My Trump supporting landlady just informed me that she has Covid and I feel guilty
So last night my landlady called me up and she sounded just awful. What she called about was fairly trivial but then she announced that she had been diagnosed with Covid. I was stunned. I flashed back to the last time I spoke with her before this. I had mentioned to Cula that I'd just gotten my second Covid vaccination and was feeling some mild side effects.
Cula replied that she was much older than me and in good health. She saw no need to get the vaccine and was in fact worried that some national mandate might come down forcing EVERYONE to get vaccinated. I think that such a mandate might be a good idea, but I tried to calm Cula's fears and I told her that I didn't think "they" would force her to get a vaccine against her will. I wish they would have.
I worry that given Cula's age, she may not pull through. I worry that her husband Bud who is also in his 80's and has cancer will catch Covid and his compromised immune system will fold on him.
I've been thinking and then saying it aloud that the republicans deserve to catch Covid, given how destructive the republican stance on Covid has been for our nation. Let them all die so that no one will be left to support Trump sez I. But Cula doesn't deserve the death sentence just because she's so deluded that she supports Trump. The county we live in is a real right wing stronghold and you can practically count all the Democrats who live here on the fingers of your hands. Cula's farming and ranching family have been staunch republicans from the dawn of time. I can't blame her for her Trump lawn sign when her family and friends and the community at large also support that SOB.
Cula has been beyond kind to me and her life has not been an easy one. She deserves better than this. There are many Cula's out there, I think. They have been brain washed by Fox, but inherently, they are not bad people and they don't deserve to die.
I need to be more careful about what I wish for.
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It's just really hard when you know the person and they have been kind to you. I'm afraid that even if she hasn't killed herself, my landlady will kill her husband and God knows how many others that she has been in contact with.
Among his many other atrocities, Trump is responsible for the deaths of thousands and thousands of Americans and all the numbers are barely in at this point. I think he should be arrested and subjected to a Nuremburg type trial. 
When I first moved in here her son was in line to inherit the property when his Mom passed. I asked him what he would do with the place and his immediate reply was, "Sell it." Yikes! I've lived here for almost 10 years and I am 70 years old. I really hope that I don't have to hit the road again, searching for a place to live. People who refuse to take the vaccine have no idea how their choice may impact others in all sorts of ways. 
others here have pointed out it was HER choice.
and it was.
she made that decision based on whatever the fuck she was basing it on.
and yes, it is sad her husband might get it.
then, again, it is horrible that she would be so stupidly selfish to not do all she could to protect him from covid -- which includes protecting herself.
and i tend to think another poster was right when they said if she recovers she'll be talking about how covid isn't that bad, etc etc
but i also understand you care about her.
and that, my friend, makes us who *we* are (and why we've had this tendency to get vaccinated not only to protect ourselves but to protect others).
I come from a farming family back in Kentucky. Every last one of them who remained on the farm is a Trump supporter. I will never understand why. My folks back home are all good, salt of the earth type people. They go to church every Sunday and are active in their community. Yet they vote for Trump. It boggles my mind. I've had to block a couple of them on FB because I just can't stand their proselytizing.
Why on earth do they keep voting in Moscow Mitch McConnell? He's a billionaire who couldn't care less about small farmers such as themselves. I wish I knew the answer. If you ever find out why yourself, please let me know!
who sees something good in everybody.
If I have to leave here, I don't know what I'll do. The cost of housing in Colorado is horrific and even in my small town in the middle of nowhere, rents have easily doubled since I moved into this place. I can't think about it too much without getting a panic attack! 
