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Orrex

(63,204 posts)
2. My job requires me to go into about 25 homes each week
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 08:04 AM
Mar 2020

I've been averaging about three or four people weekly who state outright that they think the pandemic is either overblown or a complete hoax. I get the sense that a similar number are doubtful, based on how they react to the sight of my nitrile gloves, though they don't speak up.

It's amazing and tragic that so many people could be so catastrophically stupid (eg., Rand Paul), and there's no sign that it'll let up any time soon.

When I raised this subject elsewhere, someone rightly noted that a certain kind of asshole is simply proud of being stubborn, no matter how dangerous or demonstrably stupid it is. They've attached their identity to this notion that No One's Gonna Tell Me How To Live, and they'll ride that hospital gurney all the way to the grave.

It doesn't help that Fuckhead Trump is out they spewing bullshit 24/7, either. Every word out of his mouth, and every move he's made, have worsened the pandemic. The virus couldn't ask for a better ally than Trump has proven himself to be, and he's got tons of brainless & willing accomplices.

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