"Penny tested positive for COVID. Another Paxlovid relapse."
Text message from my sister's husband
Just like Joe Biden.
Apparently the wonder drug Paxlovid does a great job controlling COVID symptoms. The drug is so effective at attacking the virus that the body doesn't develop the antibodies that would give them immunity from a recurrence.
Biden got COVID, was given Paxlovid, and then got COVID again. So did my sister, Penny, at about the same times as Biden. My sister had planned to go to the beach with friends. She feels great. She is testing positive and she is frustrated she needs to isolate from others.
We talked by phone. It went something like this:
Penny: "The bad part is getting it again.This second time feels unfair. I want to blame somebody.
Me: "Blame Biden. Doesn't the president gets the credit or blame for everything?"
Penny: "No. I decided to focus my frustration with intention. I want to be angry where it aligns with my feelings. I blame Ted Cruz."
Me: "Blame him for your COVID recurrence? You don't really mean this."
Penny: "Things don't 'just happen.' Or maybe they do, but it feels better if I can think of a cause, some event or agent. I am trying to think who I may have caught this second round from. Was it shopping at the Albertsons? I don't know. I am stuck in isolation and want to blame something. I decided to decide. Cruz is disgusting so I have decided to say it is Cruz's fault.
Me: "You know this is silly. There is no factual basis."
Penny: "It feels right. It aligns with my politics. It is blame I can use. I haven't liked Ted Cruz for years. The more I repeat to myself that it is Cruz's fault, the righter it feels. When I mentioned this to friends they laughed and said 'why not?' So we all agree.
Me: "You are just ignoring reality and deciding to troll Republicans. You know you sound just like the Trump election deniers, but on the other side."
Penny: "Yes, I do know. And now I realize how emotionally satisfying it is."
Great sense of she has
I like her thinking! At least she is thinking- unlike that “other side”