{"id":4952,"date":"2022-02-16T22:12:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T03:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/?page_id=4952"},"modified":"2022-02-17T16:38:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T21:38:16","slug":"et-cetera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/et-cetera\/","title":{"rendered":"Et Cetera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">February 16, 2022 &#8212; &nbsp;Your webmaster lives in Annapolis, Maryland, which is in Anne Arundel County. &nbsp;It is now almost exactly two years since the beginning of the pandemic. &nbsp;A year ago we thought we were just about finished, and so I stopped these COVID emails. &nbsp;But in the past year it has become an ugly discussion, sections of the country have gone back and forth about mask requirements, and it has become overtly political. &nbsp;A new COVID variant which is highly contagious has plagued every state. &nbsp;After vaccinations, people have received booster shots. &nbsp;Masked mandates are the norm, but there are still protests. &nbsp;Schools have been closed for in-person learning, then open, then closed, etc. &nbsp;This is the morning headline in <em>The Capital<\/em>, our newspaper. &nbsp;Life is crazy. &nbsp;Liz Hottel Barrett, Website Master<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-6988460415631615101content\">\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/mkt.capitalgazette.com\/T\/v60000017f05300f88ba7e096e9666b528\/50d763e5e16743490000021ef3a0bcc3\/50d763e5-e167-4349-9ac4-ed631087959e?__dU__=v0oQlZ2XmHtXhnr7VA2ahLzriQ_ah5YJ_gWFFXTte5I8s=&amp;__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0JoZLAZABQF2evtUDZqEvOuJD9qHlgn-DfnkaeYi64cSTX8WDtz0YvJF6MQvjeP4G0o2VQvJBh6dm94Pn-behFOHwRMk5cxD0PG8etUm_ydapA_5TIpf2fK6GAX_TnqsrNchtqjq6P0n4Zt2XGnu-3VSqtfTsA9tXilOInpWLhnpT1vhqobszFvSUpvfiKkzCymvetwhNFW5jyjuS2wW1hdu4cfn4DZXtXrxXtKUgZoksykIqB6_rwg9MbbbKWW8i-6exaDhXc72D7iu1crpgsQ5no9epwM5jayQjx0FPCv5s8RC1U3s09gDzz6BSELTO3lMZFeEeTlIlEymY-nCks_cewT3CwjORmZqCagwtmN3wU4gxhkcXa8vp1xEZ2hY3Kf-mK54SY9ew4l1KIhorgI5uvfFzt1RBUfoijRegy6zzCEKk86tTzpECkDh2HXjUETx1KaAmOFiyYWnTP7BC9MK84UTZxQHFBqWTFW26Z_h9z_neZhd5H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anne Arundel County Public Schools make masking optional starting Friday<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-6988460415631615101content m_-6988460415631615101body-text\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Starting Friday, it will be optional to wear a mask indoors in Anne Arundel County school buildings<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 16, 2022 &#8212; &nbsp;Your webmaster lives in Annapolis, Maryland, which is in Anne Arundel County. &nbsp;It is now almost exactly two years since the beginning of the pandemic. &nbsp;A year ago we thought we were just about finished, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/et-cetera\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4952","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}