Coronavirus

hotseatgames wrote: I haven't tested this theory yet, as I'm not 6 months out from my second Pfizer shot, but I've been told by a reputable source that you can probably just waltz into a drug store and get a booster whether you "qualify" or not.

I've read that too. Guy walked in, mildly overweight, fills out the form, and the nurse doesn't even look at it.

"Overweight" is a pretty easy category to get to. I'm 5'10" and haven't been under 170 pounds since I was 13. And that includes coming fresh out of Basic Training.

Our fire chief reported yesterday that in his weekly confab with state/county officials, they divulged that hospital beds (total, not just ICU) in the 7-county metro area are hitting 100% capacity by 10 AM daily right now. Emergency rooms resemble field hospital triage tents.

As someone on Twitter darkly noted, we finally made the NYT for something other than police killing black people: www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/world/minneso...ity-virus-surge.html

Here in west Michigan, we are waiting to see if the Corona restrictions will bump my wife's post mastectomy implant surgery in November. She is not enthused at the prospect of spending more months with the spacers in. Fingers crossed.

Sorry.

My sympathies ma’am. On top of all of it you’re the one stuck being the adult.

That is a tough situation, sorry to hear about your mother's condition.

Sorry to hear it Shellie.

ubarose wrote: Sorry, didn’t mean to bring anyone down posting about my mom.

No. No apologies for things like that. This place and everyone attached to it are here for you, especially in the thread that you set up for venting about the world just like this.

As for your question... I don't know your family and I'm generally reluctant to assign motivations to people that I don't know. There is a consistent theme within American society that "no one is going to tell me what to do", even if it's for that person's own benefit. A lot of people absorb that, even subconsciously, and let it adjust their approach to life, regardless of consequences.

Jackwraith wrote: There is a consistent theme within American society that "no one is going to tell me what to do", even if it's for that person's own benefit. A lot of people absorb that, even subconsciously, and let it adjust their approach to life, regardless of consequences.

Malignant narcissism as a social organizing principle -- all rights ("what do people owe me") and no responsibilities ("what do I owe other people").

Mixed in with a strong sense, absorbed from popular media, that life needs to be exciting all the time, and if I ever feel bored, then that is an emergency and I need to create something exciting. Whether that's joining a movement, or declaring that you're part of an oppressed group, or deciding that you've uncovered the top secret conspiracy that all doctors are a part of.

(Speaking generally, not about ubarose's situation. But that's what I've observed.)

No apologies necessary Shellie. Confronting your parents mortality can be a shock to the system for sure. Everyone deals with it differently.

So sorry to hear about your mom, Shellie, and your family situation.

Sorry to hear about what your family is going through.