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Zorro

(15,733 posts)
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 04:54 PM Sep 2021

Police Officer's Wife Still Dreads Getting Phone Call That Her Husband Has Been Vaccinated

NEW YORK—Admitting that she experiences a small jolt of terror even after all these months, wife of NYPD officer Mark Cady, told reporters Tuesday that she still dreads someday getting a phone call that her husband has been vaccinated.

“Obviously, Mark has promised me that he’ll take every precaution to prevent against something like this when he’s out there, but still, whenever the phone rings I can’t help but brace myself to hear a Walgreens recording informing me that his first inoculation has been implemented and he will receive a reminder in two weeks about his second shot,” said Melissa Cady, wiping tears from her eyes at the very thought of seeing her beloved husband lying there experiencing chills, nausea, and other vaccine side effects.

“I know I’m being a little silly—in the grand scheme of things, there are so few officers that are inoculated against Covid that I know it’s probably not going to happen—but still, there’s always the possibility that some suspicious, untested vaccine will make its way into his bloodstream. Jesus, if that day ever comes, I just don’t know how I could possibly explain it to our four children.”

At press time, Cady had sunk to the floor in despair after receiving word that in the course of investigating a robbery, her husband’s face had been completely covered by an N95 mask.

https://www.theonion.com/police-officer-s-wife-still-dreads-getting-phone-call-t-1847673015

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Police Officer's Wife Still Dreads Getting Phone Call That Her Husband Has Been Vaccinated (Original Post) Zorro Sep 2021 OP
Glad to see that it's the Onion. Never know these days. captain queeg Sep 2021 #1
Really. Almost impossible to know the difference. wnylib Sep 2021 #7
Exactly what I was thinking. BobTheSubgenius Sep 2021 #9
Satire is dead rambler_american Sep 2021 #11
Got me. Jesus. 🙄 vanlassie Sep 2021 #2
Got me too, I had not looked at the link...damn, they are good. Escurumbele Sep 2021 #5
Nice try, Onion, but today was a miss! The Unmitigated Gall Sep 2021 #3
God, I thought this was real 😂 hauckeye Sep 2021 #4
This one was the closest one yet to getting me. Ligyron Sep 2021 #6
Outstanding! Totally got me. bronxiteforever Sep 2021 #8
God I thought this was real.!@#$% ananda Sep 2021 #10
Most excellent ornotna Sep 2021 #12
Sad that I had to check the link first. niyad Sep 2021 #13

Escurumbele

(3,386 posts)
5. Got me too, I had not looked at the link...damn, they are good.
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 06:39 PM
Sep 2021

The Onion and Borowitz are geniuses...

ornotna

(10,798 posts)
12. Most excellent
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 08:05 PM
Sep 2021

I was all WTF! and then got to the link and had a nice laugh. The Onion still has it.

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