I hate this freaking place, cont'd.
Hospitals are overloaded to the point where they're cancelling cancer and heart surgeries:
https://www.kxan.com/news/coronavir...erral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=t.co
I had to step away from a numbnuts who tried claiming "everything's fine" on the post we had about how we're not that sure an F1 race should happen (much less two) because things are really, really awful in Austin right now. When this is what qualifies as "elective," lawd. Here's hoping that guy or anyone else doesn't have any heart issues, I guess. Ugh.
I've had it up to here with all the willful ignorance and absolute lack of care for each other because people think masks are annoying or are tired of being stuck at home and can't look at the bigger friggin' picture. This isn't the Texas I grew up with where people look after each other or give a damn anymore. My friends, sure, we're pretty good, but it feels like there are too many other folks around anymore who are just selfish pricks. It's as if the whole prevailing culture has changed over the past few years into something that's toxic and ignorant.
What's the response from at the state level about all of this, you might ask? Oh yeah, "bUt ThE fReEduMbS!"
Never mind that anyone who's been a kid here or who's had a kid here would remember a long list of required shots just to go to school. Oh, no, we can't put this pandemic that's currently screwing up everything in the context of other awful diseases with known, proven vaccines! Heaven forbid anyone apply common sense or care to this situation!
I really do need to get serious about moving somewhere else. Somewhere run by damn grown-ups. The constant stream of "what ultra-messed-up thing happened here today?" really is affecting my whole mood and general productivity. I got more done during peak "you're making me pay what? and you towed it for what?!" rental car hell in Stuttgart than I have in ages.
Mom's best friend who comes over all the time to help her out is now isolating because her kid caught COVID now, too, which is a yikes.