Just picked up a months supply of Combo rapid tests (Covid/FluAB/RSV) for me and Peter. Covid cases are spiking here, friends in the UK have been testing positive (and getting very sick) and so what the heck. In any case I’ve been testing weekly for Covid (every Wednesday morning!) for the past four years. You know,  just in case, as I have known several people who tested positive while asymptomatic. Aside from the weekly test I also test if I’m feeling a bit “iffy” or before I travel. Why do I do this? Because if I tested positive with having a highly-infectious Bio Safety Level 3 air-borne virus I would STAY THE FUCK AT HOME so I didn’t infect anyone else. I mean, you would too, right? Oh wait… you wouldn’t want to mess up your travel plans or miss that special event because, hey, your symptoms are “mild”. Or perhaps you’d prefer not to know if your out of season “cold” and “allergy” symptoms, a sudden gastroenteritis episode, that pesky 100 day cough is actually Covid so that you can pretend you’re not infectious and then keep going about your business as usual while not caring about anyone else.

Before I go further… if you happen to be a Covid denier or minimiser you may as well fuck off right now because I don’t want to hear from you. I’ve heard it all before over these past four and a half years and you make me sick. Literally.

Continue reading →