Got a call today. Family doctor. Iâll get vaccinated next week. Yay me.
My partner, who had a myocarditis, still hasnât got an appointment. I canât swap. Many others I know also havenât got one.
I take the jab, of course. Feels weird, but hey, I am supposed to be happy.
You getting the vaccine still makes things more safe for your partner and other unvaccinated people in your life, so donât fret too much. 
No, I wonât. The thing is: I was classified into a priority group three weeks ago, thanks to my employer, who for a very weird reason has gotten the status of Systemrelevanz. Some colleagues, in fact, are, relevant to keep âthe systemâ rolling and tumblinâ. If there are more than a dozen out of nearly 500 of us, Iâd be surprised, if there are more than two dozens Iâll promise Iâd donate a monthâs wage to MSF. But nearly 500 people are eligible to get vaccinated ASAP.
MEANWHILE, parents arenât, but have to send their kids to school, by law. A lot of people with medical conditions arenât, but are forced to attend work in shared offices (which, BTW, me and my colleagues arenât, since January, but we still get the shot).
I think* I would gladly would swap with my partner, or with a lot of people like the person at our supermarket counter, because I definitely have less a risk than she has.
However, this is an academic discussion. I canât.
My part is not to get sick, and Iâll do my part.
It doesnât feel really great, but it is a relief nevertheless.
'* I think, and I tried to think it through, doubting and questioning myself. I canât be sure I would really swap. But I think, yes, I would. Hopefully. I would like to be that person.
Worth reading, I thought.
Maybe, but thatâs never how itâs described. Itâs described as a âdangerous jobâ even though farmers, construction laborers, waste management and landscaping staff are more likely to die on the job than LEOs.
If weâre talking overall violence, not leading to death, just being a woman is more dangerous than being a cop.
https://www.rainn.org/
This kind of shook me up:
âWhen I first saw the furin cleavage site in the viral sequence, with its arginine codons, I said to my wife it was the smoking gun for the origin of the virus,â said David Baltimore, an eminent virologist and former president of CalTech. âThese features make a powerful challenge to the idea of a natural origin for SARS2,â he said.
(For those that donât know, Baltimore is the guy who discovered reverse transcriptase and retroviruses.)
JFC, thatâs horrible. The poor man. Good for her, though. So many people would not have even ASKED where the guy was.
Me also. Wow.
Thank you for linking it.
I was quite prepared to tear this apart and point out the stupid. Find I canât really do that. I will give it some thought and get input from folks smarter than me, because I donât want this to be plausible.
She is a good human, and this guy was very fortunate to get her on the line. We need to get a better grip on the fact that folks on the other end of the line are human also, and try to treat them as such.
