This is a stand alone because it so precisely sums up every complaint I have had about the "experts" for the past decade. They always imply the "science is settled" and you should just shut up and believe what the experts say.
As a scientist, I have been crushed to hear the stupidity...that you are not supposed to question. My most concerning moment came when they started to dictate masks. I looked up the studies for using masks for viruses...and they all said they were useless...especially for lay people who wouldn't use/fit them properly. I then went back to those studies a few weeks later and they had been taken down...WTF. And not because the data was found to be faulty, but for political reasons.
Fooled one time is a lesson, fooled twice is a choice...never again.
Merry Christmas to my awesome gutter-buds! I want to thank the people who sent me kindest regards and thoughts and prayers, had a really nice Christmas (and was able to use certain techniques to calm down when I was having panic attacks.) On December 6 I took a tour of the local memory care facility, then introduced the concept to my mother; it has been a whirlwind of activity, and finally on December 20 the family and I were able to move our beloved grandmother and mother into assisted living. Both my sister and I feel so very much better. A great weight has been lifted off our shoulders, knowing that our mother is safe and well cared for. It's been a beautiful holiday. Mother is a Christmas birthday so we open gifts in the morning and then celebrated with cake in the afternoon.
