and... i ain't tough.. i'm dumb and with just enough crazy to make it truly spectacular when i eff up- which is often. however, when i plan something it usually happens. it's the one thing im good at.
one of the points of my post about this wasn't to access blame- it was to say the entire medical industry is a freak show of incompetence, and one that sends up major flares when it effs up due to the severity.
as an example, a friend who is in a position to know and he does will tell you point blank "if you want to survive covid, stay the hell away from a hospital or doctor"... i won't elaborate here, but his reasoning is compelling and from what i can see, it's valid.
another of the points i wanted to make begins long before va healthcare begins. it has to do with the culture in the military that persuades, using very,,, compelling... means, to keep people from seeking medical help. i've seen it at every level and seen people being punished for seeking medical help- usually for another infraction that otherwise nobody would have thought twice about- but that was the nexus of the event... their seeking medical treatment. from that comes the 'excuse' the VA hospitals and facilities use which is "not service connected" and which is the go to akin to insurers finding loophole in policies.
it's all crooked.