#covid.

Q. Vaccine vortex: My husband and I have both received our COVID vaccines, but he refuses to vaccinate our children. When I ask him why, he tells me he “has reasons,” but won’t divulge them. I have shown him countless articles and reports from the CDC saying the vaccine is safe for children, but he won’t budge. He actually told me the CDC, WHO, and AMA are all “corrupt organizations” and he won’t listen to their advisories.

I’m at my wit’s end. Cases are surging in my county. I told him I didn’t understand why my “yes” meant less than his “no,” but he doubled-down with “I’ve made my decision.” How can we get past this?

A: You have until this point been a vaccinating family, and I think what makes sense is to default to the status quo agreement. He’s the one who is seemingly being radicalized at this very moment and suddenly became anti-science, so he should be the one who has to negotiate a new set of rules. So unless he can convince you that he’s right (spoiler: he can’t), vaccinate the kids.

Yes, he’ll be mad, but there’s no room for compromise here. And the answer to your question about why your “yes” means less than his “no” is: It doesn’t. It actually means more.

"IT'S NOT OVER"

"PEOPLE ARE DYING"

"BETTER ALIVE THAN 'NORMAL'"

"COVID KILLS"

and for you ontarians out there

Adele was in tears as she announced she had to reschedule the start of her Las Vegas residency because of COVID.

"We've been up against so much and it just ain't ready. I'm so sorry," the star said on social media.

Her “gotcha” was ~they do have a plan and it’s to get more booster shots and testing kits to states~. Ah yes, putting a bandaid on a bleeding stump. Good effort. Just stellar. Don’t shut down or pay people to to stay out of work or anything like we need. Don’t pay nurses who desperately need time off to quarantine more instead of being encouraged to go into work sick. MORE BOOSTER SHOTS.

I’ve been sobbing about this all day, making contingency plans for my own care as a disabled person in case my mom, my 74 year old fully vacced caretaker who’s still working, dies, because they won’t shut down and the CDC’s new regulations are a death march.

I’m really fucking scared. Not for myself, but for my family. Like I’ve said before, I never really expected to hit 40. If I do, eh, bonus, but the government very clearly wants disabled people to die. The glimmer of hope I had for the Biden admin to be better is dead, AND IT’S THE FIRST FUCKING YEAR.

Goodbye Disney World by Mark Tulin- Topical Poetry

I won’t be visiting Florida soon,not even taking my kids to Disney WorldToo conservative for my tastesA governor who breaks hospital recordsfor the most — Read on www.topicalpoetry.com/goodbye-disney-world/ Topical Poetry: A global platform to share poems on current events. And thanks to Guillermo GR on unsplash for the feature image.