When friends have their first kids and they ask me what its like, I tell them ‘prepare for gut wrenching fear that never ends, but is totally worth it’, because of stuff like this, or worse.

Same, I watched a couple episodes of Glee, but I just feel so badly for her little boy, he must have been so scared alone on the boat. I can only imagine my little girl in her little puddle jumper calling “momma?!” It’s heartbreaking.

I feel the same. Not a Glee-fan, but I am a parent. I think dying before she’s grown is my No 1 fear at the moment. That poor baby boy, climbing out the water by himself, curled up for a nap because he wasn’t sure what to do. This whole thing is incredibly tragic.

Technically the correct term is “gender identity”, but oftentimes people will use “sexuality” to refer to the whole shebang (gender, gender identity, sexuality, etc.)

Do hormones have the potential to lower one’s immune system? I’ve been on them for nearly a decade now, and discussed them numerous times with my doctor, and never once has that been discussed as a possible side effect.

So Will and Jada wear me out, but I kind of love him for his response. 

Who’s Mariela, and what happened to her? (I can’t access the original because I’m in Europe.)

What a bunch of total wankers, THIS is why you need to have state mandated closures. Businesses will NOT do the right thing unless they are forced and these kind of environments are hotbeds of infection. People are being forced to make a life or death decision about just turning up to work. Its all very well to say…

This is a tragic, infuriating disaster. I hope they bring BK to a screeching halt and shame them into improving conditions for their employees, and compensating Gomez’ family.

Remember, BK is part of a larger corporation - Yum Brands. Don’t boycott BK only to turn to one of their other operations (Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut among them).

“if an aroma could be sensed, certainly a microscopic virus droplet could enter the mask”

But back in early spring it was a NY problem, not a FL/TX/AZ problem, so no worries. Dr. Fauci was right, states reopened too soon (if they ever really closed down in the first place), and now the WH is trying to blame him. We knew Dump and his cronies would take this country down, but I don’t think anyone imagined in…

If it’s any consolation, that guy lost his job.

And all lives matter. Until they’re expected to treat all lives like they actually matter.

There’s a good article on Slate today about the performative nature of these videos in the US https://slate.com/culture/2020/07/viral-mask-freakout-videos-as-premeditated-performances.html?via=homepage_taps_top

There are an alarming number of nurses who go into the field just because compared to other choices, it pays them okay, not because they have an inherent desire to care for people. And of those, many just scrape through. There’s no implicit assurance of broad intelligence. I understand that at this time we’re all here…

Facebook in particular. 

She should be charged with a crime. You can’t be in a position of responsibility over others’ health (let alone your own child’s!) and be this negligent.

The internet was a mistake. 

There are an alarming number of nurses buying into crazy conspiracy theories about COVID-19, or who are dismissing it as no big deal. This shit has very real consequences.