My mom is 87.
She said “this is nonsense. Let me live my life. What’s left. If I die, I die. My individual health is not worth destroying the country”
Granted, she said it in Italian so a few words might be off :)
But that was essentially it.
She’s 87 and before the virus, would pick up 3 women in their 90s to go play cards 4 times a week at the senior center.
Those old Italian women last long.
The men? Not so much :)
I am proud of her.
Your mom sounds a bit like mine. She turned 96 in August, refuses to wear a mask, lives her life, goes places, and does things. She’s healthy She says she’s from “sturdy New England stock”, but when it’s time to go, she’s ready.
Many ladies her age are dying in hospitals and care facilities completely and utterly alone. Families want to be there, folks want to honor the lives of their loved ones.
Instead we are standing around being denied like we have a king. America surrendered without a single bullet, with barely a whimper of resistance.
Thank you for sharing that and God bless you and your Mom!