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by Katherine Kahn

Since early in the COVID-19 pandemic, epidemiologic studiesopens in a new tab or window demonstrated that household transmission was a key driver in the spread of SARS-CoV-2. However, nearly 5 years later, less is known about more nuanced dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 viral transmission in households, particularly in the setting of evolving variants and pre-existing immunity.

Two studies presented at this year's IDWeek annual meetingopens in a new tab or window focused on leveraging genomic analysis to gain a better understanding of whether COVID infections in households represent transmission between household members or the introduction of new infections.

Household density, vaccine status of exposed household members, and individual immunologic factors are all associated with the spread of SARS-CoV-2 among households, said Kathryn Stephenson, MD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School in Boston, during a presentation.

During the Alpha wave, the secondary attack rate for household contacts -- the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 stemming from a household index infection -- was about 36%, dropping to approximately 30% during the Delta wave, but then rising to about 43% during the early Omicron period, as reported in a systematic review and meta-analysisopens in a new tab or window.

Stephenson and her colleagues conducted a small prospective study in the greater Boston area during 2022, enrolling 38 households with a positive SARS-CoV-2 index case, identified on either rapid diagnostic testing or PCR testing.

Over the next 2 weeks after enrollment, 58% of 38 households had a second case develop among household contacts, and, overall, 39% of 66 household contacts tested positive over that time period.

However, in a strict subanalysis in which researchers excluded index cases that were PCR-negative on day 1 or contacts that tested positive on day 1, the secondary attack rate fell to 22.5%.

Furthermore, after performing genomic analysis to identify SARS-CoV-2 lineages with different genetic makeup that could not be caused by infection from the index case, that percentage dropped to 18.4%.

The finding indicated that although the most common source of infection was the index case, there were multiple sources of infection in over half of individual households, Stephenson said. Other sources for those infections likely included new cases introduced from outside the household, shared initial exposures with the index case, and other already infected contacts within the home.

In the larger, ongoing prospective CASCADIA studyopens in a new tab or window, Amanda Casto, MD, PhD, of the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues also used genomic analysis to look at the frequency of simultaneous circulation of multiple viral strains in households.

The investigators analyzed genetic data from weekly nasal swabs from children and adults ages 6 to 49 years in households in Seattle and Portland, Oregon between 2022 and 2024.

Of 1,103 households, 67% had at least one SARS-CoV-2 case, and 24% of households had at least one episode in which two or more participants tested positive. Of these, 7% of episodes involved more than one viral lineage, suggesting multiple introduction events.

"Before the widespread availability of viral genome sequence data, chronologically clustered cases in households were often presumed to be all secondary to intra-household transmission," Casto commented. "Now that genetic data are being integrated into a number of epidemiologic studies, there have been a number of observations of the simultaneous circulation of multiple viral lineages in households within a short time."

Of note, Casto and her colleagues found no association with certain household characteristics, including number of children or people in the household, or household income, which were associated with intra-household transmission.

When more than one viral lineage was present, the investigators also found no association with the presence of any children or children under 5 years of age in the household or with children attending daycare. Nor was there any association with location (i.e., households in Oregon vs Washington), any previous household illness episodes, or households living in apartments versus single-family homes.

What can we take away from these two studies? Household contacts of a person newly diagnosed with COVID-19 are certainly at high risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in the following weeks. However, this may not only be due to heightened risk of transmission between household members, but also -- perhaps not so surprisingly -- to an overall increase in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the community where different strains may be circulating.

In other words, "infection within the household can serve as a proxy for broader risk for community transmission, emphasizing importance of public health measures inside and outside the home," Stephenson said.

Casto noted that "in the long run, [genomic data] will really help us refine our understanding of the conditions under which intra-household transmission of respiratory viruses occurs and does not occur."

Studies: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2774102 jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2791601 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/7/e071446.long

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Mighty Nein's Favorite Board Games

Fjord- Scythe

It's the crunch, the strategy, the 2+ hour play time. This man is nose to the board, into it. Most of the Nein grumble about it, but Beau and Essek will play it with him and get far far too into it.

Beau- Red Dragon Inn

This appeals to the Beaurebar in her. On the surface, she's got the silly drinking gambling party game. Deeper, she knows how to meta and has a hero that she's very very good with. She excels at stacking everyone else's decks against them. Making it an actual drinking game is a favorite, and she supplies really awful shots when called for.

Caleb- Root

Not only are you the resistance to the Cat overlords, there's resources! Strategies! Conniving! And adorablely vicious forest creatures! Caleb gets very attached to his factions. He likes playing with the Riverfolk expansion as the otters.

Veth- King of Tokyo

Yahtzee but with Kaiju. Veth will rule over Tokyo with an iron fist. There is now a rule that dice rolls that land on the floor don't count. Yeza is always apprehensive when she and Luc want to play, but he tries to be a good sport about it.

Jester- Unstable Unicorns

Fast paced, full of cute unicorns and puns, and there's an NSFW expansion. Jester is here to slam down some cute unicorns, shut down your combos, and cackle maniacally over pumpkin spice Basics.

Yasha- Cascadia

Puzzling together habitats for wildlife. It's lowkey, and Yasha likes to try and make the most realistic ecosystems she can. She'll play it alone for hours, but sometimes she can drag Beau or Caduceus in to playing with her.

Caduceus- Everdell

A sweet game of woodland creatures, resources, and collecting through the seasons. It's a pleasant game to him, and he sometimes he plays single player as a way to connect with the Wildmother. He has all of the expansions and the Kickstarter exclusives.

Molly- Mysterium

A ghost uses dreams in the form of surreal art to point mediums to solve their murder. It's the absolute cold reading bullshit Molly loves. If he's one of the mediums, it's just interpreting tarot cards. He loves helping everyone else interpret their cards and make up bullshit stories about how and why and where and who. If he's the ghost, he equally tries to help people and fuck with them.

Kingsley- Pirates

Stack up crews, steal other people's crews, blow up bases and collect pirate ships, loot, and glory. Kingsley is delightfully vicious at this game, and much like the man who taught me how to play it he wears his big pirate hat and coat whenever they play.

Essek- Sagrada

Sudoku, now with pretty dice and modifiers. The stained glass motifs remind him of Rosohna in the best way, and he finds it soothing to put it all together. Everyone is shocked the first time he swears in Common over someone taking a die that he needs.

Other related headcanons:

Beau, Fjord, Caleb, and Essek get together and play some of the crunchiest Warhammer you've ever seen. Jester paints Fjord's armies and Yasha paints Beau's, Caleb and Essek have dedicated weekly paint nights.

Essek hate drafts during Sushi Go.

There was an attempt to play The Mind once. It was never played again.

Caleb and Essek have fierce Scrabble games. Everyone made fun of them until Beau asked to witness one, and realized they play with four different languages at once and do not hold back about it.

Yasha has the Stardew Valley board game and plays it as often as she can.

Essek and Fjord play chess together. It freaks people out sometimes because they will sit in silence for a very long time until one of them swears violently.

Throw Throw Burrito is only allowed every once in a while, and they "burrito proof" the house first every time after they broke a vase at Beau and Yasha's.

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The Sunny Side of the Street

After having my letter to the editor published in the February 3 issue of the Cascadia Weekly and telling people about it I was encouraged to write more about my experiences of life on the street. First, my bona fides.

I left home age 19 with a one-way ticket to Spain. For the next 17 years I hitchhiked, took trains, flew, and bused across Europe and North America and North Africa. I lived out of my backpack, lived in rooms, youth hostels, tents, slept in ditches, and worked.

I was a hobo. Definitions are necessary at this point. A hobo works for a while, saving his money, and when he has enough hits the road until he runs out of money and then finds work and starts saving money again.

A tramp doesn't like to work so much but travels looking for the handouts.

A bum doesn't work or travel. He's just a bum.

I decided to settle down, buy a house, get married. I have 2 daughters. I'm currently going through a divorce which has made me return to the street. Paying child support makes it impossible to even rent a room in Bellingham, WA.

Do read my letter to the editor in the archives at cascadiaweekly.com. It's titled "Farewell Camp 210." I hope to provide, in the coming weeks and months, a fresh perspective on people who are homeless, living on the streets, or have substance abuse/ mental health issues.

This morning I woke up, which means it's a good day.

Emmanuel

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Weekly 4x4: September 16 - September 22

July Talk - July Talk

Spirit - Depeche Mode

Shadowboxer - Mansionair

The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs - Wye Oak

Plans - Death Cab for Cutie

come out. you’re hiding - Flor

Narrow Stairs - Death Cab for Cutie

ley lines - Flor

Soft Sounds From Another Planet - Japanese Breakfast

Cascadia - Said the Whale

Lover - Taylor Swift

Rally Cry - Arkells

Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Morbid Stuff - PUP

Carnavas - Silversun Pickups

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Week 8

Earlier this week, one of my favorite topics of discussion came up and was very casually debated among ourselves during our weekly seminar: the issues associated with cetacean captivity.

We’ve all heard the Blackfish arguments, and the advocacy for retiring and/or releasing captive marine mammals back into the wild. While there certainly is discrepancy among scientists and between marine park curators, biologists, and the general public on the ethics, complications, and realities of rehabilitating captive cetaceans, let me preface everything I’m about to say with the following:

Whether or not captivity is stressful or inherently damaging to the physiological and psychological health of marine mammals is not up for debate. There is simply too much evidence that supports the claim that captivity results in maladaptive and otherwise abnormal behavior, including self mutilation, stereotypic behavior, hyperagression, and increases the chances of reproductive complications, rejection of offspring, disease exposure/contraction, harm from element exposure, and increases heightens mortality rates in most species of marine mammals commonly maintained in captivity, notably orcas, bottlenose dolphins, belugas, pilot whales, pacific white-sided dolphins, and false killer whales (DeMaster & Drevenak, 1988 ; Perrin et al., 2009 ; Jett & Ventre 2011).

In the wake of documentaries like Blackfish, what now becomes of captivity? Has it truly lost all its value? Is there anything we can benefit from or learn by attempting to maintain these complex and demanding animals in captivity, all commercial purposes aside?

The answer: maybe.

We’ve all been there, and by “there” I mean Sea World, or Vancouver Aquarium, or Georgia Aquarium, or Marineland... you get the point.

I’ll be honest with you, my first encounter with a killer whale was in a captive environment when I was very young and impressionable and obviously ignorant to the complexities of ethics surrounding captivity. As I aged, I learned about the commercial whale and dolphin trade, and the problems that come with for-profit marine parks (*cough*) as well as the facilities that affiliate with them. It becomes an incredibly muddy and sensitive grey area to tread when one, especially a biologist, goes about listing the nuances and pros/cons to maintaining marine mammals in captivity. 

As I maintained earlier, my personal opinions do not necessarily reflect those of Cascadia Research Collective, so please bear this in mind as I go about offering my two cents here. Here we go...

Pros

Public attention / Exposure; Such as in my case, aquarium facilities can provide a wonderful foundation for the general public to see whales and dolphins up close and personal and, supposedly, develop an appreciation for them and foster a culture of love for the environment. Granted this is my own bias, I became acquainted with the orca and marine life at an aquarium. Later on down the line I also learned how that orca came to arrive at that aquarium (maybe some of you are familiar with Bjossa, a killer whale caught from Iceland in 1980?) and consequently shifted my interest in working with captive marine mammals to studying those in the wild. Today, I would never advocate for the deliberate capture of marine mammals for commercial purposes, ever, but when it comes to facilities that maintain rescued marine mammals, some animals cannot be successfully released to the wild given their circumstances and complicated social hierarchies. These individuals may remain in permanent captivity where they are used as ambassadors for their species and educational tools** to promote the conservation of wild animals and their natural environments. Personally, I would now prefer that people learn through documentaries and books, and maybe that’s unfair of me, but knowing what captivity does to these animals, I can’t bring myself to recommend it. **Personal opinions may vary on the ethics of doing this, and some may argue that nature should be allowed to take its course, as deaths in the wild are natural and normal and direct human intervention is unusual. It is common for captive cetaceans to experience chronic illness and be given constant veterinary attention in unsuitable artificial confines, and that begs the question of “what kind of life is that?”, but good God, is that another can of worms.

Research opportunities; In addition to developing improved husbandry techniques, which could lead to better veterinary care and general maintenance of marine mammals in captivity for the purpose of rescue and rehabilitation, there are still some research opportunities to be had in a captive environment. Some areas of study include examining the use of sonar echolocation in marine mammals, the results of which are intended to better our understanding of sound dynamics and perchance find ways to reduce the chances of entanglement in fishing nets and strikes by vessels. 

Rehabilitation and Release; short-term captivity for preparation for rehabilitation and eventual release is something I wish more aquarium facilities could refine and focus on. As it is, maintaining marine mammals in captivity is logistically and financially difficult to nearly impossible, depending on the species, but some respond better to captivity than others. Consider seals and sea lions for example at the Marine Mammal Center in California and at Vancouver Aquarium in British Columbia. Cetaceans can be more difficult to rehabilitate, again, due to the complexities in their biology and behavior and susceptibility to stress (Zagzebski et al., 2006 ; Simon et al., 2009), although it has been done! Springer (A73), a killer whale from the Northern Resident Community in British Columbia was found emaciated and orphaned in Washington back in 2002. She was taken into a seaside pen and released back to her family unit after a breif period of time in human care. She now has two calves of her own and is alive and well. Several successful releases of smaller oceanic dolphins after maintenance in short-term and long-term captivity have occurred as well (Gales & Waples, 1993 ; Balcomb, 1995 ; Wells et al., 1998 ; UNIST, 2018), but follow-up has been inconsistent in many cases.

Captive breeding; No, I don’t mean for the commercial trade. I mean captive breeding for the purpose of wild repopulation. Now, let me be the first to say that I don’t think this is the best concept to experiment with, especially with endangered cetaceans where it would be most logical for this type of intervention to take place. Take the recent last-ditch efforts to save the Vaquita porpoise. Acute stress as a result of capture was believed to be the cause of death of one of the last remaining critically-endangered Vaquita porpoises when it was captured for the purpose of captive breeding (Pennisi, 2017). The resulting offspring as well as its parents would have later been released back into the wild in hopes of boosting their numbers.  Because of stress associated with the capture of marine mammals, this is a practice that has barely been attempted, and maybe is best left a concept, although its a nice thought and often a better conservation effort when it comes to terrestrial or more adaptable animals.

Cons

Chronic/Sustained Stress; as a result of capture and confinement to small spaces, as well as unnatural social groupings, cetaceans may experience heightened stress levels over the long-term from having certain instincts and natural behaviors repressed. As we know, stress can have a severe negative impact on the bodies of organisms, and cetaceans are no different. This can increase their susceptibility to disease and increase the likelihood of experiencing reproductive complications such as miscarriages, stillbirths, and calf rejection. (Perrin et al., 2009; Rose et al., 2009; Jett & Ventre, 2011)

Maladaptive/abnormal behavior and repression of natural behavior; cetaceans often exhibit abnormal behavior in captivity, including stereotypic behavior like floating motionlessly, resting for unnaturally long periods, circle-swimming, chewing on foreign objects, hyperaggression towards their handlers and tankmates, self mutilation. This can also result in skewed observational data when observing marine mammal behavior in captivity, as often times there is little natural behavior exhibited by cetaceans in captive environments. Additionally, because of the difficulties associated with replicating natural social structures and habitats in captivity, this disallows these animals to engage in natural behaviors such as deep-diving, (specialized) foraging behavior, dispersal, long-term social associations, etc. which can further exacerbate stress. (Perrin et al., 2009; Rose et al., 2009; Jett & Ventre, 2011)

Increased mortality; many cetaceans on average live drastically shorter lifespans in captivity than their wild counterparts, despite being kept in relatively sterile environments free of contaminants, predators, and other threats present in their natural environments. This is particularly noticeable in pilot whales, orcas, bottlenose dolphins, and belugas.  (DeMaster and Drevenak, 1988; Jett & Ventre, 2011; NOAA’s National Marine Mammal Inventory, 2016)

Expensive/logistically difficult to maintain marine mammals; Marine mammals require spacious habitats with powerful filtration systems to be properly maintained, however, even with these factors accounted for, it become difficult to satisfy the dietary, environmental, and social needs of cetaceans in particular in an artificial environment (Perrin et al. 2009). Some animals are incredibly specialized hunters, gregarious and sociable, or originate from marine habitats that can be difficult to replicate on the large scale (deep, pelagic environments, or dynamic coastal environments, for example). Some aquariums have attempted to incorporate kelp forests and natural substrates in aquaria, while maintaining multiple species of live, schooling fish (for example) to stimulate hunting behavior, but this is not a common practice across the board.

Stimulates commercial industry; the display of captive cetaceans can be the inspiration for developing countries and regions outside of North America to begin their own captive whale and dolphin trade for commercial purposes. Dolphinariums are popular tourist attractions that annually generate millions of dollars in revenue, and these marine parks and aquariums, as well as the fisheries that supply wild-caught animals, can help stimulate local economies. This is both a good thing and a bad thing, as developing countries can greatly benefit from job production and economy stimulation, but this can also put unnecessary pressures on wild stocks of marine mammals and may lead to the collapse of some populations of whales and dolphins such as in the case of the Southern Resident orcas of Puget Sound in the 60′s and 70′s when marine parks were rising in popularity across North America.

Sends the wrong message (Questionable ethics/“respect” for nature); Again, this is personal bias, but I think it illustrates the issues that surround public exposure to marine mammal captivity. When I first was introduced to whales and dolphins in an aquarium setting, I was not inspired to work with them in the wild, but rather wanted to train captive orcas and be in the water with them. When we view marine mammals in captivity (or at least, prior to Blackfish), we see a positive image of keeping these animals in captivity. It also masks the complications and dangers that are associated with their captive maintenance through the use of marketing and PR tactics to hold these aquarium facilities and marine parks in a positive light while ignoring some of the hard and blatant realities of this practice. My love for other marine animals like many of the great whales and oceanic sharks did not stem from seeing them in an aquarium, but rather from reading about them in field guides and watching them in their natural habitats through documentaries. Additionally, with today’s technological advances in the virtual reality and animatronics, as well as the use of films, preserved specimens and museum-quality replicas and models, one can create an educational and entertaining exhibition without the unethical and dangerous use of live animals in aquaria. Attitudes continue to change in the wake of public enlightenment regarding the captivity industry, and I can only hope we rightly shift our attentions from the animals in captivity to the ones in the wild where it really matters in the grand scheme of things. I’m not saying forget about the captives, in facts many still need our help when it comes to holding these facilities accountable for their husbandry practices and contributions to research and conservation. But we are at the risk of losing the world’s oceans, and we need to address that now.

What do you guys think about captivity? For research and conservation? For commercial purposes? 

[covid-safer-hotties]

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A little frustrating to watch these experts sitting around unmasked when talking about covid and other airborne disease transmission, but some very interesting information.

By John Parkinson & Amanda M. Casto, MD, PhD

Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is a high probability and certainly being in a closed setting with family members can be an ongoing concern, especially when considering vulnerable populations with the same household including groups such as seniors, very young children or babies, and anyone who is immunocompromised.

“We think a lot of respiratory viral transmission happens in household settings. The secondary attack rates that have been estimated for households are usually much higher than we see in settings like workplaces and schools,” said Amanda M. Casto, MD, PhD, acting assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. “So, we think it's a really important location for understanding how much respiratory virus is circulating at different times, and then also for understanding how transmission happens.”

Castro and a large group of investigators wanted to look at this form of transmission and analyzed genetic sequences as a method to determine its influence. The study titled, CASCADIA, was a prospective household cohort that had participants in both Washington state and Oregon. The investigators conducted surveillance for infection through weekly symptom surveys and self-collected nasal swabs. They also used additional swabs and surveys were collected when individuals reported new symptoms or after an initial positive or inconclusive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test.

The team of investigators included multiple medical professionals, and they analyzed all positive test results from households with greater than 2 members enrolled. They did not consider inconclusive tests. They also analyzed genomic data generated from these positive swabs, limiting consideration to the first SARS-CoV-2 genome from each person and to households with sequenced samples from > 2 participants collected ≤ 14 days apart.

Relationships among samples from the same household were assessed by determining the genetic (hamming) distance between genomes and the Pango lineage of each genome using Nextclade, the investigators explained.

“I think by specifically looking at the genetic data, which we did in this study, we have a better idea, a more precise idea about exactly when transmission has really taken place, and then the instances when it is actually not taken place within a household, even though there's a lot of viruses circulating all at once,” said Casto.

At this week’s ID Week 2024, Castro will be presenting the group’s findings at the conference.

Castro says 1 of the key findings is the variability of timetables associated positive test results. “In general, we're finding out that the most important influence of test positivity is how much circulation of virus is there in the community. And that does tend to go up and down quite a bit with different periods of time, different times of the year, and then with the circulation of your variants.”

Study Parameters and Additional Results “Between July 2022 to May 2023, 597 participants from 341 households with > 2 participants tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Positive tests from > 2 participants collected ≤ 14 days apart were observed in 143 of these households. 93 households had sequence data for samples from > 2 persons collected ≤ 14 days apart. Five (5%) of these households had 2 viral lineages detected with a median of 11 (range 4 – 14) days between detection of the first and second lineages,” the investigators wrote. “Two lineages were detected in 3 out of 6 sample pairs collected in the same household exactly 14 days apart. Among the 88 households with one lineage detected, samples from all participants were genetically identical (genetic distance of 0) in 60% (51/88).”

She explains the analysis found the introduction of 2 different lineages into some households.

“Now we have tools with genetic data to essentially test those assumptions about whether all chronologically clustered cases in households are really due to transmission,” Castro said. “And what we're finding out is that a certain proportion of them are actually not, which indicates that there have been multiple introductions of virus into a household within a short period of time.”

Castro says that understanding the factors of what makes some households at risk is important information to glean.

“Understanding what puts certain households at risk, including vaccination status, we think, is really important to informing potentially, which households need to be sort of more on guard for having viral infections, and then also just for informing the public about how likely are they to get an infection from a family member that they're living with,” Castro stated.

Reference Castro A. Presentation 424 - SARS-CoV-2 Positivity and Genetic Relationships among Cases within Households in the Cascadia Prospective Cohort Study, July 2022 to May 2023. IDWeek 2024. October 16-19, 2024. Los Angeles, CA.

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*sigh* In the middle of a mini-drought here, all the neighbors are mowing their lawns weekly and absolutely killing the grass. Haven't done anything to ours but rotate the sprinklers so our lawn is actually green. I have to cut it tonight, though, or the park will come through and turn it into dust tomorrow. Such a waste of energy.

The chickens haven't started hatching yet. Changing up their food to an organic soy free pellet- H is allergic to soy, and chickens can concentrate soy in their eggs. Yay! They graze a lot in the grass here, and loooove their mealworms so they have a pretty varied diet, but not risking it.

Herbs and garden veggies are doing well. Harvested the purple pod King Tut peas- got about a cup of dried peas lol. Would've had more if we hadn't eaten so many off the vine! Still need to harvest the Cascadia peas. Beans are starting to come on, and the cukes, zukes, and scallop squash are being eaten as soon as they're ready. We shall have tomatoes and onions out the ears this year! And our fingerling red potatoes are looking good.

Here's some pretty purple flowers from today:

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CDL A Flatbed Truck Driver

Hiring CDL-A Flatbed Drivers-Make $1200-$1600 Per Week JLE Industries: Hiring Flatbed Company Drivers OVER THE ROAD FLATBED DRIVER BENEFITS: Drivers making $1200-$1500 per week Start at 27% linehaul PLUS Performance Bonus. $1000 orientation pay. $1100 weekly guaranteed transition pay for 90 days! Get Moving, Get Paid, Get Home! 2018 Kenworth T680, 2018 Freightliner Cascadia, & 2016 Kenworth T880 EpicVue (in cab) Channel Line-up (NFL Sunday, HBO/Cinemax, Showtime) OTR TRUCK DRIVER REQUIREMENTS: Valid CDL A 2 years of verifiable otr experience with 6 months of flatbed 23+ years of age ABOUT JLE INDUSTRIES: JLE Industries, a national logistics management company with operations in the Appalachian basin specializing in flatbed freight, is currently hiring Class A CDL Tractor Trailer Drivers. We invest more in our people than any other trucking company. That’s why we are proud to call each of our truck drivers ambassadors of JLE Industries and are continually seeking to add experienced, skilled drivers to our team. Want to start your driving career? Join JLE Industries. Apply for a trucking job today.

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