Tuesday I drove Ali to Des Moines to take her medical assistant board testing. She was so very nervous. I dropped her off at 11 and she finished at 12:30. Jayden had an appointment in Ames and met up with us and we all went for lunch and then to a couple stores. I bought Ali a couple tops. The three of us went into a store, upon walking in, there was an employee wearing rubber gloves and mask holding long kitchen tongs with a silver bowl full of disposable masks. She kindly asked if we would like a mask to which we all declined. Tongs! Makes me want to laugh out loud. Today I also saw a post in FB that was replayed from February on the Good Morning show. There was a medical expert explaining why nobody should be wearing a mask unless they are sick or working directly with patients in a hospital. How quickly we have forgotten. How quickly people have succumbed to fear. How quickly people follow the crowd. I have heard more stores are requiring masks and it may soon become mandatory everywhere. Ugh!
I continue to say it, I am so over COVID! There are some out there that still stay in their homes, order their groceries, social distance, and won't go anywhere. I don't notice that much in the people I know. I attend a rodeo or softball game, a wedding, graduation party, and forget that COVID exists. We went out to eat this week at a local restaurant, no masks, not even the waitress. Other places closer to Ames and Des Moines, when you walk in to a store they want you to hand sanitize and mask up, follow the rows on the floor and have signs reminding you to stay 6 feet apart. Nothing makes sense.
The Webster county fair was canceled the night before judging. Let me say that again, the night before judging!! Are you kidding? Kids put in countless hours on 4H projects. We didn't do much this year for that reason. I was worried it might happen, so we did light work on projects and only had a few ready. My niece Maggie had refinished a gorgeous chair and table and had been getting her steer ready. This was her senior year, the last county fair for her. So sad.
However, the cattlemen held an open show today at the fairgrounds. For the county fair 4H kids, who were only going to be allowed two family members and was a closed to spectators show was canceled, however today it was open to outside kids and any spectators from other counties. Double standards make me just crazy! There was a news conference yesterday showing an interview of a woman during a press conference explaining what a COVID positive death means. If a person dies of any type of death, cancer, car accident, illness, and had a positive COVID test, it was categorized as a COVID death. This people is why the COVID Death rates are scaring people! And even still those numbers are still in the less than .6% chance of dying of COVID. And because of this things are continuing to be cancelled and people are wearing facemasks. I see people wear them in their cars or outside walking down the street. Seriously! Did I mention I am so over COVID!! Here is a little data check to remind us of what we are dealing with.
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