Yes, I can see that. I was simply responding to the commenter who said they didn’t understand why everyone was assuming you were out to murder wildflowers.

It’s because the highly-accessible areas of Mt. Rainier (Paradise, Sunrise, etc.) are absolutely swamped every summer with vain, self-entitled twats trampling and destroying the very thing that makes it beautiful, just to get a pic like OP posted for their social media.

Friendly reminder that RSV is spreading like crazy, there’s no vaccine for it (for adults), and it can kill a newborn. Don’t kiss the baby!

Please consider staying home instead - it doesn’t really matter whether you’ve got the flu, COVID, RSV, or any of the dozens of viruses that cause colds.

All of them are contagious (so you’re just exposing more people by sitting in a waiting room) and none of them need anything more than home care of rest, fluids, and OTC medications while you ride it out.

Edit: I say this because the local clinics, urgent cares, and ERs are being crushed. If you’re a reasonably healthy adult (or the parent of an otherwise healthy child), the best thing you can do for yourself and everyone else is to stay home.