6.01.2022 Post jab thoughts.

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Thursday 6th 26F [-3C] Clear sky and wall to wall sunshine is promised. The sky has remained clear so far 10.00am A chilly walk but brighter than it has been for ages. Not much to report. Yet another dead cat on the road. Which has probably saved many birds.

My shoulder is aching slightly this morning after yesterday's, 3rd, Jinping Plague jab. I was very surprised by the "receptionist" not wearing his mask properly. For most of the time it hung uselessly onto his shoulder from the loop over one ear. 

This was while he was greeting and registering numerous arrivals on the computer. Including children standing close to his desk. With perhaps 30 people present altogether in the large room. 

The several children waiting to be jabbed wore no masks. The earlier Delta variant seemed not to affect children. While the far more contagious, Omicron mutation, is supposedly affecting a much wider age range. Albeit with milder symptoms according to the media.

There was a quarter of an hour delay for vaccination over the registered appointment times. This was apparently because they were using up vaccines close to their "sell-by" date. Or perhaps they were struggling to maintain the low temperatures required for storage? The person in whites carrying out the jabs was walking back and forth to collect more syringes between customers. 

All very odd compared to my earlier experiences. With many more staff at the same site and a similar mid-afternoon "jab clinic." I am certainly not complaining. Far from it. Merely noting at the changes which have occurred over the last few months. Perhaps the threat of infection is not seen as so urgent any more?

 

BTW:For those of a nervous disposition: The car is behaving well with its new battery, rotor and plugs. Instant starting so far. With none of the former hesitation when I tried to accelerate. It feels very strange not to have to disconnect the battery clamp after ten years of having to do so.

I am still not sure what else is isolated by that fuse removal. Apart from the clock, cigar lighter and radio. EDIT: Only items I don't have on my model: Powered RV mirrors and air conditioning.] I can live without the clock. Having had to reset it to the right time, before every journey, for the last, ten years! 

There are lots of colourful wires inside the bodywork near the fuse holder. Whoever decided to fit a fuse box in so inaccessible a position should have been sacked. It is extremely uncomfortable and awkward to access this area while grovelling on the wet and muddy ground. Fortunately the foot pedals provided a handy rest for my LED torch. I used long, bent-nosed pliers to remove and replace the fuses in turn. Because the plastic fuse tongs didn't work very well in such a confined space.

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