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Cardiology lab. However, everyone in the hospital was offered it, even the admin staff. My area had too many doses and not enough demand actually. There still seems to be a really strong resistance against getting vaccinated with more than half of all people not interested in getting it. This article sums it up well: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/10/health/covid-19-vaccine-unused/index.html That's why I think the vaccination should go straight to the public. Anyone who wants it, any age, they can get it. Then just prioritize high priority patients. Basically say, you can show up and wait in line and if there are doses left over, then the youngings can get it. Those who work in health care or are 65+ get to cut to the front of the line. Do it that way and not a single dose ever will have to be thrown away. Right now there are thousands of doses that went into the trash last week which is BS.

......while carrying a "Don't Tread on Me" flag. The Lord works in mysterious ways.

Omigawd, this is hysterical. Even if you can't stand Alex Jones, this is a must see: https://twitter.com/AndyGrewal/status/1348072426899460102 ROTF!!!

what the actual fuck. My parents will probably be waiting for months and elsewhere in the world, there are doses in the trash because there's not enough demand??

Fold an IAD pilot-chute pretty much the same way as you would for freefall, just leave the bridle outside of the fabric. In other news, I always wrap two or three fingers around the pilot-chute adn the rest of my fingers around the lower lateral strap on the student's harness. This allows me to sense and control them while I am checking the spot, etc. The other major point - of IAD - is always releasing the pilot-chute well below the horizontal tail of your airplane. With Cessnas, the simplest way to develop the habit of tossing the pilot-chute below the door sill ... every time.

Hey Ron, what happened to the post where you said that if Biden won the election, you would consider it divine intervention?

Those "ribbons" are packing tabs which come in handy when side-packing a ram-air canopy. You grab all the front packing tabs in one hand and all the rear packing tabs in the other hand, give the canopy a quick shake and lay it on its side. Then you stack line-groups, etc. These days fewer and fewer skydivers know how to side-pack because they only learned how to PRO-pack. There is nothing wrong with side-packing. The last time I worked as a tandem instructor, the DZO side-packed all the tandem rigs while young jumpers teased his antiquated packing methods. Since all the tandem openings were soft and consistent, I reminded young jumpers "Don't mess with success."

Hoo Boy. First off, welcome. It's a really fun sport filled with some very amazing people. Second, don't focus only on a 'ultimate goal of wingsuiting'. Focus on becoming the best, most skilled & safest jumper you can be. The rest will follow. Enjoy the journey. You may find other disciplines to be something you want to do. Either as a side road on your journey to a wingsuit, or as a completely different path. Unitl you've done it, you have no clue what it's like. Formation work (belly), freeflying, canopy flight, instruction, rigging, even flying the planes. Each part of the sport has things that are very attractive to some folks. "Best" and "Cheapest" don't go together. Ever. I would look for a DZ close to you that has a track record of creating licensed jumpers from the students that start. One question I would ask is: 'How many students did you have that got their license last year?' Or maybe in the last few years because 2020 was so screwy. Keep in mind that AFF or IAD are instruction methods. Once you get to 'solo student' status, there's still a ways to go to your license, and that's where the real adventure (and learning) begin. How much? That depends. I know Europe tends to be more expensive than the US. I've said more than once that, no matter the training method, you can plan on somewhere around $10k (USD) to get your first license and all the gear you need. It can be done for less, but it takes a fair amount of skill, patience & luck. For the rest of the jumps, it will not be cheap. Here in the US, I usually pay $20-$25(USD) per jump. Getting to the minimum 200 (next 175 after the initial 25 for the license) for a wingsuit will cost $4k-$5k. And that's a minimum. Not everyone is ready to get into a suit at that point. How long? Again, it depends. How much can you afford to jump? The weather where you are isn't always the best, can you go somewhere like Spain? There are a couple good DZs there, they tend to have better weather and attract jumpers from all over Europe (and the US). Again, 2020 has been really awful for lots of this sorts of thing. Hopefully next year will be better. If you are 'studying', are you a college student? I would suggest finding something you like that pays well. It's a lot better to have a lucrative job, and jump as a hobby than to try to make a living at it. I would take at least a couple meteorology courses. Weather is a huge factor in this sport. Being able to understand and predict it is very helpful.

Hi Westerly, Actually, I care as I want all the perks as a former POTUS removed for Trump. Jerry Baumchen PS) I wonder if impeachment & conviction after he left office would do that.