I guess we’re on our own.  For the next 60+ days, it seems the government will be broken.  Trump is blocking Biden’s attempt to start the normal transistion process.  This really sucks.  Trump can’t even consider what’s best for the entire country.  Since election day, he’s been completely silent, except for his incessant ranting and complaining on Twitter about election fraud.  Meanwhile, the counting continues in many states, and another state (Arizona) just went to Biden, solidifying his lead even more.  I guess once Biden crosses 300 electoral college votes, that’s some magic number that’s supposed to at least sway enough people of power (and hopefully Trump himself) that the results are legitimate and indicate we can clearly move forward.  Who knows what it’ll take though, this is all unprecedented.

I would say it’s an exciting time, to be experiencing something history-making like this, but it’s not.  This is scary.  Everyone’s just doing whatever they like, some following the mask and PPE recommendations, others not, and some even still believing it’s “not so bad”.  Meanwhile, the infection rate is increasing more and more every day in almost all areas of the country and flooding hospitals and ICUs with more patients than they can handle.  I work in a hospital.  I know it’s not a hoax.  I don’t work directly with patients though–I can’t imagine how our resident Heroes even manage to do it day-to-day without being terrified–but we have had to start using extra protection these days whenever we need to go to the patient floors, which is a total of three layers of masking:  an N95 Mask, covered by a blue & white standard face mask (to protect the N95 from soiling) and a full face shield in case anyone sneezes or coughs near us.  It’s not comfortable at all, makes it difficult to breathe normally, and for me, it’s also very itchy.  I have sinus problems as well, and it’s just very uncomfortable when anything or anyone touches my nose, so you can imagine my discomfort.  But it’s a requirement for my job and for my safety and the safety of our patients and co-workers.

Many people seem to “not quite get it” until someone close to them becomes infected.  Sure, many people only experience mild symptoms and others get the virus and don’t have any symptoms at all.  Others are quite the opposite and end up in the ICU, some on a ventilator, and some even die.  We even lost our first employee due to COVID-19 this week.  It’s real, people.  Wear a mask.  Please.

And let’s all get behind the President.  Whoever it is.  Or will be.  He’s Our President.  He represents all of us, as Americans.  We’re too divided.  Screw the “sides”.  Support what’s right, not what’s “right” or “left”.