{"id":10184,"date":"2020-04-29T15:47:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T22:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=10184"},"modified":"2020-04-29T15:47:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T22:47:10","slug":"seriously-mike-pence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=10184","title":{"rendered":"Seriously, Mike Pence?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Full disclosure: I dislike Mike Pence. I think he is a horrible vice-president, and I can’t wait for him to not be one breath away from the presidency. Trump talks a big game, but Pence believes it all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some of the latest stupidity from the occupant of the White House and his puppets is Pence’s visit to the Mayo Clinic… where he refused to wear a mask<\/a>. Yes, this idiot walked into a place where people are being treated for a highly contagious disease and didn’t mask up.<\/p>\n

Here is his rationale:<\/p>\n

“As vice president of the United States, I’m tested for the coronavirus on a regular basis, and everyone who is around me is tested for the coronavirus,” he told reporters, saying he is following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nope. Stupid reasoning. Those people around you might be tested for the coronavirus, but they’re around other people who might be asymptomatic and give it to them. They, then, can give it to you. I’m also pretty sure that you’re ignoring all the advice on social distancing as well, given the pictures I see of you. For all you know, you’re a carrier and are infecting them!<\/p>\n

Next!<\/p>\n

“And since I don’t have the coronavirus, I thought it’d be a good opportunity for me to be here, to be able to speak to these researchers, these incredible health care personnel, and look them in the eye and say ‘thank you.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OK… this is even stupider. These researchers and health care personnel are all wearing masks. You can see their eyes. Your mouth might be covered, but that doesn’t prevent you from speaking to them. I know this from personal experience as I have a kid who likes to hang out in children’s hospitals. (Seattle Children’s<\/a>, by the way, is the best.)<\/p>\n

Me in a PICU bay at UCD Medical Center during one of Daniel’s RSV hospitalizations where I wore a mask, gown, and gloves all the time unless I left the room:<\/p>\n

\"Me<\/p>\n

Daniel’s medical people and I communicated just fine through masks, and there was *PLENTY* of eye contact.<\/p>\n

Me in my surgical bunny suit when I was helping with anesthesia in the OR for Daniel’s g-tube procedure:<\/p>\n

\"G-Tube<\/p>\n

Me today in my gorgeous cloth mask made by Katusha75<\/a> after going grocery shopping:<\/p>\n

\"Me<\/p>\n

If it’s good enough for the health care workers and your security detail, you can do it too. You’re just too self-centered to do it.<\/p>\n

Loser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Full disclosure: I dislike Mike Pence. I think he is a horrible vice-president, and I can’t wait for him to not be one breath away from the presidency. Trump talks a big game, but Pence believes it all. Some of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,17,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-life","category-personal-issues","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p38xoO-2Eg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10184"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10189,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10184\/revisions\/10189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}