I see a lady waiting for the local community bus.
She says "Does Dash stop here?"
She is not wearing a mask. She is fat and weary and sitting on the bench.
I say, "It does, but you can't get on without a mask."
She whips one out of a pants pocket with disgust. "I hate these things," she says.
"I do too, but it's the least we can do."
"It's the Democrats... They started this."
"I'm a Democrat, " I say, being brave. "As are my friends and as were my parents. Democrats did not start Coronavirus - 19. It kills them, just like it kills Republicans."
"Well. It's Bill Gates," she says. "He started it so he could make money with his vaccine."
Why do I argue with such people? "Bill Gates is one of many people investing in science for the vaccine or the cure."
The bus pulled up. She put her shitty mask on and got on it. Propelled her mass.
And - this is yet one more NEW conspiracy theory I have heard about the Virus.
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