Postcards: Covid Redux and the Week Ahead

The extraction economy hit again. Today, I got to navigate the American healthcare system, and it's just as bad as I remember.

Dear Fellow Expat:

I suppose there’s a hint of irony in the American healthcare system.

I’ve been waiting eight weeks for an MRI at Johns Hopkins, and ten weeks for my first appointment with a new primary healthcare provider.

And then last night, I started to feel weird.

Today, I paid $24.00 for a COVID test. How is that even a thing?

When it turned positive, I went to the Urgent care, which was another $50.00.

And then they said that because they’re worried about the impact of Plaxovid on kidneys now… they wanted to run blood tests first. What a country.

The next stop was to the grocery store - and about $70 in protein drinks, Vitamin C, Zinc, and Prime drink. Then another $30 in fruits and vegetables.

Covid - Zero Stars.

Earlier, I was in bed watching Clear and Present Danger, but I fell back asleep and had a fever-dream conversation with John Lennon about live music. At 6 pm I woke up…

Then I remembered that I needed to do three things.

First, watch the Orioles game… but I’m blocked …