It's Over

[demonofchance]

     ...And all of a sudden everything is green. The trees that have been dead all winter are full of the young shades of green; the dark purple-light purple-white lilacs in the alley are all blooming. It's been a rough winter. Some of the trees will never come back. I was partly hoping the one out back that I think I'm allergic to would have to be

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[willfull_sprite]

So I made an offhanded comment in our team's Slack thread [well I was actually answering a question in a document my boss was reviewing about whether or not our college can require students/employees to be vaccinated, and I said "per DeSantis's executive order 2 weeks ago, no one in Florida can require proof of a COVID vaccine ever."] The offhanded comment I made was something along the lines of how this will "make our jobs easier, anyway" [since we wouldn't need to write a bunch of new copy to add to our existing COVID training guidelines]. I should've just stopped with the facts, but my big mouth went on to say, "personally I'm glad we're not requiring it at this point because it's still only been approved for emergency use and might not be 100% safe for some people with allergies and other conditions." Man, the other editor practically jumped down my throat about "how is this any different than showing proof of an MMR shot in high school/college?" To which I responded that the MMR has been FDA approved for general usage for decades

[demonofchance]

I can't tell you how much I agree. We (anyone) can have different opinions/feelings/beliefs. All I ask is we can discuss it civilly. And that hasn't been happening. [My rant time: At Black Sky this weekend I was commenting to a friend how different and interesting it was that Black Sky employees are no longer wearing masks, and their customers are no longer wearing masks, but this was the place that was most strict about all restrictions, mandates, etc. But at Sobo, where the Czech girls at first didn't quite understand the mask concept, the employees are still wearing masks, and the regulars are largely wearing masks, but the randos from off the street are almost never wearing masks when they walk in. I attributed it to location and clientele... A bartender, and a rather outspoken one, overheard, and commented "I wish I had covid so that I could give it to any anti-masker or anti-vaxxer that comes in here so they die." Like, damn, dude. Not only is that so inappropriate on so many levels, and that at least 4 of the people in the