Health and Sanity category archive
Nor Any Drop To Drink, Reprise 0
Central Florida is facing a water shortage. Unlike the water shortage in the western states, though, it’s not from lack of rain.
It’s from lack of competent governance in the face of a pandemic.
Vaccine Nation 0
Michael Harriot runs the numbers.
Ripping Off the Mask 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of The Roanoke Times explains his decision to stop wearing a mask.
No excerpt or summary can do it justice. Please just follow the link.
The Motive behind the Madness 0
Mac Stipanovich attempts to understand Florida’s Governor Maskless Marauder Ron DeSantis. A nugget (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the play-by-play.
It Is Seldom Wise To Tempt Fate . . . 0
. . . for Fate has notoriously little will power in the face of temptation.
Vaccine Nation 0
The coach of the Washington Football Team is fed up with vaccine disinformation and the anti-vaxx crowd. Here’s a bit from the report:
“And then one specific news agency, every time they have someone on, ‘I’m not a doctor, but vaccines don’t work,’ Or ‘I’m not an epidemiologist, but vaccines are going to give you a third nipple and make you sterile,’” Rivera continued. “Come on. That, to me? That should not be allowed.”
Hmmmmm. One wonders what “specific news agency” he has in mind. No, one doesn’t.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
SFGate talked with some flight attendants. What they learned about the conduct of passengers in these viral times is not pretty. A snippet:
We are not a civil society.
But we are a society of stupid.
Afterthought:
I see persons every day in stores wearing masks pulled down below their noses. I can’t help but wonder, “What the bleeding hell do they think they are accomplishing?”
I note that, in the past weeks, stores that once posted notices that masks for vaccinated visitors are optional have changed that to masks requested (or required) for all.
I find wearing a mask a small inconvenience in the face of the threat of death.
Body Count (Updated) 0
Dick Polman explores the decisions by Texas Governor Abbot and Florida Governor DeSantis to relax the reins and give the virus its head in its mad dash through the populace of their states. He minces no words.
A snippet:
(snip)
What explains the Abbott-DeSantis death match? That’s an easy one. The cult formerly known as the Republican party virtually requires it.
Follow the link for his marshaling of the evidence.
Addendum:
Maskless Marauders, Reprise 0
Yet another marauded school board.
I used to think I lived in a civilized (and civil) society.
No more.
Maskless Marauders 0
Marauders at a school board meeting want to suffer the children.
Kudos to the school board for making the right decision, but, really, the stupid . . . .
