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Said fuck it yesterday.  Told folks at work that I was moving up my retirement day to March and was starting the process of getting the fuck out of that hot mess.  So, rather than September next year it will be March next year.  Thinking about being free on the vernal equinox.  So tentatively last date will be before: 

 Spring Equinox 2022 in Northern Hemisphere will be at 8:32 AM on

Sunday, March 20

Oddly enough, I am leaving for the same reason that I left the industry.  C-Suite assholes with an MBA and years of sucking up as the only useful skills have left them with the worst possible set of skills to navigate this next year.  They really don’t know what the fuck is happening in the world, they only know the limited skillset required to move the levers of power.  Last time it was killing a test that could have been useful, but also could have found it’s way into the sex-work industry.  A medical decision made because they didn’t want the bad “Optics” of the test being popular with hookers.

This time the problem is worse.  Admin wants to keep going and “keep the numbers up” in the middle of a resurgence that may well dwarf the mess that started in earnest last August.  Anesthesia tried to push back and got over-ruled.  Patient safety and infection spread aren’t as important as keeping numbers up.  

As of Wednesday, 850 coronavirus patients were hospitalized in Oregon — surpassing the state’s record, which was set the previous day. Before this month, the hospitalization record was 622 in November, during a winter surge and when vaccines were not yet available. (Note:  I think that we are up to 1200 now, this article was from a week ago)

If things get really bad, I could leave as early as December.  It would leave a mark, but it would just be a money thing and I could find something that would bring in some nickels if I had to.