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damont(Originally posted to my GoFundMe, and backdated to the date of that original post. This is basically copied verbatim (modulo formatting), including the fundraising stuff at the end; I *was* posting to GoFundMe after all. Feel free to ignore those bits if you want. Link to the fundraiser will be provided in the comments and upon request.)
For this installment of "SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 related PSA / traditional weblogging meets the usual begging post" let's circle back around to Derek Lowe's blog posts for Science Translational Medicine. It looks like he's making less frequent posts in general right now, which might be explained by "it's summer".
Here are his posts directly related to SARS-CoV-2:
More on T Cells, Antibody Levels, and Our Ignorance
Materials and Gases, Vials and Vaccines
Pfizer’s Progress
Moderna’s Phase I Data
New Data on T Cells and the Coronavirus
And on a totally unrelated note, he provides a 4th of July holiday recipe, because "the old saying is that you should never trust an organic chemist who can’t cook":
Weekend Recipe: Marinated Pork Roast
And now on to the usual begging stuff. Predictably for anyone who's read these weblogging-and-begging posts in the past, before and in addition to the usual plea for help for ourselves, I'm going to ask those of you who are able to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. As different places are now trying to find some kind of balance between restrictions and reopening after the spring lockdowns, please do what you can to help keep your local economy a little bit more afloat. Locally owned businesses are, and will continue to be, struggling to surviva and get back on their feet, so please patronize them as much as you can. BUY LOCAL. Please however, do so in a safe manner. Keep on wearing masks and other protective equipment when going shopping in person, continue social distancing. Act intelligently, because I know you can.
And now, for ourselves. This coming week is when storage unit rents become due, and the pandemic is still delaying the efforts to move out of the two large units, so we particularly need about $700 this coming week to deal with them while my PUA paperwork is struggling out of the maze of bureaucrazy. And thus, because after so long we STILL can't afford shame, here's my shameless and desperate plea for help. Please PLEASE spread the word as much as you feel able; share this fundraiser on lots of social media, by email, even by writing the link on pieces of paper and passing them around. Encourage folks you know to donate and to spread the word themselves. I've long since estimated that I'll need about 1,000 different contributors to make the goal, so getting the word out is important. And IF YOU ARE ABLE TO, please donate! We know that some of you have done so in the past two months (for which A GREAT BIG THANK YOU) and lots of you just can't. But even a spare 5 or 10 dollars, if that's all you can afford, is appreciated. Every little bit helps. (Remember, NO FEELING GUILTY if you don't have the means to contribute, or enough spoons to spread the word as far as you'd like.) And as I also keep saying: unlikely as it may be in these times of pandemic-fueled recession, if you have any job leads for either of us, PLEASE contact us! Relocation is TOTALLY an option.
Again, if anyone here actually is in a position to help out, right now would be a truly awesome time to do so. If you can't, you can't; I understand that better than most... thanks in advance for whatever you are able to do. And remember to take care of yourselves, folks. Whatever the local restrictions may be now where you are, please practice the UTMOST caution: stay home as much as you can, go out to do what you must, and as I've been saying, keep tabs on the infection rate for your vicinity, not just your state/province/country. STAY SAFE. Wash your hands, keep hydrated, boost your immune system by whatever means works for you. Practice social distancing as much you realistically can. Keep in touch with your friends and loved ones from a safe distance. Tell them you care and that you're thinking of them. And as always, thank you for your continued support.
For this installment of "SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 related PSA / traditional weblogging meets the usual begging post" let's circle back around to Derek Lowe's blog posts for Science Translational Medicine. It looks like he's making less frequent posts in general right now, which might be explained by "it's summer".
Here are his posts directly related to SARS-CoV-2:
More on T Cells, Antibody Levels, and Our Ignorance
Materials and Gases, Vials and Vaccines
Pfizer’s Progress
Moderna’s Phase I Data
New Data on T Cells and the Coronavirus
And on a totally unrelated note, he provides a 4th of July holiday recipe, because "the old saying is that you should never trust an organic chemist who can’t cook":
Weekend Recipe: Marinated Pork Roast
And now on to the usual begging stuff. Predictably for anyone who's read these weblogging-and-begging posts in the past, before and in addition to the usual plea for help for ourselves, I'm going to ask those of you who are able to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. As different places are now trying to find some kind of balance between restrictions and reopening after the spring lockdowns, please do what you can to help keep your local economy a little bit more afloat. Locally owned businesses are, and will continue to be, struggling to surviva and get back on their feet, so please patronize them as much as you can. BUY LOCAL. Please however, do so in a safe manner. Keep on wearing masks and other protective equipment when going shopping in person, continue social distancing. Act intelligently, because I know you can.
And now, for ourselves. This coming week is when storage unit rents become due, and the pandemic is still delaying the efforts to move out of the two large units, so we particularly need about $700 this coming week to deal with them while my PUA paperwork is struggling out of the maze of bureaucrazy. And thus, because after so long we STILL can't afford shame, here's my shameless and desperate plea for help. Please PLEASE spread the word as much as you feel able; share this fundraiser on lots of social media, by email, even by writing the link on pieces of paper and passing them around. Encourage folks you know to donate and to spread the word themselves. I've long since estimated that I'll need about 1,000 different contributors to make the goal, so getting the word out is important. And IF YOU ARE ABLE TO, please donate! We know that some of you have done so in the past two months (for which A GREAT BIG THANK YOU) and lots of you just can't. But even a spare 5 or 10 dollars, if that's all you can afford, is appreciated. Every little bit helps. (Remember, NO FEELING GUILTY if you don't have the means to contribute, or enough spoons to spread the word as far as you'd like.) And as I also keep saying: unlikely as it may be in these times of pandemic-fueled recession, if you have any job leads for either of us, PLEASE contact us! Relocation is TOTALLY an option.
Again, if anyone here actually is in a position to help out, right now would be a truly awesome time to do so. If you can't, you can't; I understand that better than most... thanks in advance for whatever you are able to do. And remember to take care of yourselves, folks. Whatever the local restrictions may be now where you are, please practice the UTMOST caution: stay home as much as you can, go out to do what you must, and as I've been saying, keep tabs on the infection rate for your vicinity, not just your state/province/country. STAY SAFE. Wash your hands, keep hydrated, boost your immune system by whatever means works for you. Practice social distancing as much you realistically can. Keep in touch with your friends and loved ones from a safe distance. Tell them you care and that you're thinking of them. And as always, thank you for your continued support.
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Date: 2020-08-13 05:18 pm (UTC)