Wednesday, December 15, 2021

From Poland

On the home front, the first case of omicron was reported in China: it's a Pole who flew in from Warsaw

According to the Polish Press Agency, the Pole flew to the Chinese city of Tianjin from Warsaw on December 9. He underwent a standard test that revealed a coronavirus infection. Soon after, it was confirmed to be the omicron variant - the first case in mainland China. So, if Omicron is in Warsaw, it won't be long before it is here in Poznan.

The Polish man who was confirmed infected has no symptoms. So far, no other passengers on the plane who flew with the infected man have tested positive for Covid-19. The Pole has been hospitalized.

Today, we had to get up at 9:00. The last time I had to get up at a specific time, I set the alarm, didn't hear it, and woke up 2 hours late. The problem is I have a wax buildup in one ear. Last night I set three alarms for 9:00 and felt safe I would hear at least one of them. However, I went to sleep at 1 AM, woke up at 2:30, 3:46, and 6:15. Not wanting the take a chance on sleeping through the alarms, I just stayed up and started writing this. Joan and I both had a doctor's appointment this morning.

Joan's was for her creatine problem and mine to get a referral to a laryngologist to have my ear cleaned out. I don't quite understand what a GP can't do it. It's not like it's surgery. 

Na froncie krajowym odnotowano pierwszy przypadek omikronu w Chinach: to Polak, kt贸ry przylecia艂 z Warszawy 

Jak podaje Polska Agencja Prasowa, Polak przylecia艂 do chi艅skiego miasta Tianjin z Warszawy 9 grudnia. Przeszed艂 standardowe badania, kt贸re wykaza艂y zaka偶enie koronawirusem. Wkr贸tce potem potwierdzono, 偶e jest to wariant omicron - pierwszy przypadek w  kontynentalnych Chinach. Tak wi臋c, je艣li omicron jest w Warszawie, to nied艂ugo pojawi si臋 tak偶e w Poznaniu. 

Polak, u kt贸rego potwierdzono zaka偶enie, nie ma 偶adnych objaw贸w. Do tej pory 偶aden z pasa偶er贸w samolotu, kt贸ry lecia艂 z zara偶onym m臋偶czyzn膮, nie wykaza艂 pozytywnego wyniku testu na obecno艣膰 Covid-19. Polak trafi艂 do szpitala. 

Dzisiaj musieli艣my wsta膰 o 9:00. Ostatnim razem, gdy musia艂em wsta膰 o konkretnej godzinie, nastawi艂em alarm, nie us艂ysza艂em go i obudzi艂em si臋 z 2-godzinnym op贸藕nieniem. Problem polega na tym, 偶e w jednym uchu mam nagromadzon膮 woskowin臋. Ostatniej nocy ustawi艂em trzy alarmy na 9:00 i czu艂em si臋 bezpiecznie, 偶e us艂ysz臋 przynajmniej jeden z nich. Jednak poszed艂em spa膰 o 1 w nocy, obudzi艂em si臋 o 2:30, 3:46 i 6:15. Nie chc膮c ryzykowa膰, ze nie us艂ysz臋 alarm贸w, po prostu wsta艂em i zacz膮艂em pisa膰. Oboje z Joan mieli艣my dzi艣 rano wizyt臋 u lekarza. 

Joan mia艂a problem z kreatyn膮, a ja dosta艂em skierowanie do laryngologa, 偶eby wyczy艣ci艂 mi ucho. Nie bardzo rozumiem, dlaczego lekarz pierwszego kontaktu nie mo偶e tego zrobi膰. To nie jest tak, 偶e potrzeba do tego chirurgii.