Why Are Republicans So Stupid?
Back in the beginning of 2020, when most of the country was mourning Kobe Bryant, I was paying attention to news clips about a new virus.
I will acknowledge that when it first hit, I played it off, thinking it would be a new form of flu.
And then Italy closed.
I’m going to let that sink in for a minute.
Italy closed.
Not some neighborhood in America called Italy. Not some restaurant. But the country. The entire muthafuckin’ country closed.
My boyfriend and I had been paying attention to things up until that point, and when I read that I said to him, “Maybe I should go to the store and start stocking up.” He agreed.
I was on spring break from graduate school and my child was on spring break from elementary school.
I told my mom that this was going to be serious and she told me to calm down.
But before we knew it, my kid and I were both having remote classes and I was working from home.
And steadily people started getting sick.
And steadily people started dying.
Then they told us that the first line of defense was wearing a mask. I have taken healthcare classes all my life, so the shit made sense to me. It would be…
