Sheep don't do this, for example.
I do not claim to be a very stable genius. I am married. I know better. And am informed of that at least weekly. I am now firmly convinced that anyone who votes GOP is a cultist, lemming, or hatemonger of whatever flavor or many flavors. Logic, reason, science and objective reality are things that can be altered by belief.
And it works for them. Until the real world comes and kicks the ever loving belief having shit out of them so completely that they die from it. And the rest of these proto humans look at each other and sagely nod their heads and chew their cud and observe that Bob’s belief in what ever wasn’t strong enough to over come gravity when he jumped off the garage and broke his neck. After telling Bill to hold his beer. To prove a point. Probably about belief or Jesus or the Big Gay Tooth Fairy. Depends on the beer count.
Here is the thing people. Ms. Flycaster is a public health nurse. BSN, MSN, MPH Epi. She tracks where Mz. Rona has been and tracking forward and backward. She is 2nd line behind the first responders. And I am so damned proud of her that I fucking LISTEN when this woman speaks about COVID. This isn’t 2nd wave stuff that is happening. It’s fucking morons going out and getting infected and spreading it to their moron friends. And then some of those people die and if they are in a red state when they die it isn’t from Corona its from heart failure or “flu” or “didn’t believe in god” or some magical cause of death but not related to COVID in any way shape or form. Because umm. well… reasons. And Jesus.
Red states don’t want to “look bad” in/on the COVID death count score board so they try juggling or not reporting the numbers because the economy and other useless shitty excuses, lies and freaky religious fiction that God will spare the righteous from COVID because Jesus. It’s utter bullshit. The death count will continue until there is a vaccine and or a cure or a combination of drugs that will treat the disease and the body to get a person through the course of the disease with a minimum of side effects.
And there was a place where our nation had the absolutely hands fucking down best people on staff in our GOVERNMENT whose single most important mission was to prepare for, and maintain a watch for possible epidemics and pandemics. Which was dismissed from service by an orange painted never achieved anything but failure of a man and left us with out our shield. You really wanna know if those dollars spent on those people and their work was doing any good for the nation?
Here is how you measure it. I’ll make it nice and easy for you.
1. You don’t read about healthcare in the news with the exception of disease out breaks in foreign countries. But for some reason there aren’t many if any cases here.
2. You may read/hear of/encounter some news about flu season and reminders to get your flu shot. Probably from a pharmacy ad.
3. There is a bump of a news story about a rise in sexually transmitted disease or whooping cough or measles that is directly related to fucking morons not getting vaccinated or not vaccinating their kids because Jesus or some other equally stupid or deluded premise that revolves around personal freedom. I would point out that your responsibilities come before your rights.
4. Remember these? West Nile Virus. Ebola many times. SARS. MERS. Did those get here? Not in any great numbers right?
So Pay attention now little lambs.
PUBLIC HEALTH IS WORKING AT IT’S BEST WHEN IT IS NOT IN THE FUCKING NEWS.
And we had a daily sales pitch from the fuck up in chief about what again? COVID right? The same stupid dog molester who suggested a cup of bleach as an after dinner aperitif or just injecting it. A very stable genius by the way who really gets this stuff. Like he really gets all stuff because genius and a sippy cup. And he forgot that walking is hard…..and he forgot.
PUBLIC HEALTH IS THE NATION’S HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY.
Everyone should have healthcare The nation had a healthcare policy. Trump and the republicans cancelled it to “save” money which means give that money to someone else to do far less effectively at a far higher price what an effective government agency was doing to begin with. Anyone saying otherwise is a willfully stupid fucking idiot. Or trying to sell an absolutely absurd idea. Sort of like saying that eating shit is good for you.
PUBLIC HEALTH IS NATIONAL SECURITY
Even the military knows that pandemics affect and effect on readiness and the capabilities of it’s branches. Any here been in the military and been deployed? Do you remember how many jabs you got going through basic? How many you got before going on a deployment? And just where did those vaccines come from? Santa Claus? Was there not a an aircraft carrier in the news recently? Modern day plague ship right? Look up “plague ship” and then tell me what happen to the people on board one.
PUBLIC HEALTH SUPERSEDES RELIGIOUS BELIEF
Sorry church goers. This is the separation of church and state in effect. Your belief, no matter how passionate you are about it, cannot ever under any circumstances at all what so fucking ever, does not give you the right to do incredibly stupid shit that will endanger the lives and health of others. We don’t allow unwanted sexual mutilation of women or men here. What makes that any different from you not getting vaccinated? An no more conspiracy theory internet make up research. Real research has already proven the benefit of vaccines. You don’t get to be Typhoid Mary version 2.0 You get to take your shot or nasal spray and suck it up buttercup.
I really want to impress this idea on people. When you need help you to a professional. Plumber or Pharmacist or Pilot if you want it done right you go to a pro. Specifically you go to a pro in the area of expertise you need. Is President Trump a doctor? No. Does he even listen to his doctor? Look at him. Larry Kudlow is failed wanker from Wall St. Not a doctor or even an expert in his own field. Trust him? Okay. I trust him to fuck up and fail. Jared? Hot garbage in a suit. yet another failure. Ivanka? Please.
So a quick recap. Public Health in a nutshell. Wash your hands, cook your food, don’t eat poop. It expands from there. We have some of if not the very best public health pros in the world. The buildings and equipment provided Trump didn’t send it to China to help cover that 220M loan. As soon as Trump falls over or is voted out start hiring those people back and get the office open and operational no later than day 3 of the new administration. So Joe. Be Like Warren and have a fucking plan for this.
