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My Trump Rage Will Kill Me Before the Virus Can
I am sitting in my house. My grandchildren aren’t here, because they are at home with their mom and dad, awaiting the imminent birth of a new sibling.
The plan had been for them to continue coming here every day until the birth, but now our main objective is for my husband and me to stay healthy and disinfected.
My daughter is living in fear, wondering when the new baby will arrive. Will he be here before the hospital is plunged into COVID19 chaos? Will being in the hospital expose her, and therefore her kids, to the virus?
My husband is at home, too. As a clinical psychologist, he is in very high demand right now. He is providing emotional support to terrified patients by using our family iPad to video conference with them.
We feel like we’re in a blockade or a war. We are isolated, we are anxious.
We’ve been sanitizing everything in sight.
Even our mailbox.
Today I made the incredibly stupid mistake of watching the President of the United States giving an update on the pandemic.
Holy idiotic bullshit flood.
This President spent nearly the entire time on the air congratulating himself. He shut down flights from China, he says, insuring us that this has saved…
