Over a week ago, my family and I traveled to Phoenix, AZ for my scheduled surgeries. I had titanium rods removed from my chest finally after three years and they were able to fix my slipping rib issue. I have been living in pain for years now, and so that chapter of my life is almost over and it's almost time for the next one to begin. The surgeries went great and it was just an overnight stay at the hospital. Since Phoenix, AZ is known as a hotspot my parents, especially my mom were very afraid of this China Virus and forced us all to wear masks and take precautions. After avoiding wearing a mask this entire time I finally was forced to wear one. To enter the hospital, enter hotels, to go to the freaking bathroom, etc... and masks suck no matter what some say. It's hard to breathe.

Their fear has been very frustrating. My brother and I and them don't see eye to eye on this virus. They rather live in fear and my brother and I understand the facts of this virus and how it's been overhyped. All throughout my mom had a bunch of anxiety over this whole trip and it certainly made things frustrating. But nothing more frustrating than our last night at a hotel.

I was recovering from surgery so I needed a walk. So, we walked to go get food at a ’ Black Bear Diner’ near our hotel. With faggot masks on waiting for our food-to-go order. All throughout our wait for dinner, my mom had so much anxiety and ranted about how ”idiots” are going inside the diner to eat with no masks on and all of that Karen like behavior. But then my dad mentioned something that really pissed me off inside. He said something like ” I don't know how we can ever get back to normal and talking about our ”new normal” wearing masks.” those aren't the exact words not even close but that's basically what he was saying.

Really? Imagine thinking of a world where we wear masks forever. Wear we stay apart forever. Stay in fear forever. How is that living? How is that sustainable? Not to mention for a virus with a low death rate and high recovery rate. This is not a world I want to live in. This is not America. So, I found myself just staring at the American flag that hung on a pole next to the hotel flag. What my father said that night and what my nurse even mentioned a few days earlier is complete nonsense. Their ”new normal” is not living at all.

Our world has survived for generations without masks, without distancing, without vote-by-mail. Why change now? We're at home safe. I'm just resting and recovering from my surgery and none of us got the Kung Flu. So, when Dr. Birx tells us if we go in a hotspot to automatically assume we have the virus I think it's safe to say what utter crap that is. We traveled 20 hours through Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and 20 hours back and we didn't come down with it. Yes, we took precautions and stayed away from people and all that but if it was so dangerous and so contagious I think it'd find a way to infect us. 🤷‍♂️