How COVID-19 is affecting society

[WolfEyes]

Yes, but I do... I'll just bring it up when I get my eyes checked again, sometime soon (tm)

Quick! Call the VVO Rescue Squad! Ari has succumbed to the LLS-CV (LindenLabSoon CoronaBeer Soon Virus)!!

 

[Innula Zenovka]

How India's vaccine drive went horribly wrong

A botched-up plan for procuring jabs has dried up stocks and sent prices soaring on the private market.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Oh dear.

At least they're being realistic, and admitting it's a possibility.

India variant could seriously disrupt lifting of lockdown, says Boris Johnson

PM announces acceleration of Covid vaccine programme, saying race could become a ‘great deal tighter’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

‘It’s a minefield’: US restaurant workers leave industry over Covid

Workers cite exploitative practices and lack of Covid safety protections as some employers and officials claim unemployment benefits deterring people from returning to work

www.theguardian.com

“It’s a minefield of unsafe working environments and exploitative practices still permeate the hiring and training processes,” he said. “People always say but we make tips so it can’t be that bad. This is used as an excuse to ignore abusive and exploitative practices.”

Before starting his new position, he applied to dozens of restaurants and had several interviews, and noted many restaurants are in a chaotic state and unprepared to take on new workers. He said they are baiting potential hires with signing bonuses that don’t pan out, promises of higher wages, or applying for a position only to be told on the first day of hire they have to start out as a busser and work their way up. He left one job because the restaurant was not enforcing coronavirus safety protections.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Fury as politician says Covid 'has a right to live like the rest of us'

The deadly virus "has the right to live like the rest of us" claims Trivendra Singh Rawat, who recently resigned as his state's chief minister amid growing dissent

www.dailystar.co.uk

Interesting perspective on the sanctity of life, but I’m afraid I disagree.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Yes, but I do... I'll just bring it up when I get my eyes checked again, sometime soon (tm)

For me, that medium distance strength is in the tri-focal part of the glass range. Unfortunately that does tend to be only a small section of the glasses in the bottom corner and I have to look just so through it for it to work well. I hope you are able to get it sorted out.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

For me, that medium distance strength is in the tri-focal part of the glass range. Unfortunately that does tend to be only a small section of the glasses in the bottom corner and I have to look just so through it for it to work well. I hope you are able to get it sorted out.

Which is why I dumped progressives and just bought half a dozen pairs of glasses with different strengths between my max and min. I'd much rather swap glasses than aggravate my already unhappy cervical vertebrae.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Everything about my eyes is a compromise, always has been. I just got back from my 2nd trip to the eye doctor because my new glasses improved my distance vision but took out the range that covers my computer monitors. And if he'd thought to mention that the "few tweaks" he was making to my old prescription would improve long distance at the expense of mid-range -- which I use 8-10 hours a day -- I would have told him "Please don't do that."

I tried the two-glasses method a few years back and it was too cumbersome by far. I was constantly searching for one pair or the other, in my purse, on my desk, on the side table by my recliner. I'm fine with one pair that works 90% of the time for everything, even if long-distance is less than crystal clear. It's not fuzzy enough to pose a danger even when I'm driving. If I need to read something close up (like a book), I just take them off.

I'd keep using my old glasses, but the lens is fogging up because some of the UV-protection layers is deteriorating. Very annoying.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

For me, that medium distance strength is in the tri-focal part of the glass range. Unfortunately that does tend to be only a small section of the glasses in the bottom corner and I have to look just so through it for it to work well. I hope you are able to get it sorted out.

I've been told repeatedly that I don't need bifocals or progressives. In fact outside of my childhood when the military eye doctor decided -everyone- needed them [turned out another army kid lived in my neighborhood and was also in them, and this led to both of us being taken to non-military eye doctors afterwards], only -one doctor- in the last 54 years has said otherwise, and he was probably just trying to sell progressives because money....

Dunno - we'll see what happens next non-medical eye exam I get [I have to get medical ones every year because glaucoma, but he doesn't check my vision strength, just for diabetic retina issues which I haven't had yet, and to make sure my eye drops are still working].

 

[Innula Zenovka]

A bit off-topic for Covid, but after a recent (regular) eye-test for short-sightedness about a fortnight ago, the optician was rather concerned (as was I) about some symptoms that I'd developed over the last year or so -- the last six or seven months in particular.

Anyway, he referred me to a consultant at the local eye hospital, who diagnosed it as something called Thyroid Eye Disease, (T.E.D.)which is a nuisance, and can turn nasty if not treated, but is no big deal. Radiotherapy some years ago fried my thyroid gland, and while I take Thyroxine, T.E.D. is apparently a not-uncommon consequence of any thyroid disorder. It causes inflammation and swelling in the muscles and tissues around the eyes, and causes sore eyes, double vision, sensitivity to light, and all sorts.

I was quite impressed -- less than two weeks from the appointment, and it's been diagnosed and the consultant has ordered a lot of tests, scans and referrals (all under the NHS) to various specialists (MRI scan, endocrinologist, prism for my glasses to correct for double vision, and so on), plus given me a prescription (free, because of my age) for some pretty expensive eye drops and ointments.

I've had to buy my own Selenium supplement, though but since that's only a few £ for several weeks' supply, I don't mind.

 

[Clara D.]

I keep a pair of "driving" glasses in the vehicle wrapped around the cellphone holder. I can see well enough to drive safely without them, and can see normal safety signs (speed limit, lane vanishes, sharp turn, etc.) but making out street names can be a bastard. I also rely on GPS telling me where to turn.

I have a couple of "doing small stuff" drugstore reading glasses (I had to opt for the Foster Grants, I kept breaking Dollar Tree ones), one goes in my work toolbag, the other goes in my vapestuff drawer (typical use is rebuilding my vape). Only complaint is that the focal range on a pair of 2.5x or 3x is very short

And the one advantage of using the kindle app on my phone is that I can up the font type and size to make it easier to read books.

Multi-focus lenses make me teh crazy with the "gotta tilt yer head just so."

 

[Arkady Arkright]

I tried the two-glasses method a few years back and it was too cumbersome by far
I'd keep using my old glasses, but the lens is fogging up because some of the UV-protection layers is deteriorating. Very annoying.

One of my eyes has superb distance vision, and the other is extremely short-sighted (and has mild cataracts). Neither has any great range of focus these days.
I have 3 different prescriptions - distance, computer and reading. The distance glasses only go on if I'm going outdoors, the computer glasses live with the computer, and the reading glasses stay with my kindle. I also have a pair of bifocal workshop glasses with shields, impact- and heat-resistant, which focus at arms-length and at few inches for delicate work. As all my glasses have a 'home' I can't remember when I last lost a pair - my wife, OTOH, is forever asking me if I've seen her reading glasses, which could be anywhere in the house, outbuidings or car...

 

[Ashiri]

I'm getting to where I may need glasses for more than just reading so I'm reading these posts with interest.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

India variant could lead to serious third wave of Covid in UK

Analysis: If B.1.617.2 proves highly transmissible, hospitalisations could peak again, models show

www.theguardian.com

 

[WolfEyes]

I have a couple of pairs of regular readers that I keep as backups. One in my purse in case I forgot my prescription readers. As far as prescriptions go I have two pairs of readers, one of which never leaves home and can be found either next to the bed or by my desktop, currently residing next to the bed since I now use the other wire frame pair as my everyday, go everywhere pair. Of the two distance prescriptions one pair are very dark lenses for driving and just being outside in bright sunlight. I have very little trouble seeing in the dark. Headlights blind me so I avoid driving at night. I know I have astigmatism but which form if it, I've never been told and until a few years ago, didn't know to ask.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Jolene Benoir]

I just got a new set of glasses. Now, mind you I have tri-focals. The gal who fitted me for them after the examination insisted that the tri-focal portion be lower because, in her experience, people tend to have to tilt their head up in order for either the bi-focal or tri-focal portion to work. I went along with it. I am pretty easy going.

The glasses came in two weeks later. Upon putting them on, I realized something was wrong. My eyes hurt and it was blurry, even in the larger range.

I had paid extra for anti-glare and had been told that to re-do them, would cost me yet more money. I had to drive on the freeway immediately following it and decided I wasn't going to be trying to adjust to blur on the freeway, so tossed them in the glasses container and went with my old ones.

So much for that. I have been trying to adjust, in the home, to them, and it's been no small task. If had thought that I could use them interchangeably that thought is gone. They are very different and I can't count on my eyes adjusting to it.

Regarding TED that is probably something I should have checked given my thyroid disorder due to PCOS. Never knew of that. They DO check for glaucoma, cataracts and such and am clear of that, but they don't for that, to my knowledge.

Good to know and thank you.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I just got a new set of glasses. Now, mind you I have tri-focals. The gal who fitted me for them after the examination insisted that the tri-focal portion be lower because, in her experience, people tend to have to tilt their head up in order for either the bi-focal or tri-focal portion to work. I went along with it.

The glasses came in two weeks later. Upon putting them on, I realized something was wrong. My eyes hurt and it was blurry, even in the larger range.

I had paid extra for anti-glare and had been told that to re-do them, would cost me yet more money. I had to drive on the freeway immediately following it and decided I wasn't go be trying to adjust to blur on the freway, so tossed them in the glasses container and went with my old ones.

So much for that. I have been trying to adjust, in the home, to them, and it's been no small task. If had thought that I could use them interchangeably that thought is gone. They are very different and I can't count on my eyes adjusting to it.

Regarding TED that is probably something I should have checked given my thyroid disorder due to PCOS. Never knew of that. They DO check for glaucoma, cataracts and such and am clear of that, but they don't for that, to my knowledge.

Good to know and thank you.

In my case, the most obvious symptom was that the swollen tissue pressing on my eyes has moved them a bit out of position, so I've developed double-vision, but I have most of the other symptoms on the checklist. Hayfever out of season was certainly one, only I assumed I must be allergic to something. Bags under my eyes and dislike of bright lights just sounds like me only more so, so I just thought I really must start keeping more reasonable hours... one day.

It's not a big deal, just a nuisance (though if I needed to drive a lot, it might well be a very different story).

 

[Soen Eber]

I just finished my first cataract surgery. It went very well, relatively painless except for the few hours of intense itching between the time the local wears off and you take the "before bedtime" wonder pill (one only). I can now drive without glasses, everything is brighter and in focus.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

I just finished my first cataract surgery. It went very well, relatively painless except for the few hours of intense itching between the time the local wears off and you take the "before bedtime" wonder pill (one only). I can now drive without glasses, everything is brighter and in focus.

That's wonderful, Soen!