DEAR GOD : THE AMOUNT OF PATIENTS ARE SO HIGH, WITH POST-COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS TOO :

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/02/14/unvaccinated-pregnant-mom-covid-strokes-texas/

THE HIGH STILLBIRTH RATES FROM THE PANDEMIC MEANS MOST OF THE POST-COVID-19 PATIENTS NEED MORE UTERINE ATONY TREATMENTS, ZULRESSO IV'S, POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION CARE, AND POST-PARTUM HEMORRHAGE CARE TOO :

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna15534

IT WOULD REQUIRE A HUGE AMOUNT MORE HEALTHCARE, IN ORDER TO HAVE A HEALTHY PREGNANCY, AND BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THIS PANDEMIC, FOR FIVE YEARS, POSTPARTUM. 

THE MATERNAL, INFANT MORTALITY RATES ARE GOING TO BE MUCH HIGHER, FROM THE PANDEMIC. 

ALREADY, EVEN THE SURGEON GENERAL'S DAUGHTER HAS BEEN INFECTED WITH COVID-19.

BTW, SUPPOSEDLY, 90% OF COLORADANS HAVE NATURAL, AND/OR VACCINE-INDUCED IMMUNITY TO OMICRON, BASED ON THE LATEST DATA MODELING FOR THE PANDEMIC TOO.

IT SEEMS SO CONTAGIOUS, OMICRON, THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM MILD, WHEN YOU TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. 

IN A FEW MONTHS, WE WILL SEE MORE UP-TO-DATE NEWS ABOUT THE ACTUAL COVID-19 MORTALITY RATES, DEATH RATES, AS THOSE FIGURES ARE OFTEN LAGGING BY A MONTH LATE, IN THE NEWS.

THOUGHTS ABOUT VALENTINE'S DAY :)

HAVING GIVEN BIRTH, AND AS A PRIMARY CAREGIVER, A HOMEMAKER, MOST OF MY LIFE, SINCE AGE SEVEN, DUE TO MY PARENTS BEING DISABLED, I HAVE BEEN FEELING BETTER ABOUT THE PANDEMIC. 

IT IS LIKE SURVIVING THOSE BURDENS, THAT PRIMARY CAREGIVER ROLE, BUT AT LEAST IT PREPARED ME FOR COPING WITH THE PANDEMIC, AS THERE SEEMS TO BE MORE SURVIVOR'S GUILT, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PROCESS, IN AN ANALYTICAL WAY.

IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT, THE PANDEMIC. 

PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPOVERISHED MAY FEEL HELPLESS, AND ASHAMED, JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIE, "THE EDGE."

IRRATIONAL THOUGHTS, BASED ON BEING ABUSED, IMPOVERISHED, ILLITERATE, DISEMPOWERED MAY POP UP IN ONE'S MIND, ABOUT THE PANDEMIC. 

HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT BASED IN REASON, THOSE EMOTIONAL, SURVIVOR'S GUILT-BASED THOUGHTS.

IT'S JUST WHAT IT IS, A PANDEMIC, AND HAS NOT BEEN TARGETING ANYONE WHO GOT INFECTED.

IT SEEMS LIKE NINETY PERCENT HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH IT, MAYBE A FEW VARIATIONS, INCLUDING THE DELTA, AND OMICRON VARIANTS.

PERHAPS IT IS NOW ALSO A SELF-PERCEIVED SOCIAL STIGMA, WHICH MUST BE RESOLVED IN THERAPY, NOT JUST AT THEIR MEDICAL CLINICS, FOR THE SURVIVORS. 

THE VETERANS, IN MEDICAL STUDIES, SEEM TO SHOW A HIGH LEVEL OF MENTAL ILLNESS, IN THE FIRST YEAR, FOLLOWING THEIR INFECTION. 

I HOPE WE INCREASE THE THERAPY, AND GROUP THERAPY FOR ALL OF THE POPULATION, ALONG WITH AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS, TO ALLEVIATE THE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND PTSD, RELATED TO COVID-19.

IT SEEMS SIMILAR TO THE WAY CANCER SURVIVORS HAVE PTSD NOW.

IT SEEMS LIKE A SIGN OF GOOD HEALTH, THAT I HAVE HAD A VERY HEALTHY PREGNANCY, AND DELIVERED A HEALTHY CHILD.

SO, THAT MAKES ME GRATEFUL, AS I SURVIVED THE SWINE FLU PANDEMIC IN AUSTRALIA, AND THIS COVID-19 PANDEMIC TOO.

IT FEELS LIKE I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR, CONSIDERING HOW TRAGIC BOTH PANDEMICS WERE, TO MOST PEOPLE AROUND ME. 

MOST WERE STRUCK WITH HORRIBLE CASES OF PNEUMONIA/SIMILAR HEALTH CRISES.

THEY SAY THAT OPTIMISM IS BENEFICIAL FOR THE HEART.

I THINK IT IS TRUE TOO.

I THINK IT IS WORTH IT, THE SARAH BAN BREATHNACH BOOK, JOURNAL ON "SIMPLE ABUNDANCE."

IT STRENGTHENS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, TO READ ABOUT HOW BLESSED YOU ARE, TO LEARN TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE ASPECTS, IN YOUR LIFE, SO THAT YOU CAN DEVELOP EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE, WITH AN OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK ON THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.

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PERFECT FOR THE SANDWICHES :

https://cookieandkate.com/zhoug-sauce-recipe/

TRY TO GET IT SWIRLED INTO THE MAYONNAISE, WITH JEWISH CHOPPED LIVER PATE, FOR THE CROISSANT SANDWICHES. 

DRIZZLE THIS AJI VERDE ONTO LATKES :

https://www.acozykitchen.com/aji-verde-peruvian-green-sauce

PERFECT POT ROAST FOR THE CROCK POTS :

https://food52.com/recipes/86322-pomegranate-braised-pot-roast-recipe

THE POMEGRANATE MOLASSES MAY BE NECESSARY. 

THE ROAST MUST BE PRE-BRINED, BLOTTED DRY, THEN, DREDGED, COATED IN MASA FLOUR, TO HELP TENDERIZE IT, BEFORE BROWNING IT TOO.

CONSIDER ADDING A FRENCH VADOUVAN, OR FRENCH VERSION OF CURRY TO IT TOO :

https://www.escoffieronline.com/what-spices-are-used-in-french-cooking/

ESPAGNOLE SAUCE :

https://www.escoffieronline.com/how-to-make-sauce-espagnole/

PRAYER FOR THE DAY :

MEDICAID IS ENDING FOR MOST IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN OF THE U.S. IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AS THIS BA.2, OR THE "STEALTH OMICRON SUBVARIANT" IS STARTING TO MAKE ITS ROUNDS, IN THE WORLD :

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/health/ba-2-covid-severity/index.html

THAT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY DEVASTATING FOR MOST PARENTS OF CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY PARENTS OF THE YOUNGEST, MOST UNVACCINATED ONES, WHO ARE UNDER AGE FIVE, IN THE U.S.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/politics/children-medicaid-public-health-emergency/index.html

BEFORE, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT COVID-19 COULDN'T KILL MASSES OF THE YOUNGEST PATIENTS, BUT, NOW, BA.2, THE STEALTH OMICRON SUBVARIANT, LOOKS EVEN DEADLIER, AND MORE CONTAGIOUS THAN BOTH THE OMICRON, AND DELTA VARIANTS.

IT IS 50% MORE CONTAGIOUS THAN OMICRON TOO.

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TO FEMINISTS AT N.O.W. : 

WHERE ARE THE FEMINIST LEADERS, NECESSARY, DURING THIS FEMICIDAL PANDEMIC? 

WE HAVE TO GET ABORTIONS APPROVED FOR ALL FEMALES, IN THE WORLD, AHEAD OF TIME.

FORCE ALL GOVERNMENTS TO PROVIDE THOSE FEMINIST HEALTH SERVICES TO ALL FEMALES, IMMEDIATELY, WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE CURRENT HOLOCAUST IN UKRAINE, RUSSIA, RELATED TO THE JEWISH SEPARATISTS, JEWISH SLAVES OF BOTH UKRAINE, AND RUSSIA :

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/health/intimate-partner-violence-lancet-as-equals-intl-cmd/index.html