Too Venal for Words category archive
Twits on Twitter 0
A twit who asks, “Did I get a mention? Did I? Did I? Huh? Huh?
Aside:
Yep, Twitter (and “social” media in general) sure has elevated dis coarse discourse.
Also, pigs, wings.
Vaccine Nation, Collateral Damage Dept. 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Dr. Richard Bold, physician-in-chief at UC-Davis, explains how cancer surgeries are being delayed, sometimes with dire results for the cancer patients, because of patients’ being exposed to COVID-19. He points his finger directly at the culprits:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Facebook Frolics 0
Insurrection frolics come back to haunt a Facebook frolicker.
Maskless Marauders 0
Just stupid and bullheaded for the sake of stupid and bullheadedness.
But that should come as no surprise.
A Picture Is Worth, Facebook Frolics Dept. 0
Don’t believe me? See for yourself.
Their Behavior Was Infectuous 0
A New Jersey doctor describes what happened when two persons visited an elderly relative in a nursing home. The two visitors were unvaccinated and seen not wearing masks. As a result, there was an outbreak of COVID among staff and residents in the home that resulted in sickness, quarantine, and at least one death. The doctor concludes (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the gory details.
Facebook Frolics, Stolen Grief Dept. 0
Snopes goes down the rabbit hole to find to find the origin of a Facebook fake.
Once you think humanity has plumbed the depths, the Zuckerborg opens new depths to plumb.
Vaccine Nation 0
With friends like these . . . .
“Somebody decided that testing positive for COVID is something they can hide,” Lauren said. “The only way we found out is that the person owned up after Nana got sick.”
Lauren says she doesn’t want to reveal her grandmother’s friend’s identity out of respect for their privacy. But she wants you to know what happened as you make decisions.
Though her grandma was vaccinated, as a blood cancer survivor, her immune system was weak. She caught COVID-19, was hospitalized, ventilated, and died on Dec. 21, right before Christmas.
We are a society of selfish.
Facebook Frolics, Vaccine Nation Dept. 0
Flocks of falsehoods furthered by fibbing frolickers.
And, once again, “social” media magnifies the malicious.
Natural Selection 0
Jim Wright warns that, if, against all the indications of science and experience, persons choose to tempt fate, fate just might choose to succumb to the temptation.
Twits on Twitter 0
Twits who let them eat cake.
The Coupprint 0
Will Bunch suggests that the plan of Donald Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers to overthrow the results of the 2020 election, as revealed in a Powerpoint presentation obtained from Mark Meadows, deserves far more attention than it’s getting. Here’s a bit from Bunch’s article; follow the link for the rest.