It's That Time ...

Well, I am back to work today, for at least a few hours each week. I’ve been doing some things from home, but there are things that cannot be accomplished that way, and clients who need to be updated on what’s happening an, just stuff that has to be done in-house; not my house, that house.

They are slowly opening things up here in Smallville, and we—even while being the epicenter of COVID-19 back in early March when the first South Carolina case appeared here—have flattened our curve. So, we reopen some things, slowly, still with precautions and masks and social distancing in place.

This won't be a daily thing, but it'll be done just to keep us up on what's happening, what needs to be done as we get into Summer and Fall, and how we're gonna continue to work during this mess.

One upside? My racist co-worker ... whose name, ironically, is Karen ... and who has been posting conspiracy theories all over Facebook about the death numbers being exaggerated and the virus being created in a lab in China and _____being the greatest leader of all time, has chosen not to leave her home. That’s right, this is all a lie, but she’s not leaving her house.

Hypocrite racist, say what?

Anyhoo, I’m off for a few hours to see what can be done, make a few calls blibbety blah blay blue work.

Take care. Stay safe.

Things I Like #1

Well, to be fair, I stole this idea from Mistress Maddie, who was sharing some of favorite things of fellow bloggers. I figured, I have some things I like, so why not do the same.

First up, The Kids.

Tuxedo is clearly not happy with self-isolation or having his picture taken. But, oy, look at the punum on that cat!

Miss Consuelo Roca Jones and her ‘What?” face. She likes attention, but only when she seeks it, not when you offer it.

MaxGoldberg had a tooth removed several years ago, and now, every so often, his mouth goes a little cock-eyed—I believe Maddie has the same condition … being cock eyed. Max’s Native American name is Crooked Mouth.

And finally, the lone pup in a house of cats and queens. Ozzo loo0ks like someone just said the word ‘Bath.’

And so there’s the first of Things I Like … more to come.

ISBL Asshat of the Week: Georgia GOP Representative Betty Price

Look, I know it’s Georgia, but still ... Georgia State Representative Betty Price, a Republican ... because of course ... has suggested that we quarantine people living with HIV.

Yes, she did. Price—a medical doctor who should have her license revoked, and the wife of Tom Price, the former Secretary of Health & Human Services—actually asked about quarantining people with HIV because of the burden it puts on the state. She also said:

“My thinking sometimes goes in strange directions, but before you proceed if you wouldn’t mind commenting on the surveillance of partners, tracking of contacts, that sort of thing. What are we legally able to do."

Surveillance of partners? Tracking? It seems as if this “doctor” who apparently knows next to nothing about HIV is suggesting some kind of Big Brother government to monitor people with HIV and anyone with whom they come in contact.

"And I don’t want to say the quarantine word, but I guess I just said it. Is there an ability, since I would guess that public dollars are expended heavily in prophylaxis and treatment of this condition. So we have a public interest in curtailing the spread. What would you advise or are there any methods legally that we could do that would curtail the spread.”

Price was told that state healthcare officials already work with people newly diagnosed with HIV to identify sex partners so they can be notified, as well as link people with HIV to care. Her question about a quarantine went unanswered, as most idiotic questions often do. And yet, if you think the idea of surveilling people with HIV, and tracking their partners, and quarantining them, is abhorrent, wait until you hear what she said next:

“It seems to me it’s almost frightening the number of people who are living that are potentially carriers, well they are carriers, with the potential to spread, whereas in the past they died more readily and then at that point they are not posing a risk. So we’ve got a huge population posing a risk if they are not in treatment.”

Well, gosh darn it; if the medical field, and researchers, didn’t find a way to help people with HIV stay alive! They have ruined the world for all of us.

It’s a shame they didn’t suggest finding a way to quarantine the stupid, because Betty Price needs to be kept away from society.

Asshat ... of the Week.

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