As someone who spent a few years living in Louisiana, they’re not willfully shitholes. They elected a Democratic governor to fix the mess a Republican governor left behind when he decided to run for president after running the state into a nearly billion dollar defecit. Not to mention, they’re gerrymandered out of control. New Orleans and Baton Rouge, by far the two biggest cities and separated by an hour drive on the highway, are in the same House district.

I caught strep and covid last spring. The doctor thinks the covid, even though it was a super mild case with not much more than a runny nose, weakened my immune system enough to let the strep take hold. Wishing you luck, friend! Strep is the worst