Nov. 20(?) - Nov. 21 (?): Triple-jabbed Minnesota man exposed to Omicron variant in NYC
Nov. 22: Minnesota man returns to Minnesota
Nov. 22 or 23: Minnesota man learns that friend in NYC is COVID-positive; takes at-home and PCR COVID tests
Nov. 24: South Africa reports their discovery of Omicron variant
Nov. 26: WHO declares Omicron a variant of interest
Nov. 26: Biden administration announces travel restrictions
Nov. 29: U.S. travel restrictions take effect
Nov. 29(?) : Minnesota man called for routine contact tracing
Dec. 1: Minnesota man informed that he has Omicron variant
All the major COVID variants came from overseas. This pandemic won't be over until the borders are closed, and kept that way...including the southern border.
This song is haunting, although not directly applicable to my personal experience.
There's an interesting semi-parallel in Revelation 7:17 and 8:1:
"...and God shall wipe all tears from their eyes. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour."
Some years back there were some public comments from famous authors about the Susan in the Narnia books not being present for the Final Battle and what followed. It was framed as bigotry against women and people of average morals.
Neil Gaiman's came in the form of a short story, "The Problem of Susan," which from an excerpt I found is apparently quite vile.
Gaiman has fallen out of public favor as allegations against him have begun to surface.
Two other authors were J. K. Rowling, who ought to know better, and Phillip Pullman, who also writes vile stories, I've been told.
Pastor Douglas Wilson has a lucid, sensitive, and rather long rebuttal to the Problem of Susan; link below.
My own, lesser contribution here, is that C. S. Lewis was a fan of George MacDonald, and MacDonald wrote some vivid portrayals of spiritual devolution. In The Princess and Curdie, Curdie was given the ability to discern which beast a person's moral character was descending into by holding their hand. In ...
