can be.

But when it devolves into stuff like “Granny is lonely and wants to see ALL her kids..pandemic or no..” being able to stand up to family pressures is essential.

Government wise: being able to have some sort of national plan to distribute vaccines would be highly beneficial ..as would being able to say “ok, nationwide shutdown and we’ll compensate businesses and workers “..and of course, we don’t have that. We’ve failed.

And there is our economic system. Yes, I remain a capitalist. But this “do more with less..let’s run EVERYTHING like a business” has hurt the educational and medical fields.

Yes, customer service is dreadful but people don’t want to pay more to get better customer service.

But this “cut to the bones..” get “lean and mean” has left us badly understaffed at health care facilities thereby leading to unsustainable conditions for health care workers.

And teachers are suffering too; we already have a shortage and the current environment is more toxic than ever. You can go on and on “it is about the kids” all you want, but when you lack the resources and yes...a sufficient number of teachers and substitutes..

And, understandably, the remaining teachers won’t tolerate being viewed as “expendable.” Some are refusing to return to “face to face” and understandably so.

Parents can scream “fire them” all they want, but where are the replacements going to come from?