{"id":36386,"date":"2022-09-03T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T07:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/?p=36386"},"modified":"2026-06-06T06:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:42:33","slug":"covid-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/covid-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid Update — I’m Doing OK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A negative covid earlier test this week. I’ll test again over the Labor Day weekend. Photos by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Covid Update: I tested negative the other day after a round of Paxlovid. I’m feeling pretty OK, but I’ll test again over the Labor Day weekend.<\/p>\n

Apparently, I can leave the house now, but I’ll need to wear a mask for five days.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I’m taking it easy, doing a lot of crossword puzzles and binge watching “Friday Night Lights.”<\/p>\n

More binge-worthy TV suggestions are welcome. I’ve got time on my hands. Just type your suggestions into comments below. Thanks.<\/p>\n

I’ll post another covid update soon. And thanks for the messages of concern. They helped!<\/p>\n

More encounters with viruses at my house at:\u00a0“Mono — It’s Never Too Late to Come Down With the Cool Kids Disease.”<\/a>\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

And here’s one from the early days of the covid shutdown — when we worried that the virus lurked on every surface: “Sheltering at Home Week Three: 20 Seconds — What’s Good for the Hands Is Good for the Potatoes. Right?<\/a>“<\/em><\/p>\n

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Three fat pills twice a day is the Paxlovid regimen<\/a> for covid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Covid update: I tested negative after a week of mild symptoms. But I’m still taking it easy with crossword puzzles and binge TV for company.\u00a0 Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2623,2624,2625,2626,2627],"class_list":["post-36386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sheltering-at-home-chronicles","tag-covid","tag-crossword-puzzles","tag-isolation","tag-sick","tag-viruses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49160,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36386\/revisions\/49160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}