Today we have the tale of four friends, Mike, Carl, Linda, and Kim.
Mike is a responsible guy. He wears his mask, and he gets the vaccine as soon as he's able. Mike is one of the luck 95% of people who will become immune to COVID after being vaccination. Yay Mike!
Carl isn't quite as lucky. He gets vaccinated, but he's part of that unlucky 5% of people (that's one in every 20 for those of you who prefer that representation) who doesn't become immune. He doesn't know it yet, but he's still at risk.
Linda is more cavalier about things. She doesn't wear her mask except in crowded stores, and she's damned sure not getting vaccinated because she read on Facebook that there is a microchip hidden inside the vaccine and it's the “mark of the beast”. Linda, is likely to get sick.
And then we have Kim. Kim is the friend who will tell you all about how her civil liberties won't be infringed upon. She will not wear a mask. She will not get vaccinated. She will be a danger to society, because Kim is a fucking cunt.
These four friends happen to work together. And on a beautiful and cold January morning, Kim comes to work not knowing she is sick with COVID. She hasn't presented symptoms yet. She has no fever. But she is carrying a viral load in her lungs and respiratory system.
And Kim, being the cunt she is, says hi to Mike. And yes, she passes the virus on to Mike. It's not a big deal, right? Mike is immune. But that doesn't mean Mike can't carry the virus to the next person. Poor Mike.
Mike has lunch with Carl. Neither one wears their mask because they are both vaccinated. YAY for Mike and Carl. But Carl is one of those unfortunate people who won't become immune, he's the one in 20, and he's about to learn that, because immune Mike has passed the virus along to him with a little cough. Mike wasn't sick, he just drank his soda at lunch to fats and choked a bit. And now Carl has a deadly disease.
Carl has to take some reports to Linda a few days later. Linda doesn't bother to put on her mask, because she knows Carl is vaccinated. She's not going to get the vaccine, because if everyone else does, why would she need to? But Carl isn't immune, and he's carrying the virus Mike brought him that Mike is immune to. Linda, is now sick with COVID.
About three weeks later, Carl and Linda and Kim are all sick. Carl dies a few weeks later. Linda's kidneys shut down in time, and she had permanent lung damage. Kim, the cunt who started it all, is sick for a week or so, and recovers without problems, but her carelessness has killed her friend Carl, ruined the life of her friend Linda, and she's too stupid to even realize it was her fault.
Getting the vaccine is important, not just for you, but for people you care about. And wearing your mask, even after you get the vaccine is important too… if Mike had worn his even after he and Carl got vaccinated, Carl would still be alive and Linda wouldn't need dialysis.
We are all… ALL… responsible for the person next to us, and the people we care about. We are all responsible for not just ourselves, but Kim's mom Karen who died of COVID a week after Carl, and her Grandpa who died two days before that. We are responsible for Linda's 6 year old daughter, who won't get the vaccine because only people 16 and older will get it, and we are all responsible for her brother Dave who can't get the vaccine at all because he's allergic to it.
Don't be a cunt like Kim. Do the right thing.
