Because we are prohibited, pursuant to a consent decree from publicly even mentioning the name of a particular Listserv which begins with the letter F- so let's call it "the F word" , we must speak hypothetically, lest we find ourselves in a Dep/Hurd-like defamation lawsuit.
So assume hypothetically the F Word Listserv had members who attended some sort of federal seminar ten days or so ago. And assume hypothetically the lawyers who attended the seminar started feeling sick a few days after attending the event. And assume hypothetically some of the lawyers on the F Word copy and send emails to yours truly, then what emerges is a picture of a ....
SUPER SPREADER COVID EVENT .... (cue ominous omicron music).
Covid/Omicron is ripping through a dedicated group of federal defenders who just wanted to attend a resort, get some CLE, and whilst at the bar, be able to say "so then during cross of the government's snitch I get them to say they met with my client ten times without telling the government. The judge sent the jury out of the room and ripped into the prosecutors for not disclosing that and they dismissed the case the next day..."
Because what's a CLE conference without a little alcohol-fueled war-stories-bragging?
If you close your eyes and imagine the Great Gatsby, that's what we imagine the off hours at the Super Spreader event to be. Men in tuxedos, women in long evening gowns, sipping champagne cocktails, sans mask, laughing at hoi poloi wearing masks serving them petit fours while musicians playing violins stroll the grounds.
In any event, as Rocky said in Rocky I, "If youse wanna dance you gotta pay the band. If youse wanna play, youse gotta pay the man. "
Paying the man in this instance being getting Covid for being so confident that your vaccine status protected you from Omicron. It does not and it will not do so until the new batch of vaccines this fall are approved.
We hope all of you recover quickly and remember, a lawn party does not give you the right to not wear a mask. No mask=Covid. It is as simple as that. Be safe.
You’ve gone too far. You will be hearing from our lawyers. Well actually we are lawyers. But we have other lawyers. And you will be hearing from them. Jerk.
ReplyDeleteI went and I got sick. And it sucks. And you’re right. We were obnoxious and arrogant and no one was wearing masks and we are getting what we deserved.
ReplyDeleteI went and it was boogie fever and it was not pretty.
ReplyDeleteHey Rump let’s set up an alternate Cle tour like the new Saudi golf tour. Lecturers in Hooters and bars at night and pool areas at the Ritz Carlton. Lobster and caviar served. Double bonus cle points. Drawings for free cruises.
ReplyDeleteWe can bring down this oligarchy of cle masters.
I went and I’m fine. And I’m unvaxed and not masked. But my immune system is super charged and rocking. So there.
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ReplyDeleteMasked triple vaxed and totally relaxed and didn’t get sick. So double there.
ReplyDeleteI was masked and triple vaccinated. Still got sick. I also wore my mask during the entire conference. They asked you to wear it in the seminar and basically no one did.
ReplyDeleteMasks don't work. The particles of the virus are much much smaller than the holes in the mask. If u can smell with the mask on, it's not gonna stop the virus particles.
ReplyDeleteThen do me a favor. The next time you have surgery ask all the OR staff to not wear masks. You don’t believe in them so why have them use them ? Also unless you’ve studied the antibiotic medicine they will give you, refuse that as well. And while you’re at it research the term iatrogenic infection- at least before you die of one.
ReplyDeleteSorry to have upset you but the regular masks that everyone wears (or used to) do not keep out the COVID particles. They just don't. Try to accept the fact that you are wrong without throwing a tantrum for once.
ReplyDeleteI wear an N95 mask. When on a plane I wear the blue mask under my N95 mask. I have been in courts and public transportation and have not gotten COVID. Triple vaxed and with a mask it works for me at a time when everyone is getting sick.
ReplyDeleteTriple vaxxed, living relaxed, mostly unmasked, so glad you asked.
ReplyDeleteEvidently some folks at the event got sick. Seems bad form to gloat over the fact. Folks make their choices and take their chances - same as it ever was. But hey, if it helps prove your point, then revel in your colleagues' misfortune, I guess.
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I went, I am vaxed, didn't wear a mask, didn't catch covid. Not the end of the world.
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