There is something wrong here.
This man is my governor. He is holding me hostage. The woman used to be in charge of public health for the state (Arizona) but isn’t any more. She took her job too seriously, apparently.
He has signed a law that makes it illegal for cities, counties, towns, school districts and public and charter schools to mandate masks and/or vaccines. Now, I have been fully vaccinated since March. I am over 70 with several chronic health problems, so the decision was easy, though getting an appointment wasn’t. I am still cautious. Being vaccinated has made no difference in my life, except that when I get together with fully vaccinated friends, we hug. My county went red on the map a few weeks ago, marking the COVID surge as serious. Periodically there are stats that come out — a few weeks ago it came out that in my county only two deaths due to COVID were of vaccinated people. Both of them were over 65 with chronic health issues. Not encouraging.
When I do go shopping or anywhere (which is rare) there generally more people without masks than with, so I mostly stay home. I can’t tell who is unmasked because they are vaccinated or because they are anti life. (I don’t doubt that many would call themselves pro-life, but that’s another subject.)
I play in an orchestra that plans to have a concert in October, for the first time in over a year. I asked how many people were vaccinated and how many not, trying to decide whether to play. The orchestra is in a very red part of the state, so I want that information before I make a decision. The board so far doesn’t want to ask such a personal question of the musicians. I don’t want names, I want numbers. The orchestra representative on the board is bringing my concerns to them this month. The orchestra is reserving the seats of anyone who isn’t playing because of COVID concerns, so I wouldn’t lose my seat, but it’s difficult.
And that’s the problem. I have been doing what I can to keep myself and others safe, yet people who clearly don’t give a damn are out doing what they like and I am still shut up at home. They are holding me hostage. It pisses me off.
End of rant. For now.