Robert StGenis Voice empowered

According to  Johns Hopkins University, as of this writing on June 17 2021, California has fully vaccinated 44.02% of its population. In comparison,  JHU  shows Georgia at only 33.5%.  Beckers Hospital Review , a source I only found this evening in an internet search, shows California ranked at #18 and Georgia at #46. Safe to say, not even close. Hopefully you read my last post,  As California lifts restrictions, some numbers.  Whereas I have have strong convictions that while Georgia was a bit loose in its rules and regulations, California was destructively overly imposing on our lives. I spent the month of December in Georgia. My husband was to join me for Christmas but needed surgery for stones in his bladder which took almost 3 months to schedule in LA because of not only being so full from COVID patients, but running out of oxygen, something you hear of in third world countries like India. At the same time, our family Christmas was canceled in Atlanta...

  This is written on the morning of June 15, 2021, the day California is lifting restrictions. According to the New York Times, which has been tracking with at least daily updates throughout the pandemic, as of 6/14/2021, California has had 3,803,531 cases or 9,626 per 100,000 residents. According to the US Census Bureau, as of April 1, 2020, the population of the Golden state is 39,538,223. Based on these numbers, roughly 10.4% of the state's population had a positive Covid-19 test. Some argue how cases are counted, whether someone who has more than one positive Covid-19 test is being counted more than once, but then again, there are those laying on their death bed with Covid-19 insisting it does not exist. This resulted in 63,149 deaths or 160 per 100,000 people. You would think it's harder to argue deaths, though as I just mentioned above, not only do some people deny COVID really exists, but some say things like "well they had a heart condition, had cancer..." The...

Hamburger Mary's I was at Hamburger Mary's in Long Beach Sunday at a 4:00 PM over Memorial Day weekend for a drag show and "linner" or early dinner. Every show earlier was booked, affirming that we all needed to get out of our homes! My cousin's best friend Matt (and if I look at this logically it's my cousin who has been one of my closest friends since teen years, daughter's best friend) and his boyfriend joined us. His boyfriend who is charming, attractive and not quite 21. I was having a conversation, most of which was drowned out by very loud music, with someone who might have parents younger than me. I like to think of myself, and am often affirmed to be perceived as, younger physically. Even when one knows my age (52), I work hard to relate across generations but this might have easily become more awkward for us both if not interrupted by loud entertainment. I say that and I also realize that it's really me that seems to worry or be bothered. Non...