4.13.20 Bee-otches of the Day: people who are selfish during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Name: various
Ages: various
Occupations: various
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: being careless about COVID-19                                                               

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Man, do I feel old.

When I was a third grader at Lakeland Elementary School in Elk Rapids, MI some 30 years ago, we experienced some high winds that knocked down a power line. I fondly remember the late, great Donald Hopp, who doubled as a bus driver and playground supervisor rushing to get his bus out of the way of the line since IIRC, there were gas tanks in that area for the buses. A voice over the intercom - probably Principal Nancy Muhlig - told everybody to come to the gymnasium immediately. A policeman sternly told us kids that we needed to go to the Middle School across the field right away. Well, as soon as we made it to the Middle School, that line was smoking and fire crews were busy making sure that it didn't spread to Lakeland. Needless to say, Lakeland was spared and has stood firm for over 60 years.

Today, that young cop who helped us kids from that dangerous situation is now Elk Rapids' mayor.

James Janisse - now 53 - is now trying to save people of all ages by asking Michigan's governor to strengthen her edict involving what northern Michigan locals call fudgies (of course named after the fact that northern Michigan is known for making, well, fudge). In his letter to Gretchen Whitmer, Janisse is asking the governor to tell residents with multiple residences to choose one and stay with one during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elk Rapids - population 1,600 -  is the largest community in Antrim County, population 23,000. One huge reason for ER being the largest town in the county is because of its proximity to Traverse City. It's also the most-major town closest to a hospital. The closest hospital to Elk Rapids is Munson Medical Center, which is a half-hour ambulance ride, depending on traffic since it's on the other side of downtown.

Now, Traverse City *did* have two hospitals at one time. The other hospital was the much-smaller Osteopathic Hospital, which was closer to Elk Rapids. However, it closed some 25 years ago when Munson bought it out and tore much of it down to make way for a clinic. Even though Munson has long been the penultimate care facility for the Grand Traverse Region, Traverse City Osteopathic did serve a purpose. As a matter of fact, it was where I was born. My parents lived by Torch Lake and even with Osteopathic being slightly closer than Munson, my father told me that he was driving my mother down US-31 at 80 MPH at 6 a.m. when her water broke. Thankfully, I gave them an extra five hours before I entered this Earth.

Now, those in the eastern part of Antrim County aren't as lucky. It's a longer drive to any real hospital from any other town like Bellaire, Central Lake or Manceltucky. True, there's hospitals in towns like Cadillac, Petoskey and even Kalkaska, but all they do pretty much is fix you up with a Band-Aid. If you get COVID-19, they're probably gonna tell you to go home and quarantine, or worse case scenario, ship you off to Munson or even downstate.

You see, northern Michigan has long been a haven for vacationers and those with summer homes. Many of these people are from major cities, namely Detroit where the pandemic has created overflowing hospital rooms and beyond-exhausted nurses. Sadly, the pandemic has affected northern Michigan hospitals as well.

Over the weekend, the pandemic claimed five grocery workers here in Michigan. They worked at two of the state's biggest chains: Meijer and Kroger. Sadly, these people were exposed to others who are quite self-centered. They are those who sneeze and cough without covering themselves. In Detroit last week, a bus driver died of COVID-19 after complaining of people on his bus coughing without covering themselves.

Sadly, one person to be very selfish in all this is none other than Drumpf. He's telling the media that he wants America to reopen on May 1st. True, the curve is flattening, but let's remember that COVID-19 is very highly contagious. When the rules of wearing masks and social distancing are reduced, the virus can quickly flare up again. I proclaim that if Drumpf is smart, he'd reopen the country only when Dr. Fauci says so, or better yet, when a vaccine is finally developed. I know we're closer, but the tragedy in all this is that Dr. Fauci was telling Drumpf to shut down the country while he was shrugging him off. Because of this, 23,000 innocent Americans are now dead.

Even worse here in Michigan is that people are now calling for the recall of Governor Whitmer. Some are calling Whitmer's edict Unconstitutional because of the travel ban, plus the fact that now, garden supplies cannot be sold. At least 3,000 Michiganders are planning to protest Whitmer's order at the State Capitol on Wednesday. These assholes are all crying that Whitmer is allowing big box stores to remain open, but smaller, mom 'n pop stores are now hurting. They think it's unfair that clothing stores have to close, but Meijer can still sell that same shirt since they also sell food.

Of course on Easter Sunday, some churches across the country opened their doors despite strict orders to keep closed. However, many have been streaming their services online. Probably the best quote from all this came from Pope Francis himself, who proclaimed that the coronavirus is God's way of healing the Earth. Since the virus hit, air quality in smog-riddled cities like Los Angeles have cleared up severely. But still, there are the morons who cry that we need to give to the church during the crisis and even if we end up losing our jobs in the long run.

Like many of you, I have $1,200 on my way and I'm planning to put it to good use. I need new furniture since my couch is falling apart. If you're getting a stimulus, I suggest that when America reopens to spend that money wisely. Hell, if you know someone who is unemployed, buy them a meal.

Look, the coronavirus is damn real. It's sad that some people don't take it seriously and they're ASKING to be infected. If you get infected by doing something stupid, like getting close to others and then you get me infected, I hope you eat shit and die. If I get my family sick because of you, I hope you rot in hell. This is serious. There's too many assholes out there and this is not the time to go out and do stuff. Once the curve is flattened and all's well, then the economy can restart.

But for now, stay home.

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