At a YMCA in a wealthy part of Dallas today, the gyms are packed. Outside, scores of little kids are playing together, as teenage counselors work with them & are trained.
Just two people - both elderly - are wearing masks. Everyone else is acting as if there is nothing.../1
Just two people - both elderly - are wearing masks. Everyone else is acting as if there is nothing.../1
...to fear, nothing to worry about. "My kid is getting upset being cooped up. It's fine. I wanna exercise. It's fine."
No, it's not. Texas has never done this right. We are getting worse with COVID every day. The trend line on new cases is heading ever upward. Worse..../2
No, it's not. Texas has never done this right. We are getting worse with COVID every day. The trend line on new cases is heading ever upward. Worse..../2
...the rt - the infectiousness of the virus (r0) at any particular point in time, & which can be driven down by social distancing etc - has never budged to any significant degree in Texas. rt above 1 means geometrically infectious. We remain above 1 because we're damn idiots.../3
...those of you who send your kids to camp since they will be "fine" because they probably won't die? Other things that won't kill them:
a. Putting a cigarette out on their arms.
b. Pushing their heads into the toilet for 30 seconds.
c. Slapping them full force in the face.../4
a. Putting a cigarette out on their arms.
b. Pushing their heads into the toilet for 30 seconds.
c. Slapping them full force in the face.../4
...STOP acting like everything's fine if your kid doesn't die. It is an excuse because it's difficult to keep them home.
In a few weeks, if your kid is in the hospital, alone, suffocating, in awful pain, terrified, crying - come back & let me know it's ok since he didn't die../5
In a few weeks, if your kid is in the hospital, alone, suffocating, in awful pain, terrified, crying - come back & let me know it's ok since he didn't die../5
...& years from now, when he learns that you allowed his lungs to scar from COVID because you wanted him to go to camp, and that will have lifelong effects on him, let him know it was ok because, well, he was bored at home and needed to go to camp.
And if he does die? Well.../6
And if he does die? Well.../6
...we will feel bad for him. We will mourn him. But you? I hope they lock you up.
Some people do not deserve the privilege of having children. If you are wealthy enough to keep them home and dont? You are one who doesn't deserve a child, whether little or teenage.../7
Some people do not deserve the privilege of having children. If you are wealthy enough to keep them home and dont? You are one who doesn't deserve a child, whether little or teenage.../7
..& for all of your gym rats who *must* use the machines because how else will you get healthy? Please dont take up hospital space from those who get infected because they have no choice, because work requires it.
Those are the people I ache for. Not the willfully ignorant.
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Those are the people I ache for. Not the willfully ignorant.
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