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You know what – goddammit – they aren’t just fucking numbers. They are people who got sick, who died. They are also people still suffering from long Covid, even if they didn’t happen to be people you personally knew. I honestly don’t understand why it has to happen to someone you know before you take this to heart. Are you that self-centred, selfish and borderline narcissistic? Whatever happened to empathy? Social conscience and responsibility?
Anyhow, we are going back into Level 3 here in Sevilla, predictably after the Save Semana Santa Shitshow that happened here a couple of weeks ago. They say the numbers are rising? Actually, the sick and dying are rising. Don’t forget that. All of those people had lives, families, loved ones. Just like you. And just because you’ve been “lucky so far” doesn’t mean you haven’t infected others. I’m so angry today I could spit. Just stay the fuck at home. Follow the rules. NOBODY needs to take a fucking holiday during a pandemic.
casa azahar 
There’s a feature on our public TV news show every Friday consisting of a handful of short biographies of people we’ve lost. I can’t listen to it any more. It just shatters me. I know that’s what it’s meant to do, to remind us of exactly this godawful truth, but the people who need to hear it apparently can’t or won’t. (For one thing, in the States they probably don’t tune in public television, or anything but Fox.) I guess all we can do is get our vaccines and act like adults.
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It’s true, that the people who need to see and hear these things are the ones least likely to, or even “get it” if they did. I think they are going to find it’s pretty hard to enjoy their freedumb when they’re dead.
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I thought of this post last night. I got a call from a longtime client, a retired guy in his 70s who’s always been a little “special” (like always showing up TWENTY MINUTES EARLY or even more) but whom I didn’t think was stupid (he had a skilled job for many years, is articulate and well if eccentrically cultured) and is clearly not a Trumpie or a Karen. Wanted to know, as he has asked every month or two, if I “was working yet.” Each time I patiently explain to him that it is not safe. Last time, I told him I was in line for the vaccine and was he? No, he said in a weirdly disgusted tone as if the administrative task of getting on the list was just another gratuitous job like renewing your car registration. Yesterday he called again. I told him my vaccine timeline and asked if he were vaccinated. — No. Are you in the queue? — Well, I was but I missed my appointment so I guess I’m at the back of the line. (This guy has NOTHING to do and all day to do it in.) “But I’m CLEAN!” he said.
Sure you are, buddy. He repeated it another time before I got rid of him, saying “I have promised my partner pinky swear I will not work on anyone until both parties are vaccinated, it’s just not safe, it is TOO SCARY.”
This guy is overweight, diabetic and closer to 80 than 70. He should have been one of the first vaccinated (and that he’s not is on him). He is now competing for a slot with everyone over 16 when all age groups become eligible tomorrow. I clutch my head.
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Agree totally. The UK news is full of “when can we go on holiday” pressure. There is no reason it has to be foreign travel…and especially to Spain or other countries with high rates of infection and low rates of vaccination! The new Indian variation is already in the UK…..how did it get there except by international travel and lax border control. BTW I have my first vaccination on May 5….Paul is still waiting.
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Oohhh, which vaccine are you getting?
Yes, seems I’ve been ranting about Covidiots, well, for almost a year now. Ever since they let us out of the first lockdown last June. Oh well, I guess we all can’t live in New Zealand.
Plenty of tourists in Sevilla at the moment. I hate them all.
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