The main thing is that it takes more energy to start a cold battery, so if you’re parking overnight in the cold without somewhere to plug in (which can be just a regular outlet to trickle charge from), you want to keep the battery over 20% charge when you park. In cold weather, it’s good to have cold weather features on the car—a heat pump and battery preconditioning for example, both of which are common features now. Those improve battery efficiency. Heated seats are also great for using little energy to heat the car until the battery warms up. Fwiw, Norway, Sweden and Iceland have the most evs per capita, so cold weather is definitely not the show stopper it’s been made out to be, even though it does make an impact to be considered in driving habits—not discounting that it has an effect. Chart: These countries have the most electric vehicles per capita Also might be of interest is this chart of chargers per ev or per mile by state: https://electrek.co/2022/01/23/the-best-and-worst-us-states-for-ev-charging/

I don’t want to derail by saying too much on this side topic, but just so people don’t get the idea evs aren’t usable in cold areas, they totally are. Anyone only getting 40 miles in the cold is driving an older, low range EV. Range has greatly increased in the past few years (and continues to do so). We’re glad to be in an EV when we’re in cold, snowy mountains because we can stay warm without using up a bunch of gas to do so. Takes very, very little of the battery to keep warm in an EV.

I would’ve honestly been frustrated if I were an area of totality and anyone was doing anything to add light to the sky during an event that is special specifically because the sky gets dark.

We do lots of fully EV road trips and are super happy with the experience, fwiw. Would never again choose a vehicle with a gas burning engine. Sounds like a lot of people didn’t plan very well (a Tesla has way more than enough range that no one should have planned to arrive in need of a charge right when they left). You also have to admit it’s a pretty unusual situation to have huge numbers of people leaving on a road trip simultaneously. That’s not typical behavior. Gas stations sometimes get backed up for hours when there’s a panic event and everyone’s trying to gas us up for it all at once. That said, yeah, obviously the charging network needs to continue to be built out, as it is and will be.

New research published showing viral persistence after Covid. Plasma-based antigen persistence in the post-acute phase of COVID-19 Although not without limitations (appendix p 14), our data provide strong evidence that SARS-CoV-2, in some form or location, persists for up to 14 months following acute SARS-CoV-2 infection (appendix p 13). This persistence is influenced by the events of acute infection. These findings motivate an urgent research agenda regarding the clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 persistence, specifically whether it is causally related to either post-acute chronic symptoms (eg, fatigue, pain, and cognitive difficulty) or discrete incident complications (eg, cardiovascular events).

Same! That’s awesome you were able to do that, @Harriet Vane

Your comment made me remember the website I ordered from long ago for earrings for people with jewelry sensitivity: https://www.simplywhispers.com/collections/niobium-earrings

Is it possible your eggs aren’t cooked thoroughly? The hotel ones come already pasteurized.

I’m the opposite—the only ones that have worked for me are the super cheap nickel free ones from places like Target. I tried a borrowed platinum pair and white gold and both were bad as well. Same with Sterling silver, which is an alloy that often has nickel in it (or copper). I haven’t tried titanium though. Theoretically that should work, but I don’t care enough to try.

I feel all this. I'm sorry. Also, that's SUPER frustrating and unbelievable for a paid webinar about college accomodations to be so inept in dealing with chat box questions!

I’m thinking that “it is suspected that cow-to-cow transmission may be occurring in milking facilities.” may eventually be incompatible with “We do not expect a significant impact on the price of milk and other dairy products,” Prater said on the call.

You can mix blackstrap molasses in your oatmeal for iron as well. I couldn’t tolerate hemaplex, but it seems most people can. I’d go to a liquid ironlike if you can’t do biglycinate.

I think based on these results, I would still lean toward it for elderly family members without contraindications. It wasn’t high enough powered to say if Paxlovid reduced severe outcomes in those groups, but the results tilted enough in that direction that I would be inclined. I’m still waiting for more definitive results regarding long Covid reduction—the degree of risk reduction has varied a lot in the studies so far. For most of us, that would be the primary reason to take it, if it holds up that it reduces the incidence of long Covid. This particular study wasn’t designed to be able to assess that at all, so this one doesn’t help clarify that. But even if it’s on the lower end at a 26% reduction in long Covid? Absolutely I’d want that.

This is so true. Sounds classic for single kitten syndrome. Choosier cat rescues won’t even adopt out single kittens to houses that don’t have another kitten (not cat) in the house.

You might want to try PM'ing her, as I see this was a first post and she hasn't visited the site again since, but a PM would hopefully land in her email box.

I don’t know honestly. We have one that celiac has been a rule out diagnosis for, but have never actually dealt with celiac, so I don’t know how cross-contamination symptoms tend to show up. It could be that the joint pain stuff is entirely unrelated to the celiac stuff, in which case there are a number of potential causes that might not show up in rheumatology. Did she have any viral illnesses in the several months before joint pains started?

Is it possible she is still getting glutened? Cross contamination maybe? Celiac disease can cause joint pain like that.

This. Making friends with other young adults on the spectrum made a world of difference for mine.

Would she use one of those marked water bottles to help her drink a lot more? One of mine was having a lot of issues with dizziness on standing to the point I took her to the dr twice for it, and she insisted she was drinking plenty, but using that kind of water bottle her water consumption increased a lot and her dizziness symptoms went away. She didn’t realize how much water she really needed. I think your dd has more than just that going on, but the principle of needing a lot more water than she thinks, particularly if it’s POTS might still stand. The combination of dysautonomia and joint pain still has me thinking long Covid, to be honest, but you’re right there’s no way to know if that’s the trigger or not if you don’t recall her illness history this year.

From AP News: US defense official had ‘Havana syndrome’ symptoms during a 2023 NATO summit, the Pentagon confirms From BBC: Havana syndrome: Report links mystery illness to Russian intelligence unit (Neither of the headlines on these are a good match to the content of the story—you’d have to click through)

Well, just for some optimism, post viral POTS from Covid seems to be one of the presentations that frequently resolves. Sometimes it takes a couple years, but that’s a better prognosis than permanent, so I hope that’s a hopeful thing to hear.

I’m really sorry. I will pray for K to be safe and accept some help and that it would be really good, effective help that makes things better for her.

I’m glad the bcp is taking care of the pain and bleeding but really sorry about the POTS 😞. Did she have Covid in the year before this started? Dysautonomia is one of the most common post acute (aka long) Covid presentations, so you may find a lot of good advice on those groups as well.

Agreeing with everyone else. We had one we waited too long for and I always regret that. Are there any services in your area that come to your house and do it? That’s what we have done (except for the time when we waited too long), and it’s a nice way to make it more peaceful if it’s a possibility in your area. There are several around here that get recommended.

This seems the way to go if the goal is to make sure the kid can not rejoin the organization. eta: with information from the next post, it changes my opinion. I thought from OP that the behavior happening was dangerous. Is there any mechanism you can see that would only allow him back with the requirement that a parent (or other adult) be providing constant supervision and guidance?