It’s FDA-approved and 750,000 Americans have died. If you could put down your political tribalism and think critically for a second, you might develop some common sense and some empathy. As it is, you’re helping the virus, failing the adult test—and your kids if you have them.
Our kids have to have several vaccines in order to attend school. Your objections to this one are not based in science or data, but the same politically-generated conspiratorial nonsense that is swallowing up the minds of once-rational people. It's a global disaster. Do better.
I was in the ICU four weeks ago. My nurses think you're a stubborn and ignorant person who is making their already difficult job exponentially more difficult, and helping the virus kill people prematurely and painfully. I agree with them.
“Russian Roulette” is sending your kids unprotected into the teeth of a deadly and rapidly-mutating virus that’s killed more people than any public health threat in our lifetime. Super work.
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If you’re a Trump supporter and you think you’re going to challenge me to a “Biblical debate” save it. If you’d truly read the Bible you’d recognize the golden idol you’re bowing down to. And if you really cared about the teachings of Jesus you wouldn’t be a Trump supporter.
Nothing tells me you’ve lost the plot more than being anti-mask, anti-vaxx, anti-immigrant, anti-empathy, and pro-gun—while claiming you follow a Jesus who healed the sick, fed the hungry, welcomed the stranger, and shunned retributive violence. Hit the books again.
I have news for you: Donald Trump is the antithesis of Jesus and MAGA is exactly the kind of hateful, nationalistic, predatory, violent movement Jesus spent his life warning good people to reject. If you have a problem with that, take it up with God.
Last week on the second day home from surgery my blood pressure skyrocketed to dangerous levels. At 3AM a group of first responders were in our living room.
I was grateful they were all masked and told me they were vaccinated.
All frontline healthcare/law enforcement should be.
It's antithetical to the work first responders do, to exacerbate people's fear/worry/trauma by bringing the possibility of a deadly virus into moments when they are at their most vulnerable.
This shouldn't even be a conversation or debate.
EMTs, police, rescue, and healthcare workers of any kind who refuse to be vaccinated or wear a mask in the field should be terminated. If the protection, healing, and safety of the public they serve are not priorities, they don't belong there.
Hello everyone! John here. Most of today's tweets have been prescheduled, as I planned in advance not to be online much while my body begins recovery from brain surgery.
I wanted to check in with a real-time update on my progress:
Follow-up visits today with both neurosurgeon and ENT who performed my procedure to assess my progress.
Hoping to get clarity on the wildly fluctuating hormone and BP levels, and the water/sodium balances which have been the most challenging so far to get a handle on.
Actual surgery site pain-free and invisible from the outside (as they broke through my sinus cavity and removed the tumor in sections through my nasal passages... amazing). No issues aside from steady but manageable sinus pressure, lack of sense of smell, and profound congestion.
Feeling well enough to give you a brief update while waiting on my wife to arrive:
Tumor removal went very well and I avoided cranial fluid leak which would have made recovery much longer and more involved.
During surgery my BP did drop significantly so they inserted an arterial line to monitor continually and treated to bring up. Now trying to get it down to normal levels. Weaning my off those meds.
Have had some significant hand swelling they will try to get to the bottom of. That and BP levels will likely keep me here tonight, but my surgery site itself is great and my head is almost pain-free with limited meds!
We're less than 24 hours until my surgery and I'm about running out of time to answer messages and return calls and do a bunch of stuff that just ain't gonna get done at this point! I'm good with that. We've done a lot this week.
I'll be devoting most of the evening to getting in one last workout (as it will be a few weeks before I can) having a great meal (in case my sense of smell goes) relaxing, and being with my family.
I've said it a lot this week and will say it again when I get home, but thank you. Your kind words, prayers, encouragement, gifts, contributions, and support have been overwhelming.