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Norman Rockwell, The Doctor and the Doll. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The legislature was still in session, so the Capitol doctor still had to show up for office hours, though it didn\u2019t seem like he was doing much good. Still, these part time retirement gigs kept his mind in the game, though he felt his heart fading from it a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doc Hasty shuffled up the steps of the domed building early. He hoped the morning hours would be brief and he\u2019d make his 11AM tee reservation at the club. He unlocked his basement office door and flicked on the computer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It had been a weird session with all the pandemic brouhaha. He\u2019d done his share of nose swabs. Prior sessions he mostly dealt with the worried well, the bad cold that hung on, the sore shoulder that wasn\u2019t a heart attack. But there was real medicine to do sometimes. He once drained a painful purple fingernail with a red-hot paper clip. And there were nose bleeds and hemorrhoids, but this year had tested him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, he couldn\u2019t get anybody to wear a mask except the Democrats, and that made the issue political, not common sense. He winced whenever he thought of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then nobody would agree to get a vaccination, even though some of these guys were prime candidates for a ventilator, should they get the virus. That is, of course, except the Democrats, the dozen of so walking the halls with their \u201cI Got the Shot\u201d buttons. It was like they thought that might convince their counterparts across the aisle. Doc Hasty shook his head at the thought. Common sense ain\u2019t common even here in the \u201cPeoples House\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he was most bothered by the secret requests for hydroxychloroquine. Senators would lean in and whisper if he had any \u201cHydroxy\u201d. The first time this happened last year, when the pandemic was still on the rise, he\u2019d mistaken the request. He\u2019d done enough ER shifts to know folks who wanted \u201chydros\u201d, the short for hydrocodone, and \u201coxy\u201d the short for oxycodone, both prescription narcotics with street value and narcotic effect. So, the whispered \u201chydroxy\u201d request made his eyes bug out at the conservative Senator. With no answer, the Senator had filled in the \u201chydroxychloroquine\u201d, but still whispering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now it was Doc Hasty\u2019s turn to whisper, and he didn\u2019t know quite where to go. He had read the studies, heard the news and knew the politics of the drug. And he also knew the risks. But he didn\u2019t want to offend anyone for their beliefs either. He whispered back, \u201cHard to come by.\u201d And shook his head. He hoped that would spread the word. The couple more times he got the ask he handled it the same. It faded and last session ended. Nobody had whispered such requests to him this session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there had been a few tough calls this session. Some folks had come in with bad colds, maybe a fever or a cough, so he\u2019d swabbed their nose and told them to go home to await the results. It was awkward when he still saw them in the halls later that day sniffling or coughing. He\u2019d glare at them, but he didn\u2019t have any authority besides his professional advice. And he didn\u2019t want to scare off folks from getting checked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He shared this with his golf buddy one afternoon on the back nine. \u201cActing like a bunch of high school kids not wanting to miss the big game, huh?\u201d had been Jack\u2019s response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hasty chuckled. \u201cYeah, kinda, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow do you handle caring for all those prima donnas? It sure would drive me crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, they\u2019re just normal people, like you and me.\u201d Hasty offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack lined up his putt. \u201cWell, if they\u2019re normal, like you and me, I wish they\u2019d act like it. I think getting elected has gone to their heads.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know Doc, what those guys need is a prescription for hydroxycommonsense. You got any of those pills?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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