COVID-19 Lockdown, Day 25
More bad news today. Illinois faced its deadliest day. This day, 125 people died from this plague, bringing the death toll to 1,072 and the total infections over 25,000. Both Lightfoot and Pritzker say that the curve is flattening and that they are still trying to decide if they will go easy on the lockdown or not, whilst Indiana and Wisconsin are prolonging it well into May.
Because non-essential businesses have been forbidden to open, millions of Americans are seeking unemployment benefits because they have been furloughed or simply laid off. This is madness. Thank God I am an essential worker. What are everyone laid off going to do? Who is hiring now? How many of these stimulus checks can the government disperse?
Speaking of checks, I figured out why I didn't get mine yet. Because the government likes to overtax married couples without children, I only received state refunds for the last two years. I ended up having to pay more money to my least favorite relative: Uncle Sam. Because of this, he does not have current direct deposit information for me. As a result, I might need to complete one of those non-filer forms to get money sooner. Still, what right have I to complain? Those I care about the most, myself included, are still healthy and safe, and I will get the check soon enough.
There is one thing I have a right to complain about, though. And that is how these soulless politicians and silly police officers are treating people who are not even breaking the law. First, there was a story about a man who was alone on a beach, and two cops came and arrested him. In the name of logic, those two cops were more likely a danger to the man than he was to anyone else. Next, a doctor was arrested for allegedly violating quarantine even though he was testing the homeless! What in the bloody heck?! This doctor should be given a medal--not metal! On top of this, people are being fined and threatened just for going to church during Holy Week--even though the churches are outside and in cars for a drive-through service. At least one judge has not joined the peanut gallery, overturning citations against Christians in Greenville, Miss, who attended a drive-in service and kept their windows up. This is just an opportunity for the fascists to persecute people . I know this is a scary time with a scary disease, but we must not lose our heads! We must not let ourselves be bullied!
--Signing off.
PS: It looks like not even New York Governor Cuomo respects his own quarantine!
Because non-essential businesses have been forbidden to open, millions of Americans are seeking unemployment benefits because they have been furloughed or simply laid off. This is madness. Thank God I am an essential worker. What are everyone laid off going to do? Who is hiring now? How many of these stimulus checks can the government disperse?
Speaking of checks, I figured out why I didn't get mine yet. Because the government likes to overtax married couples without children, I only received state refunds for the last two years. I ended up having to pay more money to my least favorite relative: Uncle Sam. Because of this, he does not have current direct deposit information for me. As a result, I might need to complete one of those non-filer forms to get money sooner. Still, what right have I to complain? Those I care about the most, myself included, are still healthy and safe, and I will get the check soon enough.
There is one thing I have a right to complain about, though. And that is how these soulless politicians and silly police officers are treating people who are not even breaking the law. First, there was a story about a man who was alone on a beach, and two cops came and arrested him. In the name of logic, those two cops were more likely a danger to the man than he was to anyone else. Next, a doctor was arrested for allegedly violating quarantine even though he was testing the homeless! What in the bloody heck?! This doctor should be given a medal--not metal! On top of this, people are being fined and threatened just for going to church during Holy Week--even though the churches are outside and in cars for a drive-through service. At least one judge has not joined the peanut gallery, overturning citations against Christians in Greenville, Miss, who attended a drive-in service and kept their windows up. This is just an opportunity for the fascists to persecute people . I know this is a scary time with a scary disease, but we must not lose our heads! We must not let ourselves be bullied!
--Signing off.
PS: It looks like not even New York Governor Cuomo respects his own quarantine!
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