I appreciate that, my boss thinks the left is politicizing this whole thing and is forbidding us from getting tested. He says we are all going to catch it anyways so just assume we have it and just sleep in the sun and we will be healed in 24 hours. How do you like them apples?!
as for your last paragraph, I’ve only lost one debate to a righty and it was back in ‘09… the doctor who saw my coworker who tested positive said that he had the symptoms of omicron even though they didn’t specifically test for it and that 80-90 of the cases they are testing are omi. That’s a pretty good probability don't you think? If he dies I’m sure many will think it’s an omi death and many will argue against lack of proof… but in the end, who really cares? A person died because they caught a contagious virus.
Let me tell you the reality here… I went to 7 stores yesterday. 3 CVS, a rite aid, a Walgreens, Target and Staples to try and find N95s, home test kits and some basic meds. All stores were sold out of just about everything I was looking for and I came back with only a box of NyQuil, Emergen C and Vicks shower bombs. We have an immune compromised child living in our house who may face serious consequences if she gets infected.
I’m 42 and active, athletic and in good health… I’m not worried about me. If I kick the bucket so be it, bring on the next adventure or let me finally get a good nights sleep, that’s how I see death. But what I do worry about is other people and causing them pain and suffering. For the life of me I do not understand why people are trying so hard to downplay this virus and why people are trying so hard to ignore and defy safe practices. Real people are being effected. It’s really shitty that a medical situation that is clearing drug store shelves and filling hospitals as being politicized so hard. It’s a shame.
That’s my lecture for they day…. And I know I know…. This is not an omi-death… yet