“When Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced this week that the federal government would begin releasing coronavirus vaccine doses that had been held in reserve for second shots, no such reserve existed, according to state and federal officials briefed on distribution plans. The Trump administration had already begun shipping out what was available, starting at the end of December, taking second doses for the two-dose regimen directly off the manufacturing line.”
—Washington Post, today
I will be forever angry at SIXTY-THREE MILLION people for inflicting this misery upon us all.
I don’t care whether you liked Hillary or not.
If you think this would be just as bad under her, go fuck yourself and never talk to me ever again.
I’ll probably not get to go out to eat or drink again for the entirety of this year. Parties won’t be held. Festivals will be cancelled. Weddings will be put off again. Depression and anxiety will worsen. And no, I’m not going to go out and say “oh well” and put myself or others at risk.
As much as I *want* to do these things, I *don’t* want to sit in a tent with a down jacket on either roasting under an outdoor space heater or freezing because I took off my jacket and the space heater isn’t enough while an underpaid server with a mask risks their health so I can try to pretend I’m living in some semblance of a normal society.
It would be bad fuckin’ news if Aaron or I caught this thing. It never would have come to this if we weren’t a nation of stupid assholes who elected stupid assholes and only listen to other stupid assholes.
I’m simultaneously incandescent over, exhausted from, and resigned to the idea that because our country can’t and won’t get its shit together we get a repeat of 2020.
It never had to come to this but we are the most selfish fuck ups in the world when it comes to doing anything right or looking out for others.
—emily duchaine
Flommist Emily Duchaine lives in the Pacific Northwest. She likes to drink mead, learn about sharks, and listen to the Talking Heads. She pretends to be a professional businesswoman most days. Copyright © 2021 Emily Duchaine.
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