Greetings from London, Where it is Raining and Cool! -YES!
It was very difficult to get into the UK. I had to agree to a 10-day quarantine. I had to download an app called Verifly, and upload all kinds of information: I had to have a Covid test precisely 72 hours before leaving. I had to fill out a Patient Locator Form and submit it to the Home Office. I had to submit proof of vaccination. I had to order two exorbitantly expensive PCR tests from the Home Office site, to take on day 2 and day 8. When all of this was submitted to Verifly, I was allowed to board in Phoenix.
After nearly missing my connecting flight, I arrived in London, and the Border Force was unfamiliar with Verifly. They finally let me through, however.
Report from Day5: NO ONE has called, texted or emailed to find out if I am actually quarantining. No one has sent me the results of my Day2 test.
This is “quarantine theatre.”
On to the news:
These attempted rewritings by politicans continue to stun me. Most of our history has not been divisive until lately, and much of it involves other cultures who can corroborate what the Texas legislature is attempting to censor.https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-7-2021?r=fd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=email
Pfizer admits it isn’t perfect. Always struck by what we don’t know about this virus. There is now a never variant in Peru, called the lambda variant. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/health/pfizer-booster-delta-variant.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
If you really have Alzheimer’s, don’t ask for the new Biogen drug. It’s more for the worried well.https://www.statnews.com/2021/07/08/fda-under-fire-from-critics-revises-prescribing-information-for-biogens-alzheimers-drug/
The Brits are dying to get out of their country, but they’re still struggling with the Delta variant. Boris Johnson has now adopted the “open up and get herd immunity” perspective. https://news.sky.com/story/proposed-eu-vaccine-passport-scheme-raises-hopes-of-britons-having-summer-holidays-in-europe-12233743