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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Friday, August 6, 2021

Well, That Escalated Quickly

 Despite being vaccinated, I've been briefly hospitalized with Covid pneumonia. I woke up Thursday with bloody flecks in my sputum, so I went to the ER. I was put on Remdesivir and steroids and began to bounce back almost immediately. I went in around noon and could taste again by 5:00pm. I should be released tomorrow.

The fact that I got so sick is a testament to the virulence of the Delta variant.

The fact I've recovered so quickly would seem to speak to the vaccine working even in a bad breakthrough scenario.

But if people want me to wear a mask, I'm going to, and you should, too.

UPDATE: Josh Marshall provides some context.

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