Congressman elect Luke Letlow (Louisiana) died early morning December 30, and breaking news that Senator Ben Chafin (Virginia) died earlier this afternoon. (70% of ALL US lawmakers, state/local/federal, that have tested positive are Republican.)

I've mentioned this once before, but I think it applies. In 1981, when AIDS (Hiv has a different timeline) was declared a pandemic, I was a junior in high school. By 1983, I was in California being wild and free and maybe a little too wild and free. BUT we had all gotten the memo. SAFE SEX. PERIOD.

We didn't fuss, fight, argue or even think about being safe, being routinely tested if sexually active and not continuously monogamous with only one partner.
Condoms/dental dams were simply the way it was. 6 month test regime if not completely monogamous, abstinent or non-sexual (ie: virgin.)

Proud Boys didn't show up with AK47s and our politicians didn't wager lawsuits or call Hiv/AIDS a hoax. Our President acted presidential. It was scary and it was deadly.

What's most mindnumbing? The truth.

At the end of 2004, an estimated 1,147,697 HIV or AIDS cases had been diagnosed and reported to CDC (3). AIDS cases increased rapidly in the 1980s and peaked in 1992 (an estimated 78,000 cases diagnosed) before stabilizing in 1998; since then, approximately 40,000 AIDS cases have been diagnosed annually (3).

Versus the attached picture of the same categories (cases/deaths) today re: COVID19

#shockingcomparison