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        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Possibly the different decisions are based on different </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">* availabilities of the different vaccines. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">* agencies / organizations to distribute and administer the vaccine</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">* perceptions of how the public will  respond</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Given that Canada has done relatively well, the so far, their past decisions have been reasonable.  </div><div><br></div>
        
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                    On Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 02:26:27 AM PDT, Lorne S <salchootchkin@gmail.com> wrote:
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                <div><div id="ydp70bc493cyiv8241327884"><div><div><div>I would like to be there virtually but will be visiting Vancouver, but I have a covid vaccine question if anyone wants to weigh in.. Canada has opted to make only the initial omicron variant vaccine available, starring later this month, not the latest ones with abbreviated testing, like the US. Any thoughts? Will we Canucks feel short-changed in 6 months? It's not like we have not done relatively a lot better so far, measured by covid deaths, in spite of getting vaccines much later, but I wonder if the Canadian government is too cautious in this particular decision. I hope the off topic question is ok.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div id="ydp70bc493cyiv8241327884yqt03518" class="ydp70bc493cyiv8241327884yqt4123978048"><div class="ydp70bc493cyiv8241327884gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp70bc493cyiv8241327884gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 9, 2022, 22:22 Rick Moen <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp70bc493cyiv8241327884gmail_quote">The homemade pizza went over like gangbusters last month, so I might do<br clear="none">
it again, but have several other possibilities, plus a (shocker!) <br clear="none">
fresh salad.  And the usual fresh-baked sourdough bread made into garlic<br clear="none">
bread in accordance with the hallowed, original Norwegian recipe.<br clear="none">
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(And, if you don't believe that, I have many other howlers.)<br clear="none">
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Please come, and, as it said in _Hitchhiker's Guide_, "Share and enjoy."<br clear="none">
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Saturday, September 10, 2022, 4pm - 12m PDT (UTC -7)<br clear="none">
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Rick & Deirdre's house<br clear="none">
1105 Altschul Ave. @ Gordon Ave.<br clear="none">
W. Menlo Park<br clear="none">
(lost?  call me: 650-283-7902)<br clear="none">
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You must:<br clear="none">
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o  Be COVID-19 vaccinated.<br clear="none">
o  Feel safe to be here, in company.<br clear="none">
o  Attend at your own risk.<br clear="none">
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Bring your CDC card.  I will check.<br clear="none">
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_or_ attend online, via Jitsi Meet:  <br clear="none">
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To attend remotely, you'll need:<br clear="none">
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o  Computer w/Web browser.  <br clear="none">
   <a shape="rect" href="https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/user-guide/supported-browsers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/user-guide/supported-browsers</a><br clear="none">
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   mic w/ speakers/headphones.  Headphones/earbuds<br clear="none">
   are recommended because they avert audio feeback loops.<br clear="none">
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o  or a specialised Jitsi Meet client program:<br clear="none">
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   o Jitsi Meet Client (28MB APK) for Android 5.0+, via F-Droid:<br clear="none">
     <a shape="rect" href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jitsi.meet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jitsi.meet/</a><br clear="none">
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   o Jitsi Meet Client for Android, via Google Play Store<br clear="none">
     <a shape="rect" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jitsi.meet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jitsi.meet</a><br clear="none">
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   o Jitsi Meet Client for iOS, via Apple iTunes Store<br clear="none">
     <a shape="rect" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jitsi-meet/id1165103905" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jitsi-meet/id1165103905</a><br clear="none">
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   o Jitsi Meet Electron desktop client (86MB binary: Linux x86_64, MacOS,<br clear="none">
     MS-Windows), <a shape="rect" href="https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases</a><br clear="none">
     (Recommendation for headphones/earbuds still applies.)<br clear="none">
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