This morning, we received a
gift from Mother Nature to make things even more crazy than they currently
are.
She gave us snow, and I think we received a bit more of it than was predicted, at least in my neck of the woods.
I went outside a few minutes ago, and we must have already gotten about three or four inches.
It is still coming down, so by the time this thing ends—we have been told by weather forecasters that it should stop by around 10 a.m. or so—we should have about a half a foot of snow on the ground here.
And guess who has been elected to shovel this gift from the heavens off our property?
Me, of course, and my wife will help me, but it still is a pain in the butt to do.
I hate the snow, and shoveling makes it that much worse.
But shovel I must, so in a few hours, if you pass by, you will see me, my wife, and plenty of other people out there doing just that.
I guess I will get my exercise in by doing it.
And I just hate to exercise.
Anyway, I was at the doctor with my wife yesterday—nothing serious—and that place was hopping, as they were not only doing their routine medical work, but they were also doing COVID testing and giving people the shots.
They ventilated the office by having the back door open, and giving the rapid tests there.
As my wife and I waited, I overheard this conversation between one of the nurses and a husband and wife, both about in their 60s or so, and if this doesn’t clearly demonstrate the insanity that we are in now, I don’t know what does.
The husband and wife explained to the nurse that they wanted the quick test, but just read this exchange they had:
Husband: “My wife and I have been taking the home tests each and every day recently, because we get them free from our employers, so we can take them every day.”
Nurse: “Yes, and how have the results been?”
Husband: "We have been taking the tests every day for the past few weeks, and they have come up negative each time.”
Nurse: “How do you feel?” Do you feel sick?”
Wife: "We are fine. We feel fine, no sickness or anything.”
Nurse: “So, why do you want a quick test from us if you both have come up negative every day for the past few weeks?”
Husband: “We want to make sure that we are really negative and don’t have the virus.”
Nurse: “I understand, but if you have tested every day yourselves for the past few weeks, and you have come up negative each time, then chances are you don’t have the virus. The home tests are very accurate—“
Husband: “We don’t care—we want to make sure we don’t have the virus.”
This idiocy went on for a few more minutes, and then the husband and nurse had a bit more heated discussion about how the test the office administered would be paid for.
Well, just on the surface, don’t you think these people are being a bit paranoid?
They have taken the home tests—which are now impossible to find, but evidently, they have their own personal goldmine of this stuff—each and every day for a few weeks, have consistently come up negative, and they still want another test to soothe their minds about the virus?
They are not only being completely paranoid, but they are being selfish, taking away an appointment spot and tests from people who perhaps really need to be tested, with no other outlet to get the tests.
It is almost as if they have a “virus wish” … they don’t believe their own testing, want a test administered by a medical professional, and when they come up negative again, they won’t believe those results either.
This is the craziness we are being put through now by our elected officials, who have no idea which way is up to begin with, and have no clue how to handle this virus either, with the result that there is more paranoia out there, translating to over-testing, than one could ever imagine could happen in a modern civilization.
I guess some people are paranoid to begin with, and this situation has simply fed into that paranoia, bringing it out in the open like never before.
I don’t know what the end result of that exchange was, but I can guarantee that even with another negative reading obtained from the nurse-administered test yesterday, these two nincompoops are taking another home test today to satisfy their paranoia … and you just know that they will soon be back to get another test at the doctor’s office, just to make sure in their own bent minds that they don’t have the virus.
Mix that with the snow, and heck, do they take their home tests first or shovel the snow first?
What a choice to have to make!
Have a good weekend, and I will speak to you again on Monday.
She gave us snow, and I think we received a bit more of it than was predicted, at least in my neck of the woods.
I went outside a few minutes ago, and we must have already gotten about three or four inches.
It is still coming down, so by the time this thing ends—we have been told by weather forecasters that it should stop by around 10 a.m. or so—we should have about a half a foot of snow on the ground here.
And guess who has been elected to shovel this gift from the heavens off our property?
Me, of course, and my wife will help me, but it still is a pain in the butt to do.
I hate the snow, and shoveling makes it that much worse.
But shovel I must, so in a few hours, if you pass by, you will see me, my wife, and plenty of other people out there doing just that.
I guess I will get my exercise in by doing it.
And I just hate to exercise.
Anyway, I was at the doctor with my wife yesterday—nothing serious—and that place was hopping, as they were not only doing their routine medical work, but they were also doing COVID testing and giving people the shots.
They ventilated the office by having the back door open, and giving the rapid tests there.
As my wife and I waited, I overheard this conversation between one of the nurses and a husband and wife, both about in their 60s or so, and if this doesn’t clearly demonstrate the insanity that we are in now, I don’t know what does.
The husband and wife explained to the nurse that they wanted the quick test, but just read this exchange they had:
Husband: “My wife and I have been taking the home tests each and every day recently, because we get them free from our employers, so we can take them every day.”
Nurse: “Yes, and how have the results been?”
Husband: "We have been taking the tests every day for the past few weeks, and they have come up negative each time.”
Nurse: “How do you feel?” Do you feel sick?”
Wife: "We are fine. We feel fine, no sickness or anything.”
Nurse: “So, why do you want a quick test from us if you both have come up negative every day for the past few weeks?”
Husband: “We want to make sure that we are really negative and don’t have the virus.”
Nurse: “I understand, but if you have tested every day yourselves for the past few weeks, and you have come up negative each time, then chances are you don’t have the virus. The home tests are very accurate—“
Husband: “We don’t care—we want to make sure we don’t have the virus.”
This idiocy went on for a few more minutes, and then the husband and nurse had a bit more heated discussion about how the test the office administered would be paid for.
Well, just on the surface, don’t you think these people are being a bit paranoid?
They have taken the home tests—which are now impossible to find, but evidently, they have their own personal goldmine of this stuff—each and every day for a few weeks, have consistently come up negative, and they still want another test to soothe their minds about the virus?
They are not only being completely paranoid, but they are being selfish, taking away an appointment spot and tests from people who perhaps really need to be tested, with no other outlet to get the tests.
It is almost as if they have a “virus wish” … they don’t believe their own testing, want a test administered by a medical professional, and when they come up negative again, they won’t believe those results either.
This is the craziness we are being put through now by our elected officials, who have no idea which way is up to begin with, and have no clue how to handle this virus either, with the result that there is more paranoia out there, translating to over-testing, than one could ever imagine could happen in a modern civilization.
I guess some people are paranoid to begin with, and this situation has simply fed into that paranoia, bringing it out in the open like never before.
I don’t know what the end result of that exchange was, but I can guarantee that even with another negative reading obtained from the nurse-administered test yesterday, these two nincompoops are taking another home test today to satisfy their paranoia … and you just know that they will soon be back to get another test at the doctor’s office, just to make sure in their own bent minds that they don’t have the virus.
Mix that with the snow, and heck, do they take their home tests first or shovel the snow first?
What a choice to have to make!
Have a good weekend, and I will speak to you again on Monday.
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