The other day I went to visit my father in St. Agonistes Hospital about five hours from my home, where I got to witness a clear manifestation of BCD or Bureaucratic Compulsive Disorder, an affliction that compels organizations to do irrational things for their own sake. My dad has unfortunately been at St. Agonistes a lot in the past year, so I am familiar with their Covid protocols for visitors, which apparently have not changed much in the face of changes in our understanding of the virus and its treatment, such as the vaccine.

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