AND ANOTHER THING....
That's what I want to shout today.
First off never ever ever let someone tell you that the Universe doesn't have a wicked fucking sense of humor. Not more than 10 minutes after I posted yesterday's blog I got a text from Brent letting me know we had a Covid exposure situation.
He had to go to work in the office yesterday. At the end of the work day someone he worked with all day got pinged that they had been exposed to someone else who tested positive for Covid. So now we are isolating until we find out if the middle point has Covid or if we are all in the clear.
I'm hopeful. I mean they are all vaccinated. They wore masks most of the day. When the masks were off while they ate they were still socially distanced. So hopefully (first hope) the person doesn't have Covid at all so no worries. Second hope, if they have it, enough of the safety steps were taken to prevent anyone else from getting it. But we don't know right now so we are in a waiting pattern. Not going out and potentially infecting others BECAUSE WE DO THE WORK ON THE GROUP PROJECT!
But my main point of this blog is the bullshit.
I have a few areas of bullshit that are really bugging me.
There is the personal, of course, those that want to talk about how awful all of this is...for them. You know it's just so bad to have to wear a mask, or get a shot, or stand a few feet away from people. It's just so haaarrrd. Meanwhile there are those of us who have actually lost family members and would like other people to not have to go through that. There are those who have gotten seriously ill and are dealing with long term health issues from that. There are those who have family or friends who have gotten seriously ill. Or lost income because of illness or shut down.
And that last one brings me to the second area of BULLSHIT.
Do you remember all of those people who were so concerned with the mental health struggles of people during lockdown? How hard it was on a segment of our population to be so isolated? They were so concerned for them. So upset over the potential increase in mental health issues including suicide. See they weren't just worried about Covid deaths like all of us selfish people, they were worried about suicide as well.
Okay.
So when the vaccine came out and the chance at everyone who could get vaccinated getting vaccinated and then wearing masks and keeping distance while that took effect was an option they all rushed right out to do it right? I mean, we could open everything back up and save all of those isolated souls just by wearing a mask and getting vaccinated and they...
Didn't do it.
Because it was never about the people suffering during isolation. If you cannot be bothered to wear a piece of fabric over your nose and mouth so people can come out of their houses you never cared if they were stuck in their houses. You used their very real depression to try and shame everyone else into doing what you wanted.
Assholes.
I cannot stand when people find concern for mental health issues when it's convenient and then drop it as soon as it isn't. Mental health and military folks. Those are the two groups that get the most coverage to make a point with the least help when it's not needed anymore.
We don't have a gun issue, we have a mental health issue. Fine, let's make sure everyone who wants a gun has to pass a mental health screening to buy and has to be rescreened yearly. What? Crickets? We don't have a housing cost issue we have a mental health issue. Okay...then let's find them treatment. Housed treatment. What? Crickets? We can't shut down and isolate because people are getting depressed and killing themselves. Okay, let's all get vaccinated and wear masks in crowds so we can open everything up again. What? Crickets?
It's such bullshit.
And it's awful bullshit. Like terrible people bullshit.
You want to talk about people being stuck inside and how awful that is for them, but you can't be bothered to wear a piece of fabric over your face.
You want to talk about how awful it is for the economy, but you can't be bothered to wear a piece of fabric over your face.
You want to talk about how it's so much better for kids to be in school but you don't want to make sure the whole community around them is vaccinated and those in contact with them all day wear masks.
You want to tell me and those like me who have suffered actual loss that it's not real. That it's not as bad as they say. That it's just...blah blah blah... government control...blah blah blah...personal freedom... you can't make me, nyah!
You are selfish and you are using people with real issues to try and make yourself seem less so.
And that's just bullshit.
SO MUCH BULLSHIT!
Stop it. Stop pretending that you care about people who were suffering during isolation. Stop acting like you are some sort of good guy when you can't muster up enough concern for your fellow citizens to protect them. Not from imaginary boogeymen, but from an actual real virus. You could still be the hero of your own goddam story and it's as simple as getting a vaccine and wearing a mask when asked.
If you can't be bothered to do that then at least shut the fuck up and stop spouting your bullshit.
Ann's still dead. She died from complications related to Covid 19. Because it's a killer.
So stop it. Stop trying to pretend that wearing a mask is the real hardship. It isn't.
That's just bullshit.
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