The More COVID Circulates, the More Desperate COVID Deniers & Minimizers Become

I had to laugh at this Daily Mail headline: "A third of Americans still 'very worried' or 'somewhat worried' about getting Covid and one in SEVEN still wearing a mask in public, poll finds"

Only a third? All Americans should be worried!

My favorite part was how one in seven Americans "would 'think less of' someone wearing a mask in public."

If people are so shallow that and reckless that they think less of smart mask-wearers, they have a problem. I always wear a mask, and I could care less what other people think of me for doing so.  While they're caving in to peer pressure, I am wisely protecting myself against COVID & Long COVID.

Also, "When asked about booster shots, 34 percent said they would be willing to get another one and nine percent said they would not. The other 57 percent indicated they had not received an initial booster shot."

The "we will not comply" crowd are only hurting themselves and their families.  They seem to be proud to refuse to wear masks and get vaccinated, when all they are really doing is keeping COVID circulating.

Cancer Patients + COVID

These debates about masking are mind-boggling.  I saw this article from Cancer Therapy Advisor titled "Mask Mandates Have Kept One Cancer Center Free From COVID-19. Others Have Lifted Masking Requirements Despite Patient Concerns" 

"At MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, the current masking policies are similar to City of Hope’s, but MD Anderson has plans to remove some requirements next week. Masks will no longer be required when entering the hospital or when moving around it. Masks will be required in clinical areas where there are direct patient-staff interactions and when patients are being admitted for care but not on patients when in their rooms and other inpatient areas.

"'We still worry about our patients getting COVID-19,' said Roy Chemaly, MD, chief infection control officer at MD Anderson. 'We are still seeing patients admitted with COVID-19…, so we need to keep some masking; for example, when staff are in contact with patients for a long period of time providing care, doing procedures.'"

It's like, "Oh well!" If you can't even bother to keep cancer patients safe, where are you safe?  In the morgue, perhaps?

How can Americans Still Be This Ignorant?

Dr Eric Topol wrote this in his latest Ground Truths column:  "Sorry, the Pandemic Isn't Over: Even if BA.2.86 doesn’t pose a real threat by virtue of low transmission, or its further evolution proves to be relatively benign, the fact that the inexorable evolution of the virus continues—to find new hosts and repeat hosts—cannot be ignored. If this isn’t “the one” it ought to signify that “the one” is still yet to come. If it never shows up, that’s great. But you sure don’t want to bet on that. All of us wish this was behind us, but it’s not. Facing that fact this virus, in one version or another, will be with us for many years to come, rather than denialism and complacency, is critical."

From the UK Guardian: "Americans at high risk advised to wear masks as new Covid variant detected. As authorities revealed that a new Covid-19 variant has been detected in the US, medical experts are emphasizing that high-risk persons resume masking to prevent potentially deadly infection. Warnings from these physicians come amid an ongoing increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations."  Actually, all Americans should be wearing masks to protect themselves and others. The lack of a unified response here is disgraceful.

How can Americans continue to be this ignorant? This headline comes from the UK Daily Mail: "America's antivaxx crisis laid bare: A QUARTER believe MMR shot causes autism and a THIRD think the Covid vaccines killed thousands, poll finds."

We are in big trouble, and we need better messaging from the White House and from the CDC.

A Guide to COVID By a COVID-Conscious Writer

While dealing with, and reading articles by, too many people who still insist that "COVID is over", it was a relief to read this excellent column by Jessica Wildfire, "A Covid FAQ with 300 Sources". What a thoroughly researched document this is, and how wonderful to see that other people are still as serious about COVID as I am.

I wish I had a printer and could print out copies to hand out to people, but I don't think they're at all interested in knowing the truth about the harm COVID does, or about the protection masks and vaccinations provide. To paraphrase an old saying, "wise men don't need it, fools won't heed it."

Masking & Minimizing

CNN has a good article about why it's important to wear a mask, especially now with this COVID surge caused by new variants.  It's called "It may be time to break out the masks against Covid, some experts say", and here's some excerpts:

"If you’re at high risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, it’s time to dust off those N95 masks and place them snugly over your nose and mouth to protect yourself from a recent uptick of the virus, according to a growing number of experts.

"That advice should go all the way up to 80-year-old President Joe Biden, said Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a cardiologist.

"'Octogenarians comprise the highest-risk group for complications following Covid infection,' Reiner said.

"'At least until the numbers start to drop again, it would be appropriate for President Biden to take some precautions and wear a mask in crowds.

"Other high-risk groups include people with diabetes, cancer, chronic liver, kidney or lung disease, organ or stem cell transplants, HIV or other immunocompromising conditions, a history of heart disease or stroke, dementia or mental health issues.
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"Are Americans in the mood for masks?

"Despite the concern among experts and some institutions, Americans don’t appear to be worried enough about the recent rise in cases to change their behavior. Covid-19 was at the bottom of their list of key public health threats, according to the latest Axios/Ipsos American Health Index poll*.

"Long Covid cases in US adults are on the decline, but many continue to struggle with symptoms, studies show

"The number of adults who say they wear a mask in public sometimes or at all times continues to decline, the poll found, while 82% haven’t taken a home Covid-19 test in the past week. 

"Regardless of how you may feel about wearing a mask, the reality is that Covid-19 is here to stay, experts said, and we will need to continue to adapt."

* Axios/Ipsos American Health Index poll.

On COVID, 50% somewhat or strongly agree the pandemic is over, compared to 62% in May.
    The percentage of people who wear a mask some or all of the time has dropped by half over the past six months, to 15%.
    69% say contracting COVID poses small or no risk to their health and well-being.
    95% say they've taken one or fewer COVID tests at home in the past week.

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Now, what is making people so defiant when it comes to wearing a simple thing like a mask?  If you are coughing or sneezing, the mask blocks the germs so that other people won't catch it.   COVID is airborne. COVID is contagious.  So you want to try to prevent others from getting it. What is so terrible about that?  

Just because 80 year old Joe Biden infamously said that COVID is over, it doesn't mean it is over. Just because he doesn't wear a mask doesn't mean you shouldn't wear one.

You wear a mask, get vaccinated, and keep your distance from large groups because it's the right thing to do. After nearly 4 years and millions of deaths, you'd think Americans would be smarter.

Instead they are whining and saying "We will not comply" and throwing childish tantrums like the headline seen on Fox Business that said "Uproar as voters ask are botched COVID mandates coming back."  The only "uproar" I see is coming from anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers, who haven't stopped resisting since 2020. 

Be smart. Set an example. Do the right thing.

Being Proactive About Masks

How refreshing to hear about people deciding to wear masks and abide by social distancing protocols without waiting for the Biden "COVID is Over" Administration and the CDC to tell them to do so!

"Mask Mandates Return At Atlanta College, Hollywood Studio As Covid Cases Start To Rise"

"A college in Atlanta and Lionsgate, a Hollywood studio, both announced they were reinstating mask mandates this week as Covid-19 cases continue to rise due to the new 'Eris' variant.

"Morris Brown College, a historically Black college, announced Sunday that all students, faculty and staff are required to wear a mask for the next two weeks when on campus  'due to reports of positive cases among students.'

"The college also canceled all parties and 'large student events on campus' for the next two weeks and said students will face temperature checks upon arriving on campus; data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Covid-19 hospitalizations are up 30% statewide in Georgia, along with a recent spike in Covid cases, according to CBS Atlanta."

Good for them!  I hope more will follow.

As I always say, "Better safe than sorry", especially where COVID is concerned!

War on American Oil and Gas

Economist Stephen Moore has a column titled Why Has Biden Declared War on Natural Gas?   You've probably already guessed the answer, but here's an excerpt anyway:

"Natural gas is the world’s wonder fuel: cheap, abundant, made in America, reliable AND clean burning.

"So why are the Biden administration and environmental groups against it? There’s really no good answer.

"The main reason is radical environmentalists want to end all natural gas and oil production, and force utilities and consumers to get our power and transportation fuels from unreliable and expensive wind and solar power. In pursuing this agenda, and moving away from the Trump pro-drilling policies, they are killing one of the cleanest forms of energy and costing the U.S. over $150 billion a year. For that amount of money, we could modernize every school in America.

"Biden’s strategy appears to put America last. This explains why gas prices are back up to $4 a gallon."

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As with oil, it's both an obsession with the environment at the expense of Americans; and also the fact that anything that actually benefits this country and its citizens is seen as evil, if it's not "green".   

Do you really want to vote for 4 more years of this?

COVID News & More, from Dr. Ruth Ann Crystal

Here's the August 19, 2023 edition of Dr Ruth Ann Crystal's Substack newsletter.  She always offers very important and helpful information.

An excerpt:

"We are presently in a COVID surge. SARS-CoV-2 levels are increasing in wastewater across the United States and COVID hospitalizations have increased by 60% over 4 weeks, though hospitalizations are very low compared to the three last summers. The present wavelet is being caused by subvariants EG.5, FL151, and  XBB1.16.6. It has been a while since people have had their last vaccination or COVID infection, so waning immunity is playing a role in this surge as well. JP Weiland calculated that there are now more than 600,000 new cases of COVID each day in the United States which correlates to a high level of community spread."

That number of 600,000 new COVID cases each day should be inspiring Americans to put on a good, protective mask, stop taking chances, and get vaccinated.  Unfortunately, I don't see any of this happening, just the usual "it's just a cold" mentality and a complete disregard for themselves and others.

I personally am not willing to tempt fate by going out in public without a KN95 or N95 mask.

Border Saboteur

Biden is at it again. Instead of protecting our border and stopping illegal immigration, he continues to actively sabotage efforts to thwart the flow of illegals.

Kamala Harris is supposedly his "border czar", but she's accomplished nothing, Mayorkas is Secretary of Homeland Security, which is a misnomer, since he has no interest in keeping America secure.

Now, in two moves I thought were written by the satiric Babylon Bee, Biden is doing the following:

1. Republicans expressed outrage at President Joe Biden on Saturday following a report that the federal government is allegedly selling millions of dollars of unused parts of the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

2. The state's top land official denounced the Biden administration's attempt to protect a mussel species as a 'political' shell game aimed at stopping Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) from deploying buoys in the U.S.-Mexico water border to curb illegal immigration.

How obvious and transparent these actions are! You'd think Biden were working to protect the illegal aliens, rather than protecting his own country.  Sounds almost treasonous to me, and yet 1 more reason why we can't afford 4 more years of destructive Biden policy.

No Plea Deals for Terrorists!

A headline I hoped I'd never see:  "Pentagon considering plea deals for defendants in 9/11 attacks."

Has the Pentagon already forgotten that 125 people were killed at the Pentagon itself on that terrible day, along with all those aboard Flight 77?

Unlike their nearly 3,000 victims, the five September 11 masterminds have already enjoyed 22 additional years of life.

If any crime deserves the death penalty, it's this one, and it's an outrage and a shame that these terrorists weren't already executed years ago and made an example by the the United States, the very target of their hatred.

How plea deals could be brought up -- and only a few weeks before the anniversary of those attacks -- is beyond my comprehension.

It's a Crime That America Is No Longer the Safe Place I Remember

Paul Mauro has written an opinion piece in the New York Post titled "The shoplifting crisis is a nightmare. Here are 5 things this ex-NYPD inspector wants you to know; Terrifying spike in thefts like shoplifting has Americans wondering if this is the new normal."

We all know this is definitely not normal, but the worst part is knowing that unless we get mayors, governors, and prosecutors willing to go after criminals (instead of making excuses for them), these shoplifting sprees will continue; random killing sprees will continue; stores will shut down; employees will be traumatized and will lose their jobs; and the crime will continue unabated.

Here's a depressing excerpt from this column:

"What's driving it?
1. The post-Floyd ‘criminal justice reform’ movement
2. Many crimes today go unreported, because victims feel the system won’t help them   
3. Many of these large shoplifting groups are now organized
4. There is no avoiding the issue of race
5. So, what’s to be done?  

"My answer is: nothing. There’s nothing to be done. The progressive canon underpinning these conditions is so entrenched that nuances like plummeting quality of life and corporate flight barely register.  

"And so, we’re faced with a discomfiting, even tragic, conclusion: yes, this is the new normal in our cities. Let’s not kid ourselves, folks – this is it.  

"If you can live with that, fine. If not, you have two options. You can (physically) fight back, as two convenience store owners did recently in a (predictably viral) video. As Jose Alba did. As Daniel Penny did. Thereby risking felony charges yourself.  

"Or: you can just leave. As so many residents are doing."

 There -- doesn't that make you feel better?

Burying Our Heads in the Sand About COVID

This article is from and about New Zealand, but it could apply just as well to the United States: "The hundreds of Covid-19 deaths, thousands of hospitalisations and tens of thousands of Long Covid patients won't disappear just because the country has plugged its ears to the virus, Marc Daalder writes."

Some excerpts:

"The reality is that while Covid-19 is no longer the threat it was in 2020 or even during the massive Omicron waves of 2022, neither is it a trifling concern. 

"Insisting that Covid-19 can and will fade to the background is gaslighting. The statistics on the harm of this disease are inarguable, whatever ministers may say to distract from them. Scrapping the remaining measures protecting the public from Covid-19 is foolhardy and inconsistent with the approach we take to other threats to our collective welfare.

"Is wearing a mask for a half-hour when one sees the doctor so onerous and rights-limiting that removing it justifies potentially landing someone else in hospital?

"This isn't about lockdowns and border closures. It's about common sense and sustainable measures.

"Something more than burying our heads in the sand."

Sound familiar?

An Anti-Mask Article That Misses the Point

This column compares those of us who wear a mask to Japanese soldiers who, after WW2, hid in caves rather than admit that the war was over and that Japan had lost.

The author says, "Such are the COVID holdouts. Most of us knew the masking and isolation was all nonsense. Even though they’ll never admit it our friends on the Left know the truth also and quietly threw away their masks. But to many, the mask was more than a health thing. It was a political statement and that statement was 'I am not one of those MAGA creeps.' For them, like the Japanese living in jungles 10, 20, and even 30 years after the war had ended, they can never surrender. Their entire identity is tied up in that mask."

There are so many incorrect statements in that 1 paragraph.  I for one never thought that masking & isolation were "nonsense" -- this was a brand new virus and nobody knew how it was spread or how many people would die. Wearing a mask is not a political statement, it's a way of protecting ourselves from an airborne virus. And no, our entire identity is not tied up in the mask. Who even thinks like that?

This guy has never stopped to think that because he and so many others have stopped wearing a mask, the rest of us who are immunocompromised, elderly, frail, or sick would rather not catch COVID or any other disease from you! 

He may want to pretend that COVID is over, but the rest of us know it isn't, and we're protecting ourselves accordingly.  Just don't complain when you or your son get COVID, the flu, or RSV.

Long COVID Derailed Her Life

Every COVID denier and minimizer, including Biden and the CDC, should be required to read author Madeline Miller's touching and infuriating opinion piece titled "Long covid has derailed my life. Make no mistake: It could yours, too."'

Here's an excerpt:

"Friends who invited me out to eat were surprised when I declined. I couldn’t risk reinfection, I said, and suggested a masked, outdoor stroll. Sure, they said, we’ll be in touch. Zoom events dried up. Masks began disappearing. I tried to warn the people I loved. Covid is airborne. Keep wearing an N95. Vaccines protect you but don’t stop transmission.

"Few wanted to listen. During the omicron wave, politicians tweeted about how quickly they’d recovered. I was glad for everyone who was fine, but a nasty implication hovered over those of us who weren’t: What’s your problem?

"Friends who did struggle often seemed embarrassed by their symptoms. I’m just tired. My memory’s never been good. I gave them the resources I had, but there were few to give. There is no cure for long covid. Two of my friends went on to have strokes. A third developed diabetes, a fourth dementia. One died.

"I’ve watched in horror as our public institutions have turned their back on containment. The virus is still very much with us, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped reporting on cases. States have shut down testing. Corporations, rather than improving ventilation in their buildings, have pushed for shield laws indemnifying them against lawsuits.

"Despite the crystal-clear science on the damage covid-19 does to our bodies, medical settings have dropped mask requirements, so patients now gamble their health to receive care. Those of us who are high-risk or immunocompromised, or who just don’t want to roll the dice on death and misery, have not only been left behind — we’re being actively mocked and pathologized.

"I’ve personally been ridiculed, heckled and coughed on for wearing my N95. Acquaintances who were understanding in the beginning are now irritated, even offended. One demanded: How long are you going to do this? As if trying to avoid covid was an attack on her, rather than an attempt to keep myself from sliding further into an abyss that threatens to swallow my family.

"The United States has always been a terrible place to be sick and disabled. Ableism is baked into our myths of bootstrapping and self-reliance, in which health is virtue and illness is degeneracy. It is long past time for a bedrock shift, for all of us."

COVID Data --- and the Lack Thereof

I couldn't get over this article titled "Why tracking COVID reinfections has waned even as more people became sick".

"Millions of COVID-19 reinfections have been reported across the country yet just 11 states confirmed they are actively tracking them, according to an ABC News analysis.

"At least 18 states used to track infections but stopped once the public health emergency ended in May 2023.

"Experts said it's also labor-intensive and requires a lot of manpower to count and keep track of reinfection data.

"Additionally, the stoppage of reinfection counting could be due to pandemic fatigue and a desire to return to normal or at least a sense of normalcy.

"'There's been a real desire by everyone to return to a state of normal and so as long as we are heavily tracking and reporting COVID numbers, things are not feeling normal,'  Dr. Ashley Drews, Houston Methodist medical director of infection prevention and control, told ABC News."

I'm sorry, but that's a pretty pathetic excuse that reflects a complete dereliction of duty! 

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And since we can no longer trust the CDC and other agencies to provide the COVID tracking and data we need, Dr Jeremy Faust and Inside Medicine data guru Benjy Renton have decided to do this for us!

"We put together a one-stop shop dashboard for Covid-19 metrics that you can check at any time for thousands of US jurisdictions. We have wastewater levels (which has become the best metric for tracking virus levels), hospitalization rates and capacities, intensive care unit census data, death rates, and some testing data (nationally)."

Congratulations, Dr.Faust -- and thanks!

"Falling Behind"

Dr Eric Topol's latest Ground Truths column on COVID is very concerning, and it's a must-read. Public health in this country is doing a very poor job of getting the word out on this virus, and now, as he says succinctly, we're not ready. The new booster won't even be available until October, which is late. There's a new variant, EG.5.1, and a FLip combo mutation that is troubling.

Dr Topol writes, "The new Covid booster was expected in late August or early September, but recently the new CDC director, Mandy Cohen said on NPR it may not be available until October. That’s an unacceptably long delay from the initial projection and expectations, especially with what has been happening with the virus’s evolution. No less the timing that schools are starting soon. Too many high-risk people, because of being immunocompromised or of advanced age, will unnecessarily be vulnerable to hospitalizations or deaths."

To those of us who are still COVID-vigilant and who know that COVID is not over: stay aware, get your vaccines, wear your KN95 or N95 masks, and brace yourselves.

Society Out Of Control

Crowd overwhelms New York City's Union Square, tosses chairs, climbs on vehicles 

"UNION SQUARE, Manhattan (WABC) -- In a stunning scene, a crowd of thousands packed Manhattan's Union Square for Kai Cenat's hyped giveaway that quickly got out of hand Friday afternoon with some clambering on vehicles, hurling chairs and throwing punches, injuring police as they struggled to rein in the chaos.

At the height of the riot, shouting teenagers swung objects at car windows, threw paint cans and set off fire extinguishers. Some people climbed on a moving vehicle, falling off as it sped away. Others pounded on or climbed atop city buses.

Police made at least 65 arrests, including 30 juveniles."

I don't know who this Kai Cenat is, but to arrest only 65 people out of thousands is ridiculous.  And of course, Chicago's Mayor Johnson, after rioting and looting by "only" 400 teens in his city, actually objected to the word "mob" that described their rampage. Perhaps New York didn't want to make the same mistake and so arrested only a few of these "teenagers".  

This crime, mayhem, and  disregard for life and property, will keep happening on a daily basis as long as authorities (and the parents) continue to make excuses for it.

"The U.S. Lacks COVID Resources"

Anyone who is COVID-conscious and who knows that COVID is not over should be extremely angry and frustrated  after reading this excellent article:  Experts warn the U.S. lacks COVID resources as cases tick up again   

I've been waiting for an exposé like this that shows what we're really facing. But I did have to laugh at the part where the Biden-Harris administration brags it's managed COVID "so that it no longer meaningfully disrupts the way we live our lives." Tell that to the at least 400,000 people who died of COVID since the 2020 election; the people with Long COVID; and those who are immunocompromised and whose lives are disrupted every day. Saying "COVID is over" didn't make it so.

Here is the entire article:

"A recent uptick in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations is hinting at how the virus will keep raising a predictable seasonal threat. But experts warn the U.S. is lacking critical tools to help manage future waves.

The big picture: Infection levels are still relatively low, and immunity from prior infections and vaccinations means the virus is unlikely to reach the same high levels seen during past fall and winter waves.

• Still, 'We don't have the resources now to combat it like we did and we don't have the political will to even push for those resources,' said Michael Mina, an epidemiologist and chief scientific officer for at-home testing company eMed.
• This is in part due to the expiration of the public health emergency, leaving Americans with less access to free COVID tests and treatments for the first time since the pandemic began.'
• It's going to leave already pretty strained health systems sort of naked out there on the street just trying to figure out what to do,' he said.

Driving the news: COVID hospitalizations, testing positivity rates and emergency room visits have all risen slowly since mid-July, per the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• COVID deaths, a lagging indicator to community spread, remain at an all-time low.
• 'The Biden-Harris administration has made historic progress on our nation's ability to manage COVID-19 so that it no longer meaningfully disrupts the way we live our lives,' a White House spokesperson told Axios.

Yes, but: Tracking the virus' spread has become more challenging with the end of the public health emergency, which cut off a regular stream of COVID data.

• Hospitalizations are the most stable metric, but 'it may be the tip of the iceberg in terms of community activity,' said Michael Stevens, a system healthcare epidemiologist at West Virginia University.
• Stevens added that there's also 'a lot we don't fully understand yet' about what the rise in infections means for risk of long COVID, which has disabled millions of Americans.
• CDC information highlights the groups at an overall high risk for severe illness, and people can check hospital data by county. However, the limited data can make determining individual risk complicated.

• 'We know immunity wanes,' Stevens said. 'And we know it's hard to predict exactly who's going to have problems."

Between the lines: Public health messaging around the virus has also largely disappeared. That has left people 'almost entirely to their own devices to ask Google or sign up on ChatGPT' for potentially outdated information', Mina said.

• The result is 'a populace who's very confused', Mina said. 'They don't know what to do, and in the event that you don't know what to do and you're not hearing much about it, you just do nothing.'
• The dearth of reliable information could affect vulnerable people the most, said Jill Foster, division director of pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Minnesota.
• 'It's kind of Russian roulette if you have a medical issue,' Foster told Axios. 'I worry that people, for their own risk perception, have decided that it's really not such a big deal.'

What we're watching: It's not yet clear if we're facing down another tripledemic of COVID, flu and RSV come fall, but Foster said that hospitals are already starting to 'gear up' as respiratory virus season approaches."

Say Hello to New COVID Variant EG.5

From U.S. News & World Report: A new coronavirus strain has taken over as the top variant circulating in the U.S. 

"EG.5 was responsible for more than 17% of new coronavirus cases over the past two weeks, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s the highest prevalence of any strain circulating, rising above the so-called 'arcturus' variant, which caused nearly 16% of infections.

"The developments come as COVID-19 hospitalizations are increasing in the U.S. While the increases are small, it’s the first uptick the U.S. has seen since December. Experts say that a slight summer increase isn’t a shock but that it should serve as a wake-up call to treat the virus seriously before winter rolls around."

In other words, just ignore it like you've ignored all the other COVID variants, and continue to act recklessly, don't get your vaccine or boosters, and definitely don't wear a mask. 

Just don't complain to me when you get sick.

Down With Bidenism!

Joe Biden is the worst President in my voting lifetime.  He acts like he's President of another country and American is the enemy. He does everything to harm us and nothing that benefits us.

Look what he's done to the economy. Has he seen how how prices have become? What he celebrates as "Bidenomics" is actually bad for senior citizens and for anyone who has worked hard all their lives. Look at the high gas prices, and his refusal to drill for oil.

Look at the uncontrolled border, the illegal aliens flooding in here, the diseases they are spreading and the crimes they commit.  They have the nerve to protest in front of the hotels they are living in for free, at taxpayer expense. And the Dept. of Justice is suing Texas for trying to keep illegals out!

Look at his obsession with the environment and how is is trying to get rid of gas-powered cars, our favorite washers, dryers, light bulbs, dishwashers, and everything else that makes our daily life a little more bearable. 

Crime is out of control and getting worse; COVID is a threat despite this administration's attempts to ignore it; our culture is under assault, and there's very little good news that I can see. 

Then today, I saw this headline that at first was satire from The Babylon Bee.  Instead, it's from the Washington Post, and the headline says Biden expected to create Grand Canyon national monument to block new mining, sources say. I give up.

The thought of this awful man and his inept, useless vice-president actually being re-elected in 2024 makes me physically ill. Just imagine what this country is going to look like when he gets done destroying it!