Tuesday Top of Mind 7/16/24- Fifth verse, same as the first

Yes, the post title is meant to reference the song”I’m Henry the VIII, I Am” by Herman’s Hermits.

What the post title is referencing is that this is the FIFTH covid summer. 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.

Not as bad, but still lethal. Masks have been legislated against or banned in many cities and states. You know, the masks that have kept some of us safe through this entire time.

It is illegal to wear a mask in some states if you are committing a crime.

Since when is the desire not to get covid a crime? Depends on who you ask. Are you asking the ones who don’t believe in covid, who think it’s a boogeyman dreamed up by those with public health in mind? To scare the stock market? To get people to buy into Big Pharma? To want to care for others, no matter their age, sex, religion, and orientation?

Yeah, those people. The ones who excuse the death of over one million Americans (the exact data is hard to come by). According to the CDC tracking database, there have been 1-9 covid deaths in North Carolina in the last week. However, the previous week’s numbers that allow comparison and percentages are not available. Ask yourself what they don’t want you to know or even acknowledge to themselves.

I am keeping a close eye on the infection rate at the hospital. We went from 1 admitted case to more than 5 times in a couple of weeks. ooh, five more patients? Yes, and these are just the ones that got admitted. Or came in. These are definitely the ones who are quarantining because they are in the hospital.

I have not resumed mask-wearing as a general rule. I have some in my car. However, I shop early or late or not at all. I don’t go places where there are a lot of people. On purpose, but then I’ve always kinda done that. Who knew being an introvert could help? Just every introvert known to man.

I have no idea how many covid posts this makes. My record-keeping has been spotty. And incomplete. And my mind has been busy with other things.

As always, it doesn’t matter if you don’t believe in covid; it believes in you.