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by sergiomattei 1847 days ago
Yikes. Had a bit of a scare: living in Puerto Rico, I regularly use Walgreens SPF50, Neutrogena sunblock and After Sun gel.

The closest UPC was the After Sun, but mine was a couple of digits off.

Makes you think what stuff you're putting on that you don't know about!
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piercebot 1847 days ago
How are things in PR these days? I can't imagine what it must be like to deal with a pandemic while simultaneously trying to rebuild basic infrastructure.

Have you been able to get back to some semblance of normalcy yet?

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sergiomattei 1847 days ago
Things are pretty alright over here! Most of the island has recovered since the 2017 hurricane, the remaining damage (at least in the metropolitan area) is road signage and some screwed up power lines here and there.

The virus has been under control as well. We’re slowly going back to normalcy. Case numbers are dropping and so are deaths. The vaccination campaign is working.

TLDR: Things are getting better :)

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cromka 1847 days ago
Not OP, but I lived in PR for 2 months, got back to NYC for a month and now back to PR. Things are getting back to normal here, vaccination rate has accelerated rapidly, and the island just ended its year-long curfew:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rico-ends-nightly...

Infrastructure-wise, frankly... I don't see any construction work, whatsoever. Biden released 1bn funds for Puerto Rico 2 months ago, so I'd suppose that money is now being readied for spending.

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