This is pure speculation on my part - I may update this paragraph if I come across something after publication. Voting rights were more primitive then, so there may not have been a parallel situation to learn from. There appears to have been a then-national general election Novemduring the Spanish Flu era. I can't find a historical precedent for this. The deadline for applications is now Friday, February 19, and the deadline to have your votes in is now Friday, March 5 12. Her decisive actions to clamp down may be difficult for us to face, but they are needed. Janice Fitzgerald is doing a phenomenal job under what must be immense pressure. Then the province was swiftly returned to Alert Level 5.ĬMO Dr. It was confirmed late on February 12 that the variant B.1.1.7 had arrived in the province via means unknown, and was the reason for the speedy transmission. Community transmission is rampant, and may have also arrived in Labrador as of February 17. A major spike in cases in the Metro and surrounding Avalon area has emerged in a worst-case scenario. Within the span of a week, COVID-19 has gotten loose in our communities. It all started when the usual update on Sunday, February 7 was delayed for hours, which was an indication of many moving parts behind the scenes. I know from second-hand experience that he's a great surgeon, but his political moves are questionable. Granted, the two events were independent of one another, but the optics looked bad. As the campaign passed the advanced polls stage, there was a spike in cases due to the arrival of COVID variant B.1.1.7. Liberal Leader Andrew Furey took a gamble on two variables - low COVID cases and high polling numbers - and dropped the writ on January 15 to begin a winter provincial election. The week of February 7-13 was a long week faced collectively by the province, and the ramifications will continue into the murky future. This will be a " soft launch." As with any new business, there's risk involved, of course - but these are weird and risky times. Aside from this blog update and possibly a link on the website, the inspector role will be completely separate from the Newfoundland Inkslinger (there will be no Ian the Inkslingin' Inspector!). In January 2022, I will be getting myself added to the InterNACHI inspector directory while using my own advertisement skills built up from running the Inkslinger column series and see what happens. Since I certified in early December, I began the planning and creative stage throughout a heavily restricted Omicron Christmas. Continuing education is a requirement for maintaining this certification, with an exam rewrite due every three years. My environmental technology diploma, prior safety duties along with five years of refinery lab and inspection experience have all been funneled into this venture. I don't consider this as major a shift as last decade's personal career changeover from journalism to the sciences. After a challenging year back at the books, I passed my exam on December 3 and finalized my requirements to become an InterNACHI Certified Professional Inspector. As I've hinted in past content, I'm working on something new.
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