Dumber and Dumber V19

The endless stories of the should of, would have, failed to and help me I think I’ve fallen and can’t get up stories of those who have contracted Covid, become violently ill, died, failed to get vaccinated in time, rejected said vaccine or simply are just members of the Doomsday Cult. Why do all these people seem to reject expert testimony, from their own Physicians, Medical experts or people in the field of Science. Suddenly they are all these armchair Jeopardy contestants who seem to be experts on viruses, vaccination development and of course all things complicated like Science. I am sick of this shit and not in a Covid way and this and these people are a sad lot; Not sad in a sympathetic or empathetic way, just sad in that they are all part of our failed attempt at Democracy by providing public education that failed them and us as a country. I once again blame the Voodoo President Reagan for this as we are now bypassing his era and moving into cool retro Joe Biden era of the late 60s and all that came from that time in history.

So to recount the current sad sack stories I read the story printed below in the Washington Post today, and over 1K in comments were posted, to the point they are closed; to note, few if any were supportive, let alone compassionate. I turned it into a joke forum about Christian Dating Sites as clearly those are ones to not only socially distance from but like the Churches they populate, physically distance from. Name a church that has not been involved in a plague of some kind throughout history. And of course more jokes about how I like my truth, negative as I have been told, and yes the truth hurts, not like a tube shoved down my throat. But hey, I like “my truth” like I like my Covid tests – NEGATIVE – much like I like my booze, ice cold and a double shot. But even the dogs were not willing to touch that body, they say they can detect Covid, clearly a little late on that one. But hey they don’t have it so no human to animal transmission, yet. Do they have a rabies like shot for them only for Covid? Dog bites no one but the owner sure bit it. And like Ron DiSantis, Trump, Condos, Jeffrey Epstein, all things in Florida eventually do bite it. Care for an orange slice?

**thank you I will be here all weekend, tips are always welcome**

As Mr. T used to say, I pity the fool. Here are two fools minus one.

Wife hospitalized for covid gets home to find husband dead from the same virus: ‘It was like walking into a horror movie’

By Andrea Salcedo The Washington Post August 27 2021

Lisa Steadman could not wait to go home to her husband.

The nail technician had spent more than a week in a Central Florida hospital recovering from a serious case of covid-19 while Ronald Steadman, who had also contracted the coronavirus, battled a milder case from home.

During many of their check-in phone calls, she relayed to him how scared she was of dying alone in the hospital.Her health was improving and so was his, he reassured her. Soon, they’d be back together at the Winter Haven, Fla., home they were in the middle of renovating.

But Ronald, 55, did not appear to be home when Lisa returned Aug. 11.

“Ron? Ron?” Lisa,58, yelled while searching for him throughout the house.

Eventually, the barking of their three dogs led her to their bedroom.

When Lisa cracked open the door, she found Ron unresponsive on his side of the bed and their three dogs in distress. By then, his body had already begun decomposing, she told The Washington Post. The dogs looked as if they had not been fed or given water for at least two days, she said.

“I just went hysterical,” Lisa said. “It was like walking into a horror movie. That’s what I see now when I think of him.”

Neither Ron, who died of covid-19 complications, nor Lisa had been vaccinated, Lisa said. Both had agreed they would wait longer to schedule their shots. Lisa rarely got sick and left her house only for work, and Ron, who was in charge of running the couple’s errands during the pandemic, always wore his mask and stayed away from large crowds, Lisa said.

“Both of us thought that [the vaccine] came out so fast. How could they have done so much testing on it? I was just cautious about it,” she said. “It’s not that I was against vaccines.”

The couple, who met through a Christian dating website after losing their previous partners, were part ofthe tens of millions of Americans who have not yet received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, which are available free to anyone 12 and older. Like the Steadmans, many people remain reluctant about the shots. Others have put off getting inoculated.

Nearly 52 percent of Floridians are fully vaccinated, according to data compiled by The Post. In the past week, new daily reported cases and deaths in the state rose nearly 10 and 66 percent, respectively, The Post’s coronavirus tracker data shows.

Health officials continue to stress that the vaccines significantly lower one’s chance of becoming severely ill or dying of the virus as the highly transmissible delta variant spreads across the country.

Ron, a mechanical and electrical engineer, was the first one to test positive Aug. 1, Lisa said. Doctors at the urgent care site he visited sent him home with medications and asked him to return if his condition worsened. Two days later, Lisa, who had gone to the emergency room because she started exhibiting symptoms, also tested positive. She was sent home, only to return days later after her oxygen levels dropped to 80 percent and she lost consciousness at home.

The couple kept in touch throughout much of her hospital stay, Lisa said. How are the dogs doing? How do you feel today? Have you called your family? Lisa said the couple would ask each other. After nearly a week in the hospital, Lisa reported feeling better. Ron was also improving, she said.

Days before she was expected to be discharged, Ron told her that his phone was not working properly. At one point when Lisa could not reach him, she called the Winter Haven Police Department to go check on him, she said.

Police called her back to report that her husband was doing fine, which the department confirmed to The Post. So when her phone call went straight to his voice mail Aug. 10, Lisa didn’t think much of it, she said. After all, Ron had said his phone wasn’t working and was known for being a deep sleeper. Police had already reassured her that he was doing okay. She told herself they would be reunited the next day when she was discharged.

“I thought he was just going to be fine and that his phone wasn’t working,” she said.

Local authorities later told her that he was likely already dead.

Lisa, who would have celebrated her fourth wedding anniversary with Ron on Oct. 28, said she expects to get vaccinated in September — a decision she had already made before leaving the hospital.

She has been hurt by comments on social media criticizing her decision not to get the vaccine earlier.

“I did what I thought was best for me,” Lisa told The Post. “Even if you don’t agree with me that I didn’t get the shot earlier, you don’t say, ‘I bet you wish you would have gotten the vaccine so your husband wouldn’t be dead.’ ”

She added: “We wanted to make sure [getting vaccinated] was safe.”

She plans to finish the home the couple were remodeling in honor of her husband. That’s what he would have wanted her to do, she said.

“That was Ron’s dream,” Lisa told The Post.