Reply #5: Just had a sad email exchange

[Pithy]

My right-wing sis wondered what the big deal is about this "pretty tame virus." I gave her a few facts and said that while I wasn't panicking, I *am* keeping my eye on it. She asked some good questions, seemed receptive, and when I told her about some supplements I'd bought (lysine, vitamin D), she responded, "Don't forget to buy face masks and store up on 2 wks worth of tami-flu!" Totally sarcastic and poking fun.

She also refused to listen a few years ago about torture in Guatanimo and Abu Ghraib, the missing WMDs, the wiretapping, the Plame scandal, etc, so I guess it's business as usual. She married into a right-wing family and now watches FAUX and believes it.

So sad - she's a doctor and very smart and fun in every other regard. All I can do is just close my eyes and shut my mouth. We are so close and I cannot understand how someone so smart can be so intellectually incurious, politically. It makes me feel very sad and weary.

Thanks for letting me vent a bit.