I lost another friend to COVID today.
He was a musician. One of the kindest souls on this planet.
It breaks my heart to know that most likely his love of performing and loving on people was also his demise.
This also makes me mad.
Mad at the selfish people / person who stole him from us.
He was vulnerable. He wouldn’t have wanted you to feel uncomfortable or rejected.
At his own risk, because he loved it and you, he performed, knowing he was at risk.
And you showed up to his gig infected. Denying facts. Rejecting masks and vaccines. Because that is about YOU not him.
I don’t know what to do with that.
Wearing a mask and taking the shots isn’t just about you not getting COVID, it’s really more about you not GIVING it to someone else.
And now, my friend is gone. My friend who brought so much light and love into this world… after WEEKS of fighting it… lost his battle.
How is that about YOU?! Oh wait… I forgot… It’s ALL about you. You’re selfish, gullible and a “patriot” who thinks the vulnerable are disposable.
It doesn’t have to be like this. My friend didn’t have to die.
You CHOSE to believe misinformation because it is what you want to believe… rejecting truth because it helps you feel “safe”?
Well, that is not safe.
It’s actually the thing making you not safe.
PULL YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE SAND. WAKE UP.
YOU are the sheeple you say you despise.
How many more friends do I have to lose before you admit this shit is REAL?
Until you admit that your selfish, unfounded beliefs are KILLING PEOPLE, I predict I’ll lose more friends because of you ENTITLED FUCKS.
Countries with less access to vaccines have done better than the USA at stemming the spread because they wore masks, stayed home when they could and social distanced all masked up when they couldn’t stay home.
They came together and did the best things they could for their communities. Hmmmm… what a cool concept?!
WHAT IS SO HARD ABOUT THAT?
“You’re infringing on my freedoms,” you say.
Well, YOU are infringing on MY freedoms.
Your freedoms end where mine begin. (from the constitution you pretend to support yet probably haven’t read)
And your denial of science in the name of God continues to KILL people I love. #theirbloodisonyourhands
You aren’t “woke”.
You are mislead and your pride keeps you believing the lies you want to believe. Not truth. LIES.
I’m over the extreme right, Q, Q-adjacent snowflakes pointing the finger at every one else.
These people don’t represent conservatives.
They represent a failed candidate who is VACCINATED, took experimental treatments when he contracted COVID (expensive treatments not available to you and me) and helped expedite vaccine development. You are aligned with him doing that but you won’t take the vaccine?! #SMH
Own your shit. We are STILL in this space because of YOU.
People are DYING because of YOU.
COVID doesn’t see your political party, or your self-approved memes that you don’t take the time to validate with true research. This virus reaches across all party lines.
My heart is sad for the loss of another beautiful human I’ve had the privilege to cross paths with… and it is even more sad for the people in my life who choose fear over faith while invoking God’s name to support a truth they want to believe instead of embracing facts / science. (Also, from God.)
And, I doing so, they continue to perpetuate lies that harm themselves and the people they love. Frankly, the lies that harm and isolate them from the people they say they love… manipulating the truth… saying it’s our fault that they’ve lost friends and family because of their obsession with lies.
whatever
over-it
end of soapbox
