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Welcome to the internet. Seems like there's no escaping this heated topic right now, no matter where you go to escape. I'm finding that anything short of cowering in the fetal position while shaking your fist at the TV and screaming, "We're all gonna die and it's all Trump's fault!", gets you labeled as a virus denier. I can't help but compare it to the hours after any given mass shooting where anything short of demanding mass confiscation while shaking your fist at the TV and screaming, "We're all gonna die and its all the NRA's fault!", means you advocate for executing innocent children.What I got from others, like you, was something more insulting in nature...one went so far as to suggest I should go get the virus.
I'm getting conflicting reports from medical workers and it seems to vary by facility. On one hand we're being told they're using forklifts to stack corpses in refer trailers. Then we're being told that 50% of medical staff is furloughed because the facilities are empty. Then we're be told that they're short staffed and recruiting retirees and students. Then we're told there's no PPEs or ventilators. Then we're told there's warehouses full but bureaucrats aren't releasing them.
I'm done listening to all the noise. The parking lots at the medical facilities I'm seeing are pretty empty. The people that I have personally talked to are telling me that hospitals are pretty empty inside. I don't personally know anyone with the virus and the closest (by Kevin Bacon standard measurement) person is my wife's coworker's husband who might maybe have been infected but had mild symptoms and hasn't been tested to confirm. The sun came up this morning, the birds are still chirping, and I'd really like to get back to work. Guess that makes me a denier.