Travel ban starts in Mass at midnight Monday (Jan 26 - Jan 27)

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3. Fake crying over one's own lies is always touching.

For one thing, today, he probably hated having to tell most residents of Massachusetts not to report to work simply because a few might die, as they did as a result of the blizzard of 1978. Luckily for him, he did not have to specify that they get paid for Monday night or Tuesday.

Having spent time in a hospital, I know this is no laughing matter. The area around Mass General, for example, is a high rent district, even more so than Boston generally. I don't know how aides can afford to live close by. With no MBTA service, how the hell are they expected to get to the hospital?

I was in Spaulding Rehab for a while, too. At times, even in fine weather, there was one whole nurse plus one whole aide on the entire floor for the 3 to 11 shift.

At one point, I called my closest relatives to say goodbye simply because my fever was spiking and the nurse could not get hold of a doctor to authorize even an aspirin. As soon as she could, she came in with washcloths and ice water to put on my forehead. Literally saved my life that way. Again, no weather emergency or holiday. Just an ordinary, understaffed evening at Spaulding.