In Search Of

Artemis J Jones
3 min readAug 29, 2021
Photo by Frederic Köberl on Unsplash

Not one empty bed in the place. The rooms are filled up and the staff is working double shifts.

While cancer, heart, and orthopedic patients search for rooms in the local hospital it’s doors wide open for the people who butt in line. These people butted in your line, or maybe a close loved ones line. They demanded care and got it while you sit in the emergency room, in pain, for four hours. Who are they?

It’s all over the news. The unvaxxed are going to the hospital in alarming numbers while you wait to be treated. They (The Unvaxxed) are doing their own treatments, trusting their gut instincts and they are now robbing you of the care you needed.

I need an endoscopy and at least one specialty procedure. I have a serious bleeding problem. I have a fistula and an abscess in my abdomen and pelvis. I need immediate treatment because the fistula is causing an internal leak of fluid and blood. This leaking fluid grows infections that have and can lead to sepsis. For these problems i need to go to a tertiary facility but I can’t get an appointment anytime in the next two months.

Why? Because of the alarming number of self-centered people who think their rights are being violated by asking them to wear a mask and get a vaccine.

Unvaxxers don’t even know they should be ashamed of themselves. They can’t. They don’t ask, “What…

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Artemis J Jones

Face of a bartender. Observing and listening, two of my greatest faults. I read your work, and I’ll respond in truth or remain silent, wading in my ignorance.