by Texas Sheepdawg » Mon Apr 13, 2020 5:18 am
The most frustrating thing right now is waiting for everything to ship. Oh my God, Midway USA, get off your asses. Sometimes I think these vendors are just using COVID-19 as an excuse to sit on their asses. It takes me a minute to realize other states have different protocols in place. Here in Texas we are getting back to work. And I never left work. As a matter of fact, I’ve been working 12 hour shifts for the last 3 weeks. I rarely get to come home for very long, and I get about four hours sleep for every 48 hours. I am worn slap out. But treating wastewater is considered an essential job. And I definitely agree. Water is life. And we are treating about 64,000,000 gallons a day on a slow day. My guys are worn out as well. My supervisor lasted a week and a half and has been off sick for the last 6 days. He scared the doodoo out of all of us. He started coughing and yakking a couple of weeks ago. Yep he had to get tested. His test was negative, he just had a real bad case of bronchitis. But had he tested positive, it would’ve taken 10 more staff members including myself and all the other supervisors out of the game for two weeks. That would’ve been a literal disaster.
On a more personal note. My mom is in a memory care unit. She has dementia. A few weeks ago, she fell and destroyed her right knee, and had to have it rebuilt. It had already been three weeks since I had seen mom when this happened as the assisted living and memory care unit had been in lockdown for three weeks. I was not able to go to the hospital to see mom at all. Now mom has moved to a rehab unit, and it is in lockdown. Mom does not communicate over the phone for whatever reason, she doesn’t acknowledge it. Therefore I have been unable to talk to my mom for almost 2 months. Mom‘s dementia has progressed rapidly during the last two months due to her injury and the surgery.
This COVID-19 has really screwed up this country. And I’m going to say this right now, and it may not sit well with a few of you, but I blame China. I don’t blame Trump. I do think that the prior Obama administration has some reckoning to do. But I also think other past administrations have been too chummy with China for the last few decades. And this is the result. And now you see these state and local politicians taking advantage of the situation and enacting their own little statist lockdowns and you see a handful of police officers who don’t understand their job because they never really studied the bill of rights violating the rights of certain citizens and I think all of that is going to come back and bite some of these politicians in the ass in a big way. And I’m not just talking about elections. I’m talking about lawsuits. Lawsuits claiming violations of constitutional rights. We need to start watching these cases as they are brought to court. Here in Texas, specifically Collin County, all jobs were considered as essential when Collin County went to shelter in place. So most people continue to go to work. However some restaurants did close down. A few other businesses have also closed down just out of a degree of safety on their own accord. But I heard Sunday, the governor Abbott is about to put Texas back in business again and this lockdown is coming to an end. This needs to happen sooner than later for the whole country. We have as a country, found a successful treatment for this virus. We have not yet found a vaccine, and it seems that vaccines in general are becoming very controversial. So that’s going to be a pain in the ass for a while. But at least we know how to treat victims of this COVID19 virus. The behavior of the virus is still up in the air, no pun intended. The social distancing of 6 foot is now questionable and some are saying now that 10-37 feet might be more effective. Wearing a face mask seems to be an appropriate thing to do if you go out in public. But around a known victim/patient is mandatory. So keep that in mind. I keep one in my pocket made out of a bandanna and two hairbands for ponytails. They’re very easy to make. I’m sure you’ve seen it on Facebook. If I get into a situation where people are going to be closer to me than 6 feet I will put it on. I am one of those who is at risk of getting this virus and not surviving it. I have underlying medical issues. But the sooner we see a legitimate vaccine for this virus, the sooner we can get back to being America again. But as long as people like Bill Gates who think they are doctors are involved in this chaos, I will not be getting any vaccines from that asshole or any other asshole who has ulterior motives.
This post is not intended to spark any debate. I am simply venting due to my current situation. This is simply how COVID-19 has affected me personally. So please, don’t come back at me trying to correct me on what is MY PERCEPTION of this chaos. I’m not looking for anyone else’s opposing opinion on my personal perceptions.
-Texas Sheepdawg
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