This is the original holiday card I sketched back in 1994 along with a bit of midi. I posted it to the then new web and the few people I knew with browsers on their machines liked it. Out of laziness it went up unchanged the next year. I almost forgot on the third year, only to be reminded by a few dozen requests that came just before Christmas. From then on I posted it every year on or soon after Thanksgiving. I think it’s been on five different servers now. Two years was the silver anniversary posting. I asked if people wanted something new, but the unanimous vote was to keep the old design.
Now it’s 27 years old.
Autoplay didn’t exist then so you’ll have to start the music yourself.
Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina has focused on current evidence throughout the pandemic. She's one to follow if you want to remove noise from the news. Here's her summary of what's known about B.1.1.529.
Her end note is a good action summary:
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Travel bans are not evidence-based: It may seem like travel bans for individual countries are a necessary step, but I cannot stress enough that they do not work. For example, we had a travel ban with China in March 2020, only to be infiltrated with a European strain. Travel bans are a political move; a tool to show the public that the government is responding. Travel bans can do a lot of damage, though, like perpetuate disease related stigma. This variant has already spread. A travel ban is not an evidence-based solution unless you stop all travel from every country.
Individual-level protection. None of this variant stuff changes what you need to do on an individual-level right now. Unless, of course, if you weren’t doing anything at all. Get vaccinated. Get boosted. Ventilate spaces. Use masks. Test if you have symptoms. Isolate if positive. And encourage others to do the same.
Immunocompromised: It looks like this variant has major implications of virus evolution in immunocompromised hosts. This underscores the need to ensure that immunocompromised people are protected by their communities. Not just for their sake, but for all of ours.
27 years of the same holiday card
This is the original holiday card I sketched back in 1994 along with a bit of midi. I posted it to the then new web and the few people I knew with browsers on their machines liked it. Out of laziness it went up unchanged the next year. I almost forgot on the third year, only to be reminded by a few dozen requests that came just before Christmas. From then on I posted it every year on or soon after Thanksgiving. I think it’s been on five different servers now. Two years was the silver anniversary posting. I asked if people wanted something new, but the unanimous vote was to keep the old design.
Now it’s 27 years old.
Autoplay didn’t exist then so you’ll have to start the music yourself.
Happy Holidays!
Glædelig Jul!
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