Thinking of Henry B a lot these last few days.
"In principle González believed in working within the system to effect change, but in practice he pulled no punches."
"...Never had a conflict of interest. . . . His only special interest was his constituents. He never let them down."
One of the few politicians I've ever respected unconditionally. Ever heard of the Castro Brothers? Spiritual and literal successors to Henry B.
https://www.humanitiestexas.org/programs/tx-originals/list/henry-b-gonzalez
Still the best music in SF2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtDFdJYn4d4
"COVID is back" only in the sense that media+govts are talking about it again. It never went away.
Just because you hadn't been hearing the word doesn't mean it wasn't being spoken about, knowingly or otherwise.
While the aforementioned entities don't suffer symptoms or illnesses that necessitate explanation, they do discuss delays, worker shortages, supply chain disruption, etc.
On the other hand, an individual must use euphemisms like allergies, summer cold, under the weather, out sick, fatigue, brain fog, diabetes, autoimmune disease, cancer, natural causes, etc, to gloss over new or ongoing health issues.
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