Today is the day for entry to the state of unrestricted speech, for with it we attain realization of the true eye. Most people, though, consider today the 21st day of December, the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. Here in Atlanta, the sun rose at 7:39 a.m. and will set at 5:33 p.m. - only 9 hours and 54 minutes of daylight. The rest is night. Day and night are at their most unbalanced, with the state of darkness overwhelming the attainment of light.
Georgia, like much of the nation, saw a sharp increase in the average number of new covid cases. Yesterday, we suffered 1,784 new cases; today, the number spiked to 2,591, a 98% increase from two weeks ago. This is the infectious omicron wave rolling over the state. Here in Atlanta, restaurants and bars are closing until (at least) the new year. More closures, mask mandates, and shelter in place restrictions are probably in store for us.
The optimism we experienced in September and October as the number of new cases tumbled was replaced with caution in November as the number plateaued and held steady at around one thousand cases per day. But then since the start of December, the number of cases began increasing, at first slowly and now rapidly.
One year ago today, country singer-songwriter K.T. Oslin died from the covids, She had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in June 2015 and moved into an assisted-living facility the following year. She died a week after being diagnosed with the covids in Nashville.
We are doomed. We're all going to die (eventually).
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