COVID Blizzard

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This phase of the pandemic feels like a blizzard with all data being abandoned and facts being downplayed and obfuscated. A blizzard in itself is not deadly, it is disorienting since you can’t see hour hand in front of your face. Pandemic era support programs have become a thing of the past. Everyone is on their own as COVID treatments will become commercialized. New quack remedies will hit the shelves as no effort is being put into improving air quality and masks.

The Census Bureau reported last year that COVID relief efforts and others sharply reduced childhood poverty. But these programs have now expired.

America is flying blind. Those who claim, “We have the tools”, are lying. With new variants, those tools are being knocked off one by one. Monoclonal antibodies no longer work against the newest variants. Testing has ceased and at home testing isn’t working well to detect the new variants. Most people don’t even know they have COVID when they are knocked off their feet for a week.

The initial infection might be “Mild” but COVID hardens the arteries and is causing blood clots and heart attacks weeks after recovery. COVID is a level 3 bio hazard more akin to HIV that a cold or the flu. President Biden ran on a platform where he claimed he would handle the pandemic. He has instead overseen 700,000 COVID deaths. Within months of taking office he declared victory over COVID and suggested everyone press together for July4th celebrations. It turned out being vaccinated does not stop infections from happening. Sending at home tests effectively made COVID cases disappear since any at home tests were not reported.

Gridiron Superspreader

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The Gridiron Club is the oldest and among the most prestigious journalistic organizations in Washington, D.C. The annual white-tie-and-gowns dinner attracted about 630 guests this year. Last year’s even was canceled due to COVID, so this year was to be a celebration of a return to normal.

It has been reported that over 70 attendees of the annual Gridiron Dinner have tested positive for COVID-19. The Gridiron Dinner became a super spreader event. Two were two Cabinet members, two members of Congress and a top aide to Vice President Kamala Harris. Oh, in a shocking case of 1+1=2, Kamala Harris is infected.

Also in attendance were Chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci and CDC Director Rochelle Walenski. These top medical advisors managed to avoid infection though Walensky had a case of COVID a few short weeks ago. She was offering COVID advice virtually as she self isolated at home. Dr. Fauci said he wore a mask for the reception and only took it off to eat.

The A-list guests were asked to show proof of vaccination but not negative tests, and many mingled freely without masks at the dinner at the downtown Renaissance Washington Hotel. Thus far, none of those infected have reported serious illness. The Washington Post has learned of about a half-dozen journalists tested positive. Their identities are being protected since they did not announce their cases publicly.

After a cocktail reception, guests sat together at long, narrow tables for hours and watched satirical skits and songs performed by members. On stage that evening women in COVID virus costumes bounced around on stage while actors and a song lifted from Hamilton which altered lyrics shouting “I’m not gonna take that Shot!”  At the event’s conclusion, guests joined hands for the traditional singing of “Auld Lang Syne.” The stupidity and irony is profound.

These A-list viral hosts are getting the best possible treatments which most everyday Americans would be hard pressed to find. The Journalists and politicians are regularly testes for COVID-19, but what about the staff at the hotel? Are they getting tested and treated with the same level of care? Do they have a top notch insurance plan? Do they have access to the new Paxlovid COVID pill? The A-list guests have the status and access needed to stay healthy. If you don’t have the same status and access, so be it. Best of luck.

White house messaging now is that the pandemic is a matter of personal choice. You get to choose the level of risk you take every day while airlines and mass transit are dropped all masking requirements. No states have mask mandates in place. Only 30% of Americans have gotten a booster shot of vaccine. The white house is claiming victory over the virus even as cases rise. To mitigate public safety is bad for any re-election bid. Ignore the hundreds of daily deaths from COVID and go about life as normal. Welcome to the new normal of public health apartheid.