Hey, look, it’s the Duggar family, the one that by all that’s right and just in God’s creation, should have slunk off in humiliation, they are calling attention to themselves again.

So why are we giving them attention? Because we’re sick of the light-hearted COVID sh*t. To be sure, as bad and tasteless jokes go, this isn’t the worst. But to those record number of people with family members in the ICU (who likely are unvaccinated and perhaps making jokes themselves) do not want to hear and see a lovely couple so excited about life that they’ll make fun of others who are dying.

Much more importantly, the light-hearted COVID laughter is the exact same thing leading people to say it’s all political and nothing to worry about.

According to Page Six:

“Jed, 22, and Katey announced on Instagram Monday that they’re expecting their first child together. As the couple kissed in their announcement photo, Katey held up a sign that read: ‘And then there were 3. Baby Duggar. Spring ’22,'” reported Dory Jackson. “Jed used a winky face emoji as he wrote alongside the post: ‘She tested positive, but not for Covid.'”

Several users expressed offense, with one noting “Arkansas is facing some of the worst with Covid right now due to low vaccination rates,” and another saying, “Having 2 family members pass from COVID, I find this very tasteless and insensitive. I hate this. It’s so tacky and distasteful. People are dying.

We get it. We get it, it’s not a lot. But this is Arkansas, we’re talking about, and we’re talking about God-fearing white rural people, the exact same people who are most likely unvaccinated and dying of COVID in E.R.s right now. Perhaps not making more light of it? Because it contributes to more people believing this is all nothing? Perhaps just showing a little respect is too much to ask?

Of this family? Of course, it is. It always has been. It is too much to ask them to just go away.

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