Teacher cast her vote for Trump now regrets it.

Oklahoma Special Ed teacher Nancy Shively wrote an opinion expressing her regrets in voting for Trump.  It's a lenghty article, so maybe some tech savvy forum member could set up a link to it.

She reluctantly voted for Trump in 2016, now feels as if she has signed her death warrant.  She has voted Republican since 1976.  What prompted her to write this piece was a younger teacher with chronic medical issues was told by her doctors If she contracts Corona Virus the oucome could be severe.  So the young teacher has upped her life insurance. 

IMO Lets have President Trump and Education Secretary Devos spend a few days in school classrooms,after reopening the schools.  I'm sure the experts would say it would be to risky for the President.

Have the health insurance companies that cover school teachers (and others) weighed in?  Are they worried about potential claims to come after in-class school starts?   A flood of sick teachers and kids filing claims?  Just wondering.

How are the insurance companies doing overall, BTW, in covering the thousands of hospitalizations of Covid-19 cases?  I don't have any sources, but surely this has exceeded the projected costs for any 'normal' year. 

Look for all of our premiums to skyrocket.

Insurance companies will be bailed out.  Unfouruntaly, individuals will not. The yearly average out of pocket on a family health insurance plan through an employer is $17,500.  As we approach the end of the year, people getting sick in November/December may very well be out of pocket for twice that after being forced to go back to work. Of course, the families of those who don't survive will be out much more than that as will those who end up with lifelong health problems.  

I don't have a link to the original article, but I have her interview on CNN. 

I can't recall the source, but I remember reading that due to the recent lockdowns, there have been considerably fewer accidents that needed to be treated; also, "regular" disease and medical conditions are down slightly---perhaps that somewhat compensates for CoVid-related insurance claims.

But the insurance companies don't need to worry in any event. They're big corporations, so they'll get bailed out if they're in trouble--as opposed to the unemployed people being slowly choked to death by Moscow Mitch and his buddies.

That woman had her 15 minutes of narcissisistic fame.  As if zillions of other people through the decades haven't had pangs of regret when things didn't turn out well after they voted.   Vietnam War comes to mnd, others. 

Her one vote didn't "sign" anybody's death warrant.   And what about all the idiots who have quadrupled the virus by disregarding the--suggestions, mandates, pleas, common sense--to do the simple things, rather they chose to thumb their noses at it, now things are worse.   At least the individual school personnel can take measures to minimize risks. Parents can help, 'cause they don't want the little darlings at home all day but they also don't want them bringing the virus home.   Everybody can work together on it.  Not perfect but not beach parties either.

BTW, what is a death warrant anyway?  I've heard the expression, and kind of know what a warrant is (like you'd better show up if you have one), but a death warrant?

Candy

A death warrant is an order for someone's execution signed by a high-level executive official. It can also be signed by a judge, according to state law. In the US, it's the job of state governors.

It doesn't seem to me that the woman is seeking fame or anything like that. I think that she just realizes her horrible error in voting for Trump, in that it could easily result in her death.

I suspect we'll have a lot of similar buyer's remorse in November. Whether it will be enough to save the country remains to be seen.

I can understand her regret that Trump was elected, but saying she "signed my own death warrant" is going a little far.  But I'm being picky here.  I guess it qualifies as irony in her mind.

Thanks for the explanation of "death warrant."  Kind of gruesome sounding.  As a high level exec looking at that document I was considering,the words "death warrant" would give me pause, even if I felt the punishment was justified.  Just sayin'.

I kind of like the idea of a death warrant, in that it assures that nobody will be executed unless and until a high-level official signs off on the action. Contrast with myriad tyrannical dictatorships throughout history, or the 2024-2040 Trump kingship. And FWIW, the "pause" you mentioned is VERY appropriate; anyone signing a document that results in the death of a human being SHOULD pause and reflect on that action.

The etymology comes from "warrant" in the sense of "legally justify an action," as in, "Does this attack warrant a military response?"

And yeah, she was being hyperbolic, but it is now apparent that every Trump voter signed the death warrants (figuratively speaking) of 150,000 people. No, wait, 155,000. Oh, 160,000.

My warrant story...well, not MINE, but that of a nutty hairdresser I once had.  She was good with hair but drove me batty endlessly chattering.  Like, she'd cut a little, then stop to tell me some "more" of her story.  Her life was a drama.

Anyway, she didn't me what it was for (even though I asked) but she had a warrant.  Didn't take care of it.  Got a seriously worded letter telling her she'd better take care of it or else.  She went to court, or so she says she did.  She was arrested right there and taken to jail!  Was there for several days.  Didn't get the 'one phone call' for several days, she said.  One commode (out in the open) for four female cell mates.  Finally got to "my lawyer" and somehow got out.  She said "I'm suing 'em."  For what?  She didn't say.  One day she called me, sounded frantic telling me she couldn't make the appointment for my haircut.  Good excuse to find another hairdresser.  But I always wondered about that warrant!

Hope this is a slow day for you, Kevin, and you enjoyed this fascinating story.  LOL.

Oddly enough...I live in a pretty small town, and in the best of times, there are only three barbershops available. Two of them shut down early, before the statewide lockdown in March, so there was only one place to go when I wanted to get a haircut. Yelp reviews showed multiple warnings about what an "experience" it was to get your hair cut in Gina's shop. I went anyway, how bad could it be, I thought. Well...I don't like extremely talkative people, and I don't like Nazis. Gina was an extremely talkative Nazi. While I was waiting my turn, and while she was cutting my hair, I was treated to an endless gabbling monologue about those socialist liberal filthy Mexicans Deep State Hillary Pelosi Dracula Godzilla liberal hoax liberal conspiracy liberal Egg McMuffins kill all immigrants Trump Trump Trumpy Trump Trump MAGA MAGA MAGA babble blabber blab. (I somewhat overstate the coherence of it all.)

It was the only haircut I've ever had that took five hours. Or maybe it only seemed that way. There was an added thrill in that one of the customers waiting was a Hispanic man, whose countenance grew darker and darker as she piled up the racial insults. I hoped that if he had a gun, he was an accurate shot--I was right next to Gina, after all.

I paid her and shakily walked out. She had actually given me a very nice haircut. It was certainly an "experience," sort of like going to a local restaurant and having a fire break out in the kitchen. I resolved to, next time I need a haircut, drive 50 miles to another barbershop if I have to.

(I should add that in this very Trumpy town, Gina doubtless has her admiring customers.)