And you may be worried about those things too.
WHAT TO SAY (AND NOT SAY)
Let common ground, empathy and curiosity be your guides.
Sladek says you should start by considering how you and your loved one usually communicate, and be authentic to that.
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For example, her family likes to use humor, even if conversations get intense. So she d throw in some jokes since that s a way they relate to each other.
However you spin it to fit your relationship with your family member or friend, Sladek says to make sure to ask
open ended questions, that get at thoughts and feelings and experiences. Something along the lines of:
Seattle Children’s ordered to release mold records in precedent-setting case
After a court battle against KING 5 and public health departments, the appeals court ruled Seattle Children’s must turn over records about mold infections. Author: Chris Ingalls Updated: 9:47 PM PDT May 3, 2021
SEATTLE A Washington state appeals court has upheld a lower court order requiring public health departments to release to KING 5 documents related to Aspergillus mold infections at Seattle Children’s hospital.
The decision appears to have ended the hospital’s year-and-a-half-long legal campaign to block the release of mold-related records by Public Health – Seattle & King County and the Washington State Department of Health (DOH).
by Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square | May 04, 2021 01:00 PM Print this article
Several Washington counties face a move back into a more restrictive phase of Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 recovery plan.
The Washington State Department of Health is reevaluating the state’s COVID-19 data, deliberating whether counties in Phase 3 of public health guidelines need to be knocked back into the more restrictive Phase 2 classification.
The agency moved three counties – Cowlitz, Pierce and Whitman – back to Phase 2 on April 16. It was reassessing public health data Monday and will announce any changes Tuesday. The state will reexamine metrics again in late May.
What phase are we in? King County staying in Phase 3 for now
Gov. Inslee isn t rolling King County or any other county back to Phase 2 of reopening, but he says he will reconsider that move in two weeks.
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Iman Hassan of Seattle receives her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Lumen Field Event Center s COVID-19 vaccination site on March 13, 2021. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)
Washingtonians who heard that the governor may roll back reopening in some counties if COVID-19 pandemic rates don’t slow down may be wondering what the return to Phase 2 or even Phase 1 means for them.
Inslee said this pause comes after careful consideration of the state’s case numbers.
“We’re responding to that most recent information as best we can. The tremendous success comes from Washington citizens willingness to follow guidelines.”
Inslee said the state’s epidemiologists believe the state is approaching a plateau. This news is in a stark contrast to what Inslee called “fourth wave” of COVID in a press conference last week.
“This is a new form of COVID. A mutant strain that today has caused a fourth wave, a fourth surge that we are in the middle of, that is threatening the health of Washingtonians. These are mutant strains that are much more transmittable, particularly one of them, than the original strain of the virus.”