There are no other hands

For nearly all of my life I've been like Tevye: "On the other hand."  But I'm clearly getting old and crusty and my understanding and forgiveness has reached an end.  Two items in particular have hit a wall with me.  

1 — From their hospital bed "I should have gotten a vaccine and everyone else should get one too" as they die.  No longer a shred of sympathy.  It's not like it was bad luck you missed the one chance at the last life boat as the ship goes down.  There was a life boat every damn day for the past six months with hundreds of thousands of people pleading with you to get onboard.  

No, no other hand.

2 — Deleting something that was thrown up on the Internet that reflected the true inner personality and opinions of the person who said it with a follow on apology of contrition:

He could shoot Biles on the streets of Laredo and get away with it (what he really thinks)

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