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This winter is not going
to be a repeat of last year,
at least not at my house.
COVID will no doubt keep
raging around the world,
limiting our options for
activities, canceling plans
that were made with fingers
crossed. But here at home
I’m going to be busy, not
bored.
I’ve decided to spend a
little mental health money
that in a normal world I
would have used for meals
out, a few new outfits and
maybe a couple of week-
ends away at a very nice ho-
tel in the next state.
To make up for the dis-
appointments, I’ve renewed
my Amazon Prime, not
only for the free shipping
but for the movies and vid-
eos I can watch for free.
There are hundreds of doc-
umentaries, including ones
on travel, giving me great
views of places I can’t cur-
rently go. There are thou-
sands of movies and televi-
sion series I can watch with
my Roku device. And then
there are the books, sent in-
If you will have holiday
shopping to do this year,
you need to get started
on it now. Manufacturers
and store owners are say-
ing there will be shortages.
There are labor problems,
problems with container
ships that can’t be offload-
ed in ports, trucks that can’t
deliver the goods, material
supply-chain problems ...
you get the picture.
Here are two suggestions
to keep gift-buying simpler
this year: toys and books.
children to buy for, shop
now. Manufacturers of
many of the most popular
toys are saying that they’ve
seen shortages of required
materials on a global scale.
Try local toy stores for items
they have in stock now.
BOOKS -- Call your li-
brary and ask for age-ap-
propriate suggestions for
young children. Then, list
in hand, call your local
bookstore. Ask if they have
in stock what you need. If
you can actually go to the
TOYS -- If you have small store and pick up the books
curbside, you’re ahead of
the game. Otherwise try or-
dering online, but look for
things already in stock.
For teens and adults, con-
sider buying them a Kindle,
an e-book reader available
on Amazon. (I’ve had three
different versions of Kindle
since 2016 and truly appre-
ciate the way I can order a
book and have it appear on
my e-reader within min-
utes.) A new Kindle, a $15
case and a $50 gift certifi-
cate for e-books would be
welcome gifts for readers.
Check the delivery dates of
the various Kindle colors.
Some are available immedi-
ately; others aren’t.
When it comes to online
shopping, experts advise
ordering items that are as
close to home as possible,
not across oceans. Beware
of local shipping delays as
well. Gone are the days of
always receiving boxes in
just a few days. If you order
something online, track it,
and follow up with a phone
call if necessary.
Do We Really Need a Booster Shot?
Depending on when we
went for the COVID vac-
cine, we could be eligible
for the booster now ... or
not. Elderly seniors, as well
as those in nursing homes
and the immunocompro-
mised, were first in line
early in the year. The rest
of us straggled in over the
next several months. At this
point, it’s unknown wheth-
er there should be a six- or
eight-month wait before
the booster.
The Pfizer booster (called
Comirnaty) is now avail-
able to those 65 and older
and some others depending
on risk and medical condi-
tions. At this writing, Mod-
erna is asking for authoriza-
tion, and there is no booster
yet for the J&J vaccine.
Do we actually need a
booster? We’re all wonder-
ing (my pharmacist says
half of their calls are about
boosters), and the answers
are a mixed bag.
A pulmonary physician
at a major university hos-
pital said if we’re under 65
and relatively healthy, no,
we don’t need one.
The U.S. Department of
Health & Human Services
says that the vaccines we al-
ready received will start to
wear off, so yes, we should
get the booster, starting
with seniors and nurs-
ing-home residents.
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention is
calling for booster shots
only for the immunocom-
promised, but not others.
The World Health Or-
ganization is calling for a
moratorium on shots until
poor countries get theirs.
While we wait for real
answers, keep your vac-
cine record card where you
can find it. You’ll need it,
should you decide to get a
booster.
What am I going to do?
I’m going to stall. I’m go-
ing to wait to see how the
booster plays out. With the
highly contagious Delta
variant being such a men-
ace right now, I’d like to see
if perhaps that’s going to be
added to the booster vac-
cine.
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and two handles to hold. (If
there is no space for a bike,
there are pedal machines
that can be used while seat-
ed in a chair.)
And then there are the
arts and crafts to fill the
long days. I searched on-
line for crafts for adults and
found thousands of kits,
including several types I’d
never tried before. Some of
them, if they turn out well,
might end up being holiday
gifts I won’t have to shop
for!
Holiday Gift Shortages
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