We have the best job in the world and we still bitch about it. I love it. My uncle just retired from a legacy after 40 years of service and he said if you walk into a room full of pilots and no one is bitching then get the f*** out because something is terribly wrong.
That's not true. Very at-risk groups, such as those over 70-80, had a very, very high chance of surviving the vaccine, and a not-great chance of surviving covid. Especially if fat. For them it was a no-brainer.
What's mind boggling to me is how effective the current corporatist-governmental establishment has "team-ified" so effectively that Americans are now seemingly incapable of seeing anything that doesn't completely inspire their political opposition.
The vaccine, especially for the alpha and Delta variants, absolutely reduced serious illness and death from covid-19. It was also rushed into production, had real and meaningful side effects for certain demographics, was misrepresented by the people and organizations that stood to profit from it most, and treated a disease that was almost certainly developed in a Chinese lab, and accidentally released.
Making the vaccine mandatory was immoral because it was new, unproven, and effective in a way that did not benefit from compulsory distribution. Not because it didn't do anything at all.
Meh, even the best job in the world becomes a job at some point. I'm glad I'm no longer installing/removing septic systems, laying water main and digging graves like I did after high school, but that doesn't mean I want to go to work all the time with a nice gig. I have a friend who is a trust fund baby, he's got it pretty damn good. I guess I was really meant to be a trust fund baby...is that too much to ask? Come on powerball! 🤣
Break break
After a nice 19 day break, it's time to head back to work tomorrow. First real snow events of the year...lame! Stay safe out there ladies/gents.
Baby come back, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
Baby come back, yeah, you can blame it all on me
'Cause I was wrong, and I just can't live without you
I get it dude, as a chronic reserve bidder, the worst thing the company can do to me is force me to actually go to work. Even worse when it's not for overtime pay. My GF rolls her eyes at my buddies and I when we opine (usually over coffee at my house while we're on call) about having to go to work "for free," when we get called out on reserve. 🤣
RIP. 🍺
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 Stephen R. Dwyer, 38, of Clarksville, Tennessee
-Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane M. Barnes, 34, of Sacramento, California.
-Staff Sergeant Tanner W. Grone, 26, of Gorham, New Hampshire.
-Sergeant Andrew P. Southard, 27, of Apache Junction, Arizona.
-Sergeant Cade M. Wolfe, 24, of Mankato, Minnesota.