Oh, the irony of turning on @Morning_Joe to be scolded for scolding. I'm told I should not be angry at the unvaccinated. Well, I am. I am angry at the 50% of staff at my father's retirement home who *chose* not be be vaccinated. 1/
As a result, my 95-year-old, fully-vaccinated father got breakthrough COVID, spent 11 days hospitalized when we could not see or talk with him (he's deaf), and now will spend a few weeks in rehab because of the *choice* made by the unvaccinated there. 2/ medium.com/whither-news/s…
These employees who work with the elderly were offered many opportunities to get the vaccination. They have no excuse. So the time to mollycoddle them, to empathize with them, to understand them is OVER. All that has gotten us this far: with a fourth & more dangerous surge. 3/
It is time for anger, for shunning, for mockery of ignorance, for caricature--sure--& for mandates, not for scolding those of who exercised our responsibility to be vaccinated. Scold the unvaccinated. They are endangering all of us. I will stay angry. 4/
Scold the privileged, pompous, middle-aged, white, male assholes in the United Club who wouldn't wear their masks when I politely asked and then laughed when I scolded them. Be angry at them. I am. 5/
Scold the governors who encourage the unvaccinated. And scold the governors, mayors, corporate CEOs, & college presidents who don't have the courage the mandate vaccinations. Scold them into showing leadership and responsibility. 6/
Don't tell me to understand their irresponsibility. Don't tell me not to be angry. Understand my anger. There's reason for it. 7/
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Herein the roots of white nationalism's rise & the racist radicalism of the GOP, stoking fear from bigotry as those about to lose four centuries of power refuse to share it, ruining institutions instead. Surprised I'm not seeing more of that in coverage. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/…
Yes, censuses tend to confirm what we already know. But the essence of this year's is so foundational to current racist politics I'd think that journalists so eager to explain would take this opportunity to do so. But we don't talk about racism. We must.
This results of this census are the cause and Trumpism is the effect.
"Our results indicate that trends in video-based political news consumption are determined by a complicated combination of user preferences, platform features, and the supply-and-demand dynamics of the broader web." Yes, no single algorithmic folk devil.
Just read the full paper, which is very good. Most provocative to me is the rise of what they call the anti-woke, which is the cancel-culture, Harper's letter, "intellectual dark web" ilk (some of whom would claim to be liberal) being co-opted by the far-right. Danger! 1/
"Even if anti-woke channel owners do not see themselves associating with right or far-right ideologies, their viewers do." That is, these self-righteous chumps (see certain NYT columnists & allies) are being used. 2/
Can you please get your act together, @SummitHealthHQ? You won't give me a COVID test unless I have symptoms, sending me to your acquisition of urgent-care storefronts, @CityMD. (I ran out of one, filled to the rafters as it was with opportunities for contagion.) 1/
I get my COVID test at @CityMD. It's delayed. Finally I get an email from @SummitHealthHQ saying my results are in. I click the link provided, which takes me to Summit's home page. I guess to go to the patient portal. There are no COVID results there. Nada. 2/
So I go to the trouble of establishing a separate account at @SummitHealthHQ's @CityMD. There, I finally find the results -- even though I never received email notification of them from CityMD. (Negative; thank you.) 3/
Are you watching, @CUNY & @PSC_CUNY? Mandate the vaccine for all faculty and staff. Now. Those of us who are vaccinated are returning to an unsafe workplace, jeopardizing us and our families. medium.com/whither-news/s…
To be clear, our dean at @newmarkjschool is doing everything she can to open safely but tools are limited. It's @CUNY that should show leadership. What that really means is that it's Cuomo who should show leadership but, well, he's just a bit busy worrying about his hide now.
I think of every manager in a company & institution trying to do what's best for their communities, hampered by lack of leadership from above. Vaccine mandates can *only* come from the very top. CEOs, boards, governors, mayors should show the courage of leadership & mandate shots
I got off the plane from Florida (thank God) and went to the lounge for a call and to post this. On the way out, four middle-aged, white Bruces were sitting at a table, maskless. I gestured to tell them to our it on. They laughed at me.... As loud as I could, I told them:
"MY VACCINATED, 95-YEAR-OLD FATHER JUST GOT BREAKTHROUGH COVID BECAUSE OF SHITHEADS LIKE YOU. PUT ON YOUR DAMNED MASKS." They didn't. Of course. But we must shun and shame them. Enough.