By contrast, our state has a new nickname, "Maskachusetts." Governor ordered mask use in public places May 6th, with few exceptions. He's one of a rare few, a wise Republican. Of course, with 75,000 cases and an educated population, it gets hard to deny reality.

By choice, and for my own mental health, I have minimal contact with cretins like this doctor's tormentor. Stupidity is going to backfire spectacularly with COVID 19, do your best to avoid those who can't grasp reality.

What if he got the virus and ended up under his care at a hospital ,probably would be the best wake up call ever,Dr problem was engaging back in the conversation,,just delete and block,next,not worth ones mental anguish

The segment of the population that understands things about how to take care oc themselves, is far less likely to end up in tbe ER for whatever reason, than the segment of the population thay is least equipped to make good choices about how to care for themselves. Its the curse of the ER. The patients who can't be helped are the ones who need the most help.

I already answered your post once, but I thought today's Daily Stoic message is a spot-on response to this doctor, and to all of us:

"Like any person in power, any person in the public spotlight, any person striving to be great, Marcus struggled with caring too much about what other people thought of him. Good or bad—as animals, we are designed to think this matters, lest our evolutionary ancestors risk being driven from the tribe. So Marcus worked to remind himself that praise and criticism were really the same thing: a clacking of tongues. Throw away the recognition, throw away the gossip, throw away all grousing from your haters, he said—it’s worthless.

What Marcus was reminding himself of is exactly what Nita Strauss, one of the best guitar players in the world, told us when we asked her about dealing with all the noise inherent in an industry defined both by media criticism and adoring fans:

One thing you realize quickly as a female in the music industry is that everyone has a strong opinion about you. It’s been my challenge to isolate my view of myself from anything people say about me, the good or the bad. At the end of the day, none of the criticism or the accolades changes anything real in my life. About two years ago, I stopped reading comments on news articles about me altogether...I used to love the feeling of proving people wrong, of walking out in front of an audience who expected very little of me and changing their minds. Now I find myself focused less on proving people wrong, and more on improving myself and my performance.
That’s what comes from this tuning out—from ignoring the clacking of tongues and hands: More time to focus on your work. More time to listen to the voice inside yourself, the one that knows what you actually believe and who you actually want to be. And most importantly: Peace and stillness. What we want is what Marcus wanted:

“The tranquillity that comes when you stop caring what they say. Or think, or do. Only what you do.”

You deserve that. You deserve that today. The only person you have to impress is yourself. The only person to listen to is yourself. Because you already know what matters, what good and bad are (or sound like), you already know what is right.

So listen."

Such ignorance and willfulness to not be interested in learning the truth.

Why even engage with people like this? On the rare occasions when it happens to me, I just block them. I get the frustration, but to let them get to you is a formula for a lifetime of frustration. Stupid, intolerant, brainwashed, whatever the reasons, just ignore it or only engage to the point where it will not weigh you down. I suspect many of these trolls do this because it is the only time anyone takes them seriously. For example, I've seen enough of your posts to have a good idea of your level of interest in a guy that would troll like this. Imagine how frustrated the guy actually is. Ignore, move on.........

Assholes like these should either be forced to work in the morgue of the hospitals, or be thrown off the edge of the flat earth. Then again they themselves are probably just crisis actors...

That's really stupid...

The need some people have to be special and explain things that they don't understand will never go away. Kind of reminds me of religion.

Not all religions date from before the middle ages.

Assholes fueled by trump