Author Archives: Anna

We have returned to epidemiological safety requirements. Since I once have been involved in research, I reminded myself that the right questions need to be asked. There are so many questions such as:  Why do you need to have so many COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots? Why is the immunological memory so short? Asymptomatic individuals can carry the virus, but for how long do they infect other, healthy individuals?

Perhaps the best question today is: For how long are we going to live with COVID-19? When is this pandemic over with? This is a marathon, but we don´t know how many kilometers we are going to run. There are many other questions to be posed. Meanwhile, we are learning about ourselves. Our own immunity, and not the least, we are learning about epidemiology. How to cope with a common cold.

I would like to end this evening’s writing by saying that we are missing official condolences from governments throughout the world.

An unwritten year is ahead. Of course with wishes that COVID-19 should disappear. I just wanted to wish a healthy, prosperous 2022. Will write more later this year, but now I will have a vacation for a few days.

Stay safe 🐾

A few days of holiday. It is Christmas, and it is peace and quiet for a while. We have returned to epidemiological safety requirements. But that is fine, I think. I am with Lady & Molly for a short time, and tomorrow, early, I will listen to some Christmas music. I am sharing some below for those of you who are not awake. I think I will be awake, but it probably will be difficult to keep my eyes open during this 2000-year-old tradition. Later tomorrow, for sure, I will go for a long walk with Lady & Molly.

It is very important to have traditions, especially these times we need some cheering up. I have started again with some photography. And I know, I should have some lessons. There have been Christmas trees all over Stockholm, and above is a glimpse from one of those places.

Merry Christmas and Stay Safe 🐾

In a week we have Christmas Eve and I will see Lady & Molly. I am synchronized with Christmas this year. My daily life mostly consists of little things like “how to not to lose a mitten”. Today I had a little chat, by coincidence, with a woman who just had lost her mitten. We were on the subway and she suddenly realized that she had lost one of her favorite mitten. “Oh, no, I said”. That happens to me as well I comforted her. And it is always your favorite mitten you lose, I continued. So, what to do? If I were you, I said, I would rapidly change subways and return to the place where you think you dropped it. You might have a chance of fining it. “Well”, she said. There is always a problem. If you lose an ordinary mitten, people help you and put it in a safe place. If it is a more expensive one, nobody cares. She decided to return. We wished each other Happy Christmas, and of course, I wished her good luck with the lost mitten!

This was a very nice chat about nothing, but at the same time, a very important issue. After that, I kept an extra eye on my own mittens. Nordic daily life these days. Ending by sharing this lovely winter photo.

Stay safe 🐾

A new variant of SARS-CoV-2 has occurred. The B.1.1.529 variant of concern was assigned Omicron. Personally, I felt a bit relaxed after the second dose of the vaccine. I just wanted to forget about the pandemic. Like everybody else I guess. But there is no doubt that there has been an increase again in the reports of people falling ill in COVID-19. At the same time, there is an increase of other viruses that naturally occur at this time of the year. I am happy that you easily can go for rapid COVID-19 antigen tests. They are not 100% sure, but at least they have contributed to some kind of screening in society. They should be distributed for free in some way. But of course, there is always a second-hand market.

Biology definitely meets politics. I found this in the Guardian saying that travelers from Great Britain to Ireland must take COVID tests:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/10/travellers-to-ireland-from-great-britain-must-take-covid-tests-for-five-days?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1639120239

In Sweden, we have finally been recommended to wear medical facemasks in public transportations such as the underground. We still live with COVID-19. For how long, we don´t know. The pandemic is not over with. I continue with my usual exercise that I am happy with. It keeps my energy up.

Stay safe 🐾