Inspired by (in rebellion against?) my wint tweet in that genius townie post, but I'm pretty fucking pissed right now. Maybe it's realer because one of my staff is home sick as hell right now with COVID and her partner just got diagnosed and has serious pre-existing conditions that dramatically increase his risk. Maybe it's the 5 million plus that have lost their employee sponsored health insurance since the pandemic started. Maybe it's the brief the DOJ filed to end the ACA, which, in the middle of a FUCKING PANDEMIC, would end medicaid expansive the gut protections for preexisting conditions, among other things. Maybe in the second brief the DOJ filed to overturn the appeals court ruling striking Medicaid work requirements waivers, even though we have good data that doing so doesn't actually promote work, it just kicks poor people off insurance, again, DURING A FUCKING PANDEMIC. Maybe it's the god damn groundhog day in Houston and Miami of filling hospitals, of 7+ day wait times for test results, and elder care centers without resources or PPE 7 god damn months into this thing. I don't know. But I'm usually pretty chill, and I'm just not fucking chill right now.