I did as Joe recommended, and decided to try the CVS site first; I answered some questions about why I may want a test, and also one about whether I had Medicaid from Connecticut or Maine (I have Michigan Medicaid). After submitting my answers, I was taken to a page that told me I could get a test for $139.
Fuck that.
Not surprised at all. He was a lefty alllll the way.
Shit, I might as well just go out and catch the virus and die. Preferably at the kerb of the WH.
Remember all that “unlikely worst case scenario” stuff about clathrate bombs and how methane is a vastly more potent greenhouse gas than CO2?
To be honest, when I see them suggesting that, I would assume they were parodying the lethal recklessness of those who want to reopen schools, not continuing it.
Me, I thought that might be the case…but I didn’t know for sure. I do think there are folks who truly think like that, though.
I do marketing, and am for sure in the first category. One time, I was in a Walmart shopping for props for a photo shoot, with the Senior VP of sales and marketing, and she said “sometimes I think this job is just so dumb”. Sure, what’s being sold is important but I take photos and make flyers & graphics, and nothing that I do is important (apart from making enough money to keep my own trip going).
When I’m feeling saucy I might say that I make and email PDFs for a living, because that’s what takes up most of my time. The sector we sell for, if the front line people quit show showing up, actual human beings would be harmed. If I quit showing up, all those people would still need and receive the services, and the underlying business keeps on going. The most ridiculous part is that I make a fair bit more money than the entry-level people doing the actual (physically and emotionally demanding) hands on stuff. I don’t make as much as the nurses or the managers (or even the salespeople) but like I said, most days I make and email PDFs all day, in my pajamas.
Modernity is weird.
Edit: a word
JCO auditioning for Twitter’s character of the day again:
Since today is the day that the Dems have chosen to venerate the saintly Capitol Police, a reminder:
I love how Jackie Susann took him down in “Once is Not Enough” as “Tom Colt”.
