On a plane with a passenger confrontation. Man not wearing a mask.
Bandana around the neck. He’s been asked to pull it up but pulled it down right away when flight attendant left.
Flight attendant came over to tell me the mask will be up or he will be out.
The flight lead’s mom just died.
The flight lead is a friendly but not small Australian guy. He fired his second warning on the intercom, very calmly. He’s aware the mask is down but hasn’t gone back yet as people are boarding.
Another gentle mask announcement. The flight attendants are circling the guy. He just pulled has bandana up at least past his lips. It’s baggy but they seem satisfied based on all the hand signals. Taking off soon. I’d hate to see the guy kicked off when we’re mid air.
I haven’t been flying since the pandemic. I’ve hardly been in a car. But I could tell this is about the 100th time they’ve dealt with this.
This is what service workers have to deal with all the time. Poor guy lost his mom & has to smile through this BS.
His mom died from COVID.
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COVID Update January 13: I have been asked one question over and over by the press, states, hospitals & others: what’s the first thing you expect to be different with Biden as president?
My answer: getting the truth. 1/
We are a week from the results of what happens when the country is stoked with lies. Those lies cause people to behave irresponsibly as they did attacking a false election claim. 2/
The same exact thing is true with the pandemic. We are dealing with the effects of lies.
Why not enough tests? Why caught flat footed? Why are people under-reacting?
Because they are living in a world full of lies. 3/
COVID Update January 8: Words I have learned to never say again: "It can never happen in this country."
It can if we let it. 1/
A devastating public health emergency-- never.
An racist, nationalist, fascist president-- not us.
A coup attempt-- not in the US.
Indifference at the death of hundreds of thousands-- not here. 2/
Viruses are for Africa and Asia; nationalist candidates are in France; Coup attempts South America. You know, only the shithole countries. 3/
COVID Update January 7: We have become the virus country. Of hate, of racism, of denial, of enablers.
They didn’t show up yesterday.
The odds we face in COVID & in our country are often long, but only because we make them long. 1/
Yesterday was despite what I heard from many not a particularly special day in the legacy of the Trump Administration. It was just televised and wearing a t-shirt. 2/
If you’re telling the country that people aren’t dying when they are— or that they are but there’s nothing you can do about it, or separating small children from their parents...breaking windows in the US Capitol isn’t your worst day. 3/
I will release their answer Wednesday. But the answer depends heavily on Tuesday.1/
The Senate elections in Georgia have a lot to say about whether we will successfully combat COVID-19.
I'm not talking about my own personal or political feelings. I'm talking about a cut & dry analysis of our ability to fight off a life threatening menace.2/
Trump's assault on our response to the pandemic is gratefully, almost over. Last embarrassing, corrupt efforts aside, the Trump/Meadows/Atlas deniers & liars are soon gone.
But his enablers remain at large. Now would be a good time to make a change. 3/
COVID Update January 3: Tonight a thread I’ve been working on for a week. The best we know about the impact of the South African strain.
And the impact on the vaccine from lots of conversations.
Follow here if interested. 1/
To begin with we are back to assuming a modest humble position that there is now a plot we don’t know just like we were early in the virus. 2/
When we are in the “there’s a lot we don’t know” stage, I like to air on the side of caution. Risking being wrong is no reason not to act. Acting wisely with the best we know to save the most lives. 3/