If everyone had just worn their masks and gotten vaccinated when it mattered, we wouldn’t be where we are today, so to anyone who hesitated and who still refuses to get a vaccine or wear a mask, I have a simple message and request: fuck off. Just fuck all the way off. The rest of us are sick of you for being so selfish and stupid.
I was in Wal-Mart the other day looking for Tang (and Wal-Mart is the only place that carries it, not any Price Chopper or Market 32 or whatever you’re calling yourselves these days) when I watched a young woman hurriedly grab two masks from the supply at the front door. She put one on herself, then brought one to her husband or boyfriend, who said he was not putting that thing on. Their child, clearly under five years old, sat in the shopping cart watching their exchange. I walked away at his second refusal before I was tempted to say what I thought out loud.
In Starbucks, I watched as a group of three girls ranging from twelve to seventeen approach the cashier without a single mask among the three of them. Their Dad followed a few minutes later, also without a mask.
At a time of the year when we are supposed to be looking out for each other more than usual, I just feel utterly let down and disappointed in people.
On the other hand, the vast majority of those actually dying of COVID are the unvaccinated assholes who refuse to get the vaccine (and no doubt who also refuse to wear a mask). Maybe the universe is weeding them out in some massive exhibition of karmic retribution. Survival of the smartest, the sanest, and the most compassionate.
{Shrugs.}
