The message from Healthcare workers has been consistent throughout this mess, then you have GOP officials encouraging people to 'rise up' against the restrictions that are trying to keep people safe and encouraging people to gather for the holidays because 'it might be your grandparents last holiday. We're well past screwed. The entire Midwest is fast becoming a hot zone. My hospital is currently creating a third Covid unit to keep up with capacity, but we have nearly 100 staff out on quarantine, multiple physicians in the ICU and nearly half our entire capacity now Covid positive patients. Sigh.

Please help control the disease. Wear a mask on those occasions when you absolutely, positively MUST go out.