I'll tell you what bothers me the most:
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This American civilization will not learn a single thing from this pandemic. That is most clear and obvious, and there will be much revisionist history and Contravening dialogue and over a reasonably short period of time, the mistakes that were made will never be acknowledged, the dead will be buried, societally we will move on from this, and the next time a virus or a bacterium rears it’s ugly head, there will be no memory of this by the political and the phony righteous people.
Yes of course, there will be those who will carry the flag for sanity, for safety, for judicious application of epidemiological principles, but it will be outweighed and voided by those who deny, deny, deny. And then of course, when all hell breaks loose, people will say who would have been able to predict this? And the society will shake its collective head and say nobody could have. And all of us who sit around and scream of course this was going to happen we knew it, will once again be ignored by those who “know better”.
One of the things that’s so disturbing about these processes, is watching Doctors like Dr. Birx, Who has fundamentally repudiated her academics, plastered a stupid smile on her face like all those White House economists, and stated her reverence for the federal administration, the actions which they have taken, (ha ha) and the results. While she talks about the increase in hospitalizations of 20 to 40-year-olds, she might as well be discussing the new species of daffodil which is growing in her backyard. These people possess hypocritical incompetence, and they have been elevated to a level Far beyond their abilities. The really brilliant people are the people you see interviewed who are sputtering and stuttering because they can’t believe how poorly this is been mismanaged. Even they mitigate their language as to not offend, but you can read between the lines and see that they are horrified and frightened.
We have wasted months when we could’ve been forming a federal response to this outbreak and conquering it. But as we know the Trump administration deliberately and with malice aforethought have set us up for increased death and morbidity. As far as I’m concerned the governors who did not pay attention, the members of the federal government who did not act appropriately, and the health officials who went along with this in order to further their career should be put on trial for manslaughter. It is a disgrace these people hold these positions and the trust and decency has been waived for allegiance to an Utterly depraved and malicious ignoramus who bullied his way to the presidency.
This man has not acted when our soldiers were put in harms way in the manner in which they were is treasonous, and a betrayal of everything American.
All that being said I want to relate an anecdote which occurred yesterday, Saturday. A Gentleman came into see me in my office who is a salesman, with the usual sharp salesman patter and bluster, and The typical self-assured ness of a successful salesman. You all know exactly what I mean by this description. He proceeded to tell me that Trump and his minions have done everything correctly and people were just complaining for no reason. I asked him on what basis did he make the judgment that everything was correctly managed when we were on a literal exponential move towards greater tragedy. He replied they do the best they can that’s all they can do. And I countered him and said that is so far from the truth that it’s embarrassing. And then he sarcastically said I defer to your medical judgment which is superior to mine. And I replied and well that you should and you better because you don’t know anything about virology, microbiology, epidemiology, pulmonary disease, blood vessel disorders, clotting disorders, platelet disorders, stroke as a mechanism, and the notion of morbidity and mortality increasing because of a disease process inflicted upon younger people. And then I said with a smile, but you’re right, what is there to know? Everyone has it all figured out, that’s why things are getting worse and while I agree with you, we are probably not going to have another Shut down in the way we had the first one, we will however see is a lot of dead people including many dead people close to us. I have already lost seven acquaintances and/or patients due to the virus with many more having had a Stormy course following moderate disease processes. That number will rise exponentially as people do not practice the simple task of social distancing and mask wearing. But you know what, you do what you want because it’s a free country and apparently one of the freedoms we now have is freedom to infect, freedom to cause disease, and freedom to kill. And far be it for me to limit people’s’ freedom in this great country of ours.
Well, he didn’t know what to say so he said just fix my tooth. And I said gladly, because in a few weeks I may not be able to do that because I myself am in four high-risk groups and if I catch this I’m likely going to be very seriously ill. And he gave me that horrified look he said really? And I said yes really. But I’m here at work because I have to work and I have to serve my patients and I have to do the best I can under very trying circumstances and your biggest problem if I get sick and die it’s finding another dentist. And then I winked at him and said of course I won’t have any more problems so I’ll be just fine.
This is a more or less daily occurrence with at least 1 to 2 assholes per day voicing idiotic opinions which vary With both science and common sense. Sick of stupidity and ignorance. As a final word, when people make the statement “well I’m no expert but…” I say then keep it to yourself because I’m not interested in opinions about complex things from people with no expertise. Yes it’s harsh but you know what I’m tired of being nice.
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Except, hopefully, with goggles or face mask. But then, the people you have close contact with have their mouths open and are being big aerosol cans during the work. Please do what you can to take care of yourself.
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Even in a moon suit, I'd be turning away anybody not in an emergency condition.
Hat tip to you: 
common for "successful salespersons" to bring up politics in such a blatant manner. Wouldn't it be better for them to never bring it up OR just stay neutral?
But, in these times, the stupid are very emboldened. 
Plus millions of stupids who never got their insanely stupid points of view out into the world other than after 3 or 4 beers at a bar, to a tiny crowd of other disinterested stupids, can now broadcast their apallingly stupid stupidness around the world, 24 hours a day, in an echo chamber of stupendous stupidity, called the internet.
I BLAME AL GORE!
