I wrote a lil memento to my Fuji x pro awhile back along similar lines as this. Minimal post-processing and much more convenient than the film I was shooting, especially after moving to a town that didn’t have a local lab.
I've been using linux for a few years now as my main/only OS, but have mainly just used Linux Mint as a sorta plug-and-play distro.
Looking to revive my 15 year old ThinkPad (1st laptop ever!) by building up from a base Void linux install. As I'm doing it I'm writing install-scripts and getting my dotfiles in order (after never really doing so for 17+ years as a programmer lol), so I can repeat the process in the future on other machines, or when I want to do a fresh re-install.
Wasn't the ambassador bridge cleared before the emergency was declared?
To your second point.. I've watched mainstream media in Canada and watched livestreams coming out of Ottawa, and have no heard of this _at all_. Is there actual evidence of this?
I was able to find ICU capacity and occupations for Alabama[1].
Interesting to note, that last time that COVID patients were occupying the peak 700-800 bed range, was Jan 2021. Only, back then, there was ~150 more total capacity. Why has total capacity dropped since the start of the year?
No doubt, COVID hospitalizations are spiking, but total beds available are dipping at the same time. Not a good recipe!
"Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) [..] allocated $12 million in federal funding this month to bring travel nurses to Alabama hospitals experiencing staffing shortages, such as the ones that DeMonia’s family encountered."
We are seeing nurse shortages in Canada as well. Mostly due to poor working conditions (long hours, no paid sick-leave in some jurisdictions). Some low staffing even attributed to evading forest fire smoke (anecdotal).
It's very hard to find the info in Canada. But, it would be interesting to see historical fluctuations in ICU capacity, how much spare capacity is maintained, and how much capacity is taken up by COVID patients.
A 2015 study found that critical-care capacity varied across Canada and should be addressed to avoid regional disruptions for spikes in need[1].
Healthcare systems were perhaps already stressed, and requiring adjustment and improvements, and COVID pushed them over the edge.
the cost of these vaccines is largely hidden, no? Each country made deals behind closed doors AFAIK. I've seen some estimates of $12-$30 a shot, but have no idea the validity of this.
How much do the treatments cost? Is it vastly different?
I don't think we need to replace vaccines, but large swathes of the population still don't have access. It seems very likely that a multi-modal approach would allow us to treat more people, faster.
https://staydecent.ca/blog/my-digital-film-camera/