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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnti masking mother in law got diagnosed with covid
She was just admitted to the hospital today. 83 years old cops 5 stents and rheumatoid arthritis. She and 90% of the rest of my in-laws also positive after attending a pre wedding bowling party without wearing masks. Each and every one of them are Trump voters who think covid is overblown despite being positive. Hopefully with my mother in laws ER admission they will wake up. We are in Macon county Michigan where the hospitals are getting overrun. All could have been avoided!!!
Arne
(1,968 posts)femmedem
(8,188 posts)You hope it won't end with people getting sick, but you know in your gut it's inevitable.
This must be awfully hard on your spouse.
apcalc
(4,461 posts)bluestarone
(16,721 posts)I really think this story is played over and over with LOTS of families.
OAITW r.2.0
(23,818 posts)Sorry for your situation, but I am at a point where I can't really get too bothered by deniers getting Covid. What really sucks are the frontline healthcare workers getting burned out by this stupidity.
My advice to the deniers is to check yourself into a Hoax Hospital.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,297 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,209 posts)Nothing more needs to be added.
barbtries
(28,702 posts)my son's girlfriend was just notified today that she was exposed at work. totally preventable: her job can be done from home, but her asshole boss would not allow it.
groundloop
(11,488 posts)Nobody should have to quit a job and look for a new one because their employer is unreasonable. In any case let's hope that she doesn't get sick.
barbtries
(28,702 posts)that neither she nor my son are infected. just yesterday they hosted her father and grandmother early for thanksgiving.
this fucking virus, fucking republicans, fucking trump.
she does sort of a specialized kind of work and loves her job. I might be thinking find a better job but wouldn't even suggest it to her.
sfstaxprep
(9,998 posts)My Fucks are all reserved for those who died through no fault of their own.
onecaliberal
(32,485 posts)These people have no redeeming qualities.
AZ8theist
(5,339 posts)Unfortunate for those infected, but as Forrest Gump said, "Stupid is as stupid does..."
onecaliberal
(32,485 posts)calimary
(80,699 posts)But it doesn't stop that first impression. No mask? Don't believe in it? Well, reap what you sow, I guess.
And yeah, I feel awful for feeling that way, too. But I have a hard time feeling sympathy for wounds that are self-inflicted. ESPECIALLY when the individual knew better and STILL remained defiant.
Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)Sorry! Is the wedding still taking place?
Windy
(5,944 posts)The parents of a few in the wedding party that caught the virus called the health department who cancelled it.
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)ybbor
(1,552 posts)I live in Michigan and its blowing up all over. I have never heard, nor can I find it on the map. Is it Mason county or Macon township?
llmart
(15,499 posts)I'm in Michigan too and never heard of Macon but then there are a lot of small towns I've never heard of.
If it's Macomb, there are way too many uneducated redneck trump humpers here.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,746 posts)to understand science. And yeah, I have zero sympathy for her and everyone else who does stuff like attend a pre wedding bowling party without wearing masks. The real sad thing is that she will get to waste precious medical resources thanks to her deliberate actions.
UpInArms
(51,252 posts)That she is your mil
Hopefully, no one has brought their virus anywhere near you
Stay safe and well
and know you have no control over who your relatives are ...
Hoping your SO is okay
Windy
(5,944 posts)My husband is unfortunately in business with his Trump loving virus denying brothers. The entire situation is ridiculous and could have been avoided. I do feel sorry for my husband as he has been telling them to put on a mask and stay away from his/their mother but its fallen on deaf ears. His mother is far from senile and just stubborn and a koolaid drinker. I hate to say this but Im having a bit of trouble mustering up any sympathy for her
UpInArms
(51,252 posts)My sympathies are with you and your hubby
Stay safe and well
Neema
(1,151 posts)potentially exposing any number of hospital staff. She's taking up a badly needed bed because of her cult thinking. There are many innocent victims in this, and she isn't one of them.
My m-i-l is a cancer survivor for whom we fought tooth-and-nail to get her the treatment she needed after doctors told her no. She survived due to our belief in science and in fighting for what is right. And now she believes all the nonsense about Bill Gates funding the vaccine to track us and says she'll refuse the vaccine. I will refuse to see her in person then, but I know other members of the family will give in.
Liberty Belle
(9,528 posts)Tragic that so many were exposed and now sick because of people's stupidity.
I wish families of victims would start filing wrongful death suits against Trump, who inspired these idiotic actions with his criminally negligent behavior.
Maybe every obituary for a COVID death due to circumstances like this should list Trump as a contributing factor causing death.
birdographer
(1,216 posts)So many "It's a hoax!" people die in hospitals. So many of them are denying it to their last breath. Trump did this.
AllyCat
(16,035 posts)Masks required signs everywhere. He was not wearing one while telling his friend he was positive. He said he attended a bonfire on Halloween and was talking to someone for 20 minutes and thinks that is how he got it. No mask of course. I steered my kids away from him.
marlakay
(11,370 posts)I had my weekly video chat with my grown daughters, older mom 92 and my granddaughter 22 who is getting married next month at small wedding 20 people which I still think is wrong. She has been engaged for 2 years and originally it was set at Christmas so we could all have a big family Christmas together and come from all over. They are in CA, I was going to come from OR my daughter from Texas, my mom few hours away in CA. Now those 20 people are her mom, dad, friends and brother none of us are coming.
People just don't seem to get it until they are real sick and some not even then.
Mr. Evil
(2,748 posts)wait until the enormous hospital bills start coming in.
And all they had to do was wear a simple mask.
sfstaxprep
(9,998 posts)Tien1985
(920 posts)if anyone has to get sick and die for this virus, it should be the people who are causing it to run rampant.