I just got out of a long hospital stay, part of which was in a double room. When my roommate came in, she walked past my bed and I could see that she was a boomer aged white woman. No biggie, not every boomer is A Boomer™ and obviously nothing wrong with being white (which is relevant).

When you're brought in, you're immediately asked if you're up to date on your flu and covid shots. It's an easy question where even if it wasn't true, you can lie and they'll accept the answer. When they asked Boomer Roommate™ her answer was "yes for flu, but I don't do covid", which she said with defiant pride. When the doctor came in and had her recount why she was there, I was shocked how reckless it was that they'd put her in a room with someone else and how dumb it was that they believed her.

She supposedly had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic that she had taken many times before. The symptoms of this allergic reaction? First she felt clammy and weak, then a bad cough with chest pain, then so lethargic and weak that she had to call for an ambulance. This was over the course of a day or two. Does that sound like what an allergic reaction to you? Apparently it was a good enough excuse for doctors, who decided to buy her story and the reason for being admitted was sudden heart trouble. What disease causes damage to the heart? Hmm.

The icing on the cake? She spent the whole time watching Fox News with plenty of "mmhmm!" and "exactly!" exclamations whenever anything pertaining to immigrants or black people being bad.

So sure, babe, you "don't do covid" but if sure as shit does you.