Sore Saturday...

 

I did a bit more than I'm used to yesterday & it shows.  My roomie & I were fairly ill Thursday, I was mostly over yesterday, not so much for her.  It was a decent day & then a freak rain hit for less than an hour.  It was a cold rain, it should've cooled things down more.  It didn't, it made everything a damn steam pit.  

I slept wrong last night, probably due being me, the stuff I did & the rain induced humidity.  I woke & my shoulder was hurting, not just sore.   It's still achy this morning.  I hate being able sleep wrong.  Who the hell decided that should even be possible?  

Hopefully, it will be an easy day.  Take care.

Cya...

Rechecking...

 

Sometimes my borderline paranoia pays off.  I'd made some changes to some official stuff & was supposed to receive a letter formally notifying it had gone through.  It didn't happen.  I called & the change hadn't gone through.   I redid & when I checked again they finally altered the info.   Never trust anyone to do their job well, always check if it's important.  Better to be seen as annoying than trying to fix a screw up later.

Take care.

Cya...

Problematic Pieces...

 

The article I found this morning is a bit troublesome.  The title is, "Gene Therapy Can Effectively Eliminate HIV Infection."   The article covers the same info I did for a recent post.  It discussed deactivating the CCR5 mutation & snipping the virus from the cell.  The concept CRISPR has been around a bit.  The method has been studied for a while, still it isn't a proven strategy.  Thus far, it's been used in humanized mice.

Even though the title infers there's a cure for HIV via gene therapy, there isn't at this time.   Maybe this can be made to work in mice 100% of the time.  That doesn't mean it will automatically translate to any other animals or humans. 

Still the title remains & many people will read that & think they can be cured tomorrow.  Articles like this can do far more harm than they will inform of future possibilities.  Before you write, know your audience.  Albeit there was some serious jargon in this article, it was written to lean towards lay people, not medical professionals.  Even though the title is technically accurate, it's click bait & a false promise.  This type of writing is misleading, harmful & quite frankly disgusting.

Cya...

No, Just No...

 

I knew yesterday was going to be a little busy.  We had the 1st of the month bill stuff starting & shopping.  We got started a little bit.  That was a the only thing we were responsible for the rest of the day.  The day turned out to be a series of stupid, unnecessary, avoidable annoyances & inconveniences.   

As I said the late start was the only thing on us.  Maybe the thought that things would just go as they should have, as they usually do, was just too arrogant of us.  

We thought once we were home, we'd be done with the mess.  Not at all.  Because of the flighty, indulgent nature of another person, a plan for later in the week got screwed.  Nothing we had going was big, difficult or demanding.  Still these things got bombed.  The day was stressed & filled with efforts to correct other people's fuckery.  I hate having to fix other people's stupid problems.

Oh well, it's a new day.  So far, so good.  Don't screw up Tuesday.  Take  care.

Cya...

Not RIght...

 

A few days ago, I posted about the 3rd case of a HIV being cured due a transplant.  This had been the 1st woman & 1st person of color.   But in only 3 cases that makes it different, not unique.  

There are articles out this morning asking HIV+ people if this makes them feel hopeful.   Some of these pieces are even pushing for the reader to get their hopes up.  There is no call for that.   This may have been the 3rd case, but it's still a fluke.  It's not seen as a controllable or safely repeatable method.  

This is a great thing for this woman.  It may help in the fight against HIV.  It won't provide a cure enmasse.   It shouldn't being touted as such.  IMO, these articles are cruel & reckless.  Maybe something will come of this someday.  For now, it's just a case of someone getting a bit of luck in a bad situation.  That's all.  

Cya...

Confused Convo...

 

Someone asked for my opinion of a singer yesterday.  I didn't know much about the person or their work.  They told be some alleged info about the performer & I told them I didn't know anything about it.  This morning, she informed me this morning she had gotten the name wrong.  Didn't help  me out any, I still didn't  know the artist in question.

I asked my roomie about it.  I had the wrong info about an artist.   I should've Googled it 1st,  but it wasn't important to me.   In a limited chain of conversations, I conveyed inaccurate information about this singer.  If this can happen with something as mundane as rumors about a singer, what about more serious things?  This is where communication breaks down, rumors get started & conspiracies develop.  

The info I was given was about the wrong person.  It was only "talk" about the actual singer.  None of it may have been accurate at all.  Still, it travelled to & from me & I became a chain in this misinformation.  It was that easy.  Be careful with your "facts." Not only can they be wrong, they could be about some entirely different person, thing or situation.

Cya...