The “100%” emoji is a nice touch. COVID was like “OH YEAH?” and then realized that with 100% agreement, it stood little chance of overcoming the meme.
Being rich allows him to buy the best advice from doctors, scientists, and epidemiologists. But let’s be honest, he doesn’t have a medical degree from Facebook Medical School, thus duh, we obviously can’t take him seriously.
There might be a Dr. Jesus down in Oaxaca or Santo Domingo. But you know, pronounced with the soft J: “Heh-soos.”
Let’s file this one under “merits further investigation.”
Okay good, no need for a border wall, police department, fire department, military, or any other entity designed to protect the populace. Turns out the whole armor of god is a cost-effective alternative to behaving responsibly!
Shit. The whole armor of god was penetrated. I wonder if Dr. Jesus was the attending physician.
So heart damage and “one outrageous bill.” That’s just for beginners.
Expecting the government to pay for their irresponsibility, aka “socialism,” is just the cherry on top.
Holy Dr. Jesus!
- Lungs down to 50% capacity, she and 1 million other people now need lung transplants, which were already in critically short supply
- Heart damage
- $315,000 in doctor bills and climbing. No apparent insurance to cover it
- Inability to move
- Requires oxygen 100% of the time, so attached to an oxygen tank
- Massive headaches
- Brutally high blood pressure
She was actually diagnosed in late September, per her previous posts, so this is three and a half months after she first got COVID, and she’s still suffering from COVID pneumonia.
YAY WINTER WONDERLAND HOW WONDERFUL LET’S FROLIC JOYFULLY IN THE SNOW AND OH YEAH MY LUNGS ARE FUCKED.
Uh. Too late?
All those things already happened.
I’m really starting to doubt the efficacy of the armor of god.
See, that’s the thing. She refused to vaccinate. She got COVID. Her life is utterly wrecked over it. And she’s still making common cause with those who would prolong this misery. Seriously, what the fucking hell?
THIS COVID IS REAL ALSO I SUPPORT TRUCKERS WHO ARE FIGHTING TO MORE EASILY INFECT MORE PEOPLE.
She knows she’s fucked. On top of all the other ailments listed before, now she’s losing her hair. It’s insult on top of injury. While it doesn’t seem as though she’s in real imminent danger (this would be the mother of all dead-cat bounces), we do know that long-haul COVID patients have dramatically higher one-year mortality rates. The reality is that she’s dealing with damaged lungs, a damaged heart, and who knows what else. This is her new normal, and it’s a fucking nightmare.
And yet she can’t bring herself to advocate for the one thing that would protect her loved ones: vaccination. Instead, she’s still fighting vaccination mandates.
You know what? Having scrolled her Facebook page, she’s not a horrible person. She is devoutly religious, but there’s no overt racism, bigotry, or even general assholeness. She lost her 20-something son in 2019, and there’re heart-wrenching posts about how much she misses him. As a father, I find it relatable. Heartbreaking. She posts recipes, she loves to cook. Her husband does sweet things for her like make her breakfast in bed. She shows gratitude for the people she loves. She’s a puppy person. She has a sense of humor. I could find no malice anywhere.
But she lives in a deeply red corner of Georgia in a county that Donald Trump won 60-39 in 2020. She’s surrounded by deplorables, and while she might not be one, she’s adopted their anti-vaxx politics by osmosis, or maybe explicitly at her church. Either way, this sweet old woman can’t escape the self-destructive politics that have literally laid waste to her very own life. She prays that the vaccinated don’t get “side effects.”
She’s not malicious enough to repost the mis- and disinformation that have taken her down a wrong path, but unfortunately, it’s clear what she’s reading. And it’s sad and tragic.
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