I took a friend in for blood tests at the nearest city last week. The nurse who drew the blood was very happy and chatty. She very happily, chattily mentioned that lots of middle-aged men are showing up with shredded lungs due to Long Covid, and also her vaccinated brother has inexplicable eye trouble, and also the ventilators killed lots of Covid cases.

There was absolutely no attempt on her part to connect the dots. Just a cheerful acceptance of the party line.


Funny story, though: She's a Boomer and considers herself a rebel. She talked about singing 1960s protest songs in her yoga class when Russia invaded Ukraine.