So nice to see public health experts making BANK
Why should the vaccine executives have all the fun?
Remember Michael Osterholm?
He’s an infectious disease expert at the University of Minnesota and one of Uncle Joe’s original Covid advisors. He spent most of 2020 and 2021 trying to make sure you couldn’t work. Think I’m exaggerating? I’m not exaggerating:
August 2020:
Sept. 2020:
November 2020:
Even after the vaccines arrived and even the White House stopped trying to force lockdowns, Osterholm wouldn’t let go:
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That man loves him some lockdowns! You have a business to run, work to do? Hey, that’s your problem. He's just looking out for the public interest.
And lucky Mike, seems like looking out for the public interest has been a mighty profitable gig the last coupla years. Here he is, dropping $3.4 million on an apartment in Minneapolis (I think I speak for all of us when I say, $3.4 million on an apartment in Minneapolis?!?)
Yes, Michael Osterholm is your winner of March’s Vivek Murthy Award (TM), given to the selfless public health official who best exemplifies the Doin’ Good By Doin’ Well facet of Public Health Inc.
Hey, look, I never begrudge a man his dineros. As lots of (jealous, nah, of course not) bluechecks will be glad to tell you, I do just fine on this Stack.
Then again, I didn’t spend the last two years trying to get you laid off.
Hope you enjoy the view, Mikeee!
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And speaking of the Stack:
When the lockdowns started I was disgusted and angry. As an ICU nurse I was "essential" as were my colleagues. My husband, a restaurant manager, was "nonessential." It took over a month for his unemployment to kick in. Thank God I was still working and we had the means to make up for his lost wages short term. I know millions were not so lucky. What pissed me off more than being forced to use unemployment during this period were my colleagues on FB telling everyone to basically fuck off and stay at home because the "essential" people were busy. Leaving your house was stabbing them in the back. We were heroes! You better listen to the heroes! Every time I called someone out on their bullshit post by pointing out that is was easy to tell people to stay at home when you were still getting a paycheck I was told "as a nurse you should know better." Yeah, as a human being YOU should know better! I got the same crap when I pushed back on the masks. "You should know better!" Looks like I did, doesn't it? Long story short. Sure is easy to lock people down when you don't suffer the consequences.
Holy crap that is disgusting. I wonder how many of the people who were forced out of work he could have housed for that $3.4M.
(Trick question! Seattle already tried that. The answer is 3.)