When an anti-vaxxer dies of COVID, is that cause for glib, ironic satisfaction? When Kelly Ernby died of COVID-19 this week at age 46 (unvaccinated, of course), her death set off an ugly public debate, reflecting all the bitterness, polarization, and frustration in American pandemic society. A resident of Huntington Beach, she suddenly became a symbol rather than a person, a blank slate onto which we could all project our harshest gut reactions (LA TIMES)
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Los Angeles police officers challenging the city's COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandate, rejecting their claims that it violated their constitutional rights. (LA TIMES)
Abigail Breslin posted a photo of herself with others, all clearly enjoying themselves on a Las Vegas roller coaster Monday, captioning the joyful photo, "Vegas, Baby." Of the five people in the photo, only the "Scream Queens" actor had a face covering on.
"Who’s the pathetic loser wearing a mask?" a user going by the name chesty1987 wrote in comments. Big mistake. Huge. You see, Breslin lost her father, Michael Breslin, to COVID-19 last February and just wrote about her grief in an emotional Christmas Eve post. Breslin wrote back to chesty1987, "that pathetic loser would be me, someone who lost their dad due to someone not wearing a mask and giving him Covid. You can kindly go f— off now." (LA TIMES)
I HAD to write this BLOG, today, Tuesday, January 11, 2022. HAD TO, because I grow sick and tired as I read, watch, listen to a CULT Like Lunacy demand that somehow, the death of others is of no concern to their own selfish, self-serving, either based on bigotry, bias, bull shit, misinformation, arrogance, self-indulgence, delusional misconstrued thinking. Yep, I have a gut-wrenching reaction when Anti-Vaxxers pretend that not all lives are equal and that somehow those who died from COVID, just pulled the shortest straw, but too bad dude, because someone had to die. I do find a macabre delight knowing that anti-vaxxers seem to never realize the consequences of their self-centered ignorance until they succumb to COVID. And Constitutional rights, exactly what are those for the way too many who suddenly think spreading disease is American as Apple Pie. And what really pisses me off is that of the 838,000 Americans who have died from complications of COVID, don’t get a chance to stand on an ANTI-VAXXER Soap Box, go to courts demanding that their civil liberties are being ignored, or with all the emptiness of the shallowest of humans call names to those who believe in science, medicine, and have EMPATHY.
