Over the last several days I have been watching interviews with a variety of people. Some were sad, some were uplifting, and some were the most stupid, selfish people America can produce.

The last evaluation is about people who follow the spouting of some of the most idiotic conspiracy rants denying the virus exists, that it is just another flu, and masks are an infringement of their rights. It harkens back to the “Ugly American” image Americans had in foreign countries. The locals saw selfish better-than-thou people who were discourteous and self serving. Some even go out of their way to contaminate others and themselves.

Some of the interviewees were people who had been reckless by going into packed bars and restaurants without social distancing and masks. Now they were in the intensive care unit. One was a husband and wife whose son had just died from it. He had gone to a party, got infected, and gave it to his parents. Shortly after the mothers interview she died. His stupidity killed himself, his mother and maybe his father who was still in the ICU at the time.

One thing I learned from the interviews is when a person is put on a ventilator they will usually have lung damage and often cognitive loss. These sometimes are permanent. I saw one guy who had been on a ventilator for several weeks. He had trouble breathing, talking, and moving.

It is sad how people decide to not wear a mask and infect themselves and people they know and love.