COVID-19: Chapter 7 - Brags, Beats, and Variants

It’s almost like, and hear me out here, when you ignore what science tells you is the right option bad shit happens.

I have a feeling this next era is going to feel like the ten plagues of Egypt for people who resist climate change action or science more generally.

I found out my friend Frank Gabrin died 1 year ago today. He was the first doctor in the USA to die. He was a cancer survivor and had just gotten married. He had some massive ups and downs in his life. He battled through burnout after nearly being murdered by a patient for a long time. He had finally found some real happiness with his marriage to his long time boyfriend. Shit isn’t fair.

I also confirmed that I was willing to work in a room with people on CPAP and hi flow. Back then we were blaming that for staff getting sick. My job was going to be take care of those people. I tried to get my wife to go live with her aunt, she wouldn’t leave.

I kept what’s essentially a journal of things from this time period that’s mostly too personal to share, but it’s kind of crazy to look back at what I was thinking at that time. I swear I remember it in almost a positive light as an experience where we all came together and I grew as a physician. What I wrote at the time is… not that.

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Thank you for your service and for your contributions ITT.

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So what I am getting from this is that if you are operating some kind of fruit bat laboratory, you need to be extra conscientious about safety. Can anyone detail exactly what is needed? Is it enough to wear kitchen gloves or should I start wearing goggles as well?

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My brother and nephew are pozzed. Neither were vaccinated or planned to be vaccinated as far as I know. I wonder what my sister in law thinks considering she’s been screaming to open schools and the economy.

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First day of terrific weather in the CR and nobody gives a shit about restrictions anymore. We were doing so well and now there’ll probably be another wave

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That looks all outside. Doesn’t seem too bad.

Not supposed to be groups larger than 2 unless it’s a family. Lot of non-mask compliance.

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This seems not smart:

https://mobile.twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1376899233903611907

But I’m not sure I can think of anything better. Thoughts?

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1377348749589049346

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Now that’s a nominee

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Someone update the herman cain “come join us Sarah” gif please.

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In Japan, vaxxing of the elderly is set to begin this month and be completed by the end of August. Then the rest of us plebs will finally get our shot at a shot sometime in autumn.

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150000 people die in the world a day (pre Covid). Tens of millions have been vaccinated.

There are simply going to always be people who got vaccinated recently who died from something that has nothing to do with the vaccine.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1377384749769973762

Johnson and Johnson has been cut off.

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Oh for fuck’s sake.

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Jesus Christ. Did they catch it before they administered?

From the article:

It does not affect Johnson & Johnson doses that are currently being delivered and used nationwide. All those doses were produced in the Netherlands, where operations have been fully approved by federal regulators.

How the fuck do you ruin 15 million? Like that’s got to be a lot of different batches, right? Thank god for Pfizer and moderna. I think we will have enough just with those two. But come on.

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