10/3/22: "Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Candace Owens' Complaint About Fact-Checkers of Her Covid-19 Posts on Facebook"- https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-candace-owens-complaint-about-fact-checks-of-her-covid-19-posts-on-facebook/?fbclid=IwAR3C6zInsopqyb7Wgukts7XO1LbGdHiTYWRZvEA0WwIPYGWrTz-PhtgKqjI
10/6/22: "Covid death rates are higher among Republicans than Democrats, Mounting Evidence Shows"- https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-death-rates-higher-republicans-democrats-why-rcna50883?fbclid=IwAR3UwdEuZ6C3FF-3Us_MPOFdsgInALi5SQNoIKCtk0exKygBHnJQ9i0enOM
10/24/22: "COVID research is free to access - but for how long?" - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03418-9
10/27/22: "Some healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID-19 show unexpectedly low responses to immunizations" - https://www.news-medical.net/amp/news/20221027/Some-healthcare-workers-vaccinated-against-COVID-19-show-unexpectedly-low-responses-to-immunizations.aspx
This year many of the same costumes as last year can be found online. If you would like to read more about those ones you can look at our article from last year (https://geekedcolorado.blogspot.com/2021/10/accessible-costumes-2021.html). I will only focus on new finds this year. I was a little disappointed that I didn't even find the wheel covers in stores this year. For those who do not know, accessible costumes are adaptive costumes for people that have disabilities or medical conditions where costumes for the general population do not work well for them.
The next few pictures are a good example of how adaptive costumes have been adjusted to be able to have holes for wires or tubes.
This is what the costume looks like. https://www.halloweencostumes.com/minecraft-child-adaptive-steve-costume.html
This one gives you the best view why special holes are so important. They allow for quick access to ports. https://amzn.to/3VJ0zPK
Options Out There
Target also has a limited amount, but they seem to have more franchise costumes instead of generic (https://www.target.com/c/adaptive-halloween-costumes-holiday-shop/-/N-66yhm).
This is actually one of my favorites that I was able to find. https://www.target.com/p/kids-39-adaptive-pok-233-mon-halloween-costume-wheelchair-cover/-/A-84235513#lnk=sametab
HalloweenCostumes.com has one of the largest selections (https://www.halloweencostumes.com/adaptive-costumes.html).
Meijer grocery chain is also offering some adaptive costumes as well (https://www.meijer.com/shopping/search.html?text=adaptive%20halloween%20costume).
The only thing I don't like about this is that they even break the costumes into 2 "boy" and 2 "girl" costumes.
Party City does carry some on their website, but styles are very limited and are mostly the same from last year: https://www.partycity.com/group-costumes-adaptability .
Disney also had a few new ones up on their website.
Walmart also has a few, but most are repeats from last year (https://www.walmart.com/browse/adaptive-and-diy-halloween-costumes/c2hlbGZfaWQ6MjMwMzMzOQieie).
For you Amazon shoppers here are a whole bunch of the ones I found there.
This was actually the only adult sized adaptive costume I could find. https://amzn.to/3MIDpVM
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An overall problem with these costumes is that they are made in kid sizes. Adults also take part in Halloween activities, but right now manufactures are not really making much for the adult population. Also if you noticed, many of the costumes are made for standard wheelchairs and does not account for electronic ones that have a different set up. Seeing these makes me happy that we are moving in the right direction, but we still have a long way to go.
Top Picture From: https://www.halloweencostumes.com/blog/p-1494-adaptive-costumes.aspx
9/23/22: "What to know about the BA.4.6, BF.7 and BA.2.75 variants now growing nationwide"- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bf-7-ba-2-75-covid-variants-rise-cdc-tracking/?fbclid=IwAR0fMiGtKT-ooa1LggqiULagIZopVaAxFpmOY7AKzgw-46yGqvpo4WBIxfE
This chart shows that we are still really bad from covid. We are in about the same shape we were last summer and still worse then we were the previous summer. This data is just looking at Colorado and it shows for example that on July 11th there were 31 deaths in one day reported. People have stopped looking at these numbers and like to pretend that it is behind us. The world is still dealing with COVID as new infections like Monkey pox are on the rise.
8/1/22: "How does COVID-19 affect sexual and bladder functions in men?"- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220801/How-does-COVID-19-affect-sexual-and-bladder-functions-in-men.aspx "Study suggests possible benefit from melatonin in COVID-19"- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220801/Study-suggests-possible-benefit-from-melatonin-in-COVID-19.aspx
8/2/22: "The time has come for DIY mandates on covid"- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220802/The-time-has-come-for-DIY-mandates-on-covid.aspx
8/3/22: "How effective is the recommendation of wearing glasses to protect against SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory virus infection?"- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220803/How-effective-is-the-recommendation-of-wearing-glasses-to-protect-against-SARS-CoV-2-and-other-respiratory-virus-infection.aspx
8/5/22: "BA.5 becomes most prominent COVID strain in the U.S. - here are its symptoms"- https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3568072-ba-5-becomes-most-prominent-covid-strain-in-the-u-s-here-are-its-symptoms/?fbclid=IwAR1HhfXjVUrIm1Qm_HzjM4ASUqY7Y3GxIJF4O6VIoJFrI2DfgkAmK202quU
8/8/22: "Sperm not affected nine months after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination"- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220808/Sperm-not-affected-nine-months-after-COVID-19-mRNA-vaccination.aspx "Inhaled aprotinin found to reduce viral load in mild-to-moderate COVID-19"- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220808/Inhaled-aprotinin-found-to-reduce-viral-load-in-mild-to-moderate-COVID-19.aspx "The safety and preliminary efficacy of OP-101 in patients with severe COVID-19"- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220808/The-safety-and-preliminary-efficacy-of-OP-101-in-patients-with-severe-COVID-19.aspx
8/9/22: "Almost 90% of subjects who experience COVID-19-linked taste or smell dysfunction fully recover after two years"- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220809/Almost-9025-of-subjects-who-experience-COVID-19-linked-taste-or-smell-dysfunction-fully-recover-after-two-years.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0VJKO_Vnl2pF6CK1exP-xRthkNPewcyYfITtp1ch6bb4JYMJ4fs5ELWNE "Post-COVID-19 symptoms may occur in one of eight SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals"- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220809/Post-COVID-19-symptoms-may-occur-in-one-of-eight-SARS-CoV-2-infected-individuals.aspx?fbclid=IwAR1hZaMe-t-eiUPlwxeys8_7sfv5YXah3thTOxnOKwIqeJ7QvhWAaWzz4lQ "Study looks at food-buying behavior during different stages of COVID pandemic"- https://phys.org/news/2022-08-food-buying-behavior-stages-covid-pandemic.html?fbclid=IwAR1N_e2Rhsfazu3oZpHJPwCCWfXGmselU1LMU8Aypc1VmMLZzupXUqr-AP8
International
8/8/22: "COVID Is Now the Biggest Killer in New Zealand for the First Time"- https://www.thedailybeast.com/covid-is-now-the-biggest-killer-in-new-zealand-for-the-first-time?fbclid=IwAR06g7jj-U9xyIGwctZXDLU4JkTiz8ORdwClnMHT_jjcdaY6sAmCLEg9eK8
8/1/22: "California, Illinos declare health emergency over monkeypox outbreak"- https://www.axios.com/2022/08/01/illinois-monkeypox-outbreak?fbclid=IwAR2VgSrGJG-aPTEx2AK-gyV705xPcTblWEPkCAp-8hHDy4GEELTkDNYLEoo
Some cons are watching the trends with covid and still enforcing mask mandates and vaccinations/negative tests for their attendees.
"Comic-Con's COVID Policies Were (Mostly) a Super Hero-Sized Success"- https://www.thewrap.com/comic-con-covid-policies-success/?fbclid=IwAR3v12Bxo9Fl08uuEKHy7ah3xQQu2-Gln5yEv4XXiEkVnHsd4_UI-iwGmhY
Top Picture From: https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/2022/07/22/2022-comic-con-international-san-diego/10125815002/
