It's been a really, really, really long time since I've been as worked up about something as I was tonight about @espnhomer's daily COVID-19 death rate Tweets. And it's not because I'm soft, as I was told, and not because I'm a liberal, as I was told. Here's why.

My frustration is that by simply focusing on mortality rates, you paint an incomplete picture of any disease -- not merely COVID-19, but any disease. But especially now, when wearing a mask to protect others has become politicized, I find that to be dangerous and irresponsible.

When Sydney wasn't even a year, she was diagnosed at @childrenswi with autoimmune neutropenia. It meant her body was producing white blood cells but killing them as they entered her bloodstream. It made her incapable of fighting off just about any illness there was.

She would be a very, very sick girl, who had to be hospitalized for multiple days when she fell ill. There were times that I was terrified she would die. Or that she would never live a normal life, even as @drdavemke assured us her immune system would eventually repair itself.

As I tried to explain to @patmayo, this is my "bias." Because she was lucky enough to not only live, but to avoid any life-altering complications. There were other kids at Children's who weren't as fortunate. Some did die. Some survived, but their illnesses changed their lives.

I met some of their parents. I met MACC Fund kids and their parents. I don't share Sydney's ordeal searching for sympathy, because I am thankful that she recovered and I get to watch her put all the amazing athleticism she got from @paulajwilde on display in any sport she tries.

My point is there are lots of Sydneys out there today. Some are kids. Some are teenagers. Some are young adults. And yes, some are old folks. And they all matter to the people they love and who love them. And it's not just up to them to protect themselves. We have to do our part.

To send the message that the only stat that matters is deaths -- and make no mistake, you can say you're only doing it because you think it should be the "first" stat, but if it's the ONLY stat you Tweet, that's what you're doing -- is exasperating to me. And I'm not alone.

I am thrilled a smaller percentage of people are dying from COVID-19. We all should be. What I don't want, and what I fear focusing solely on mortality rates does, is to create a false sense of security that will not only lead to more deaths, but other significant problems.

I want my restaurant-owning friends and my small business-owning friends to survive. I want @ESPNMilwaukee, @ESPNMadison, @620wtmj and our partners to thrive. I want the economy to fully recover. I want (and need) the #NFL and the #Packers to have a season so my job(s) matter.

I worry that in some folks' minds, the thought progression is, "Fewer people are dying --> nothing to worry about --> I don't need to wear some stupid mask." Not all, but some. I believe we have a responsibility to consider the potential consequences of our Tweets.

So yes, day after day of "Use as you wish" as some sort of justification for giving what I consider to be an incomplete picture of what we are still facing with COVID-19 got the better of me tonight and I lost it in a way not seen since The Great Wilde @Target Meltdown of 2009.

Because the fact is, if @MLB's season doesn't get off the ground, or the @NFL season is canceled or truncated, it almost certainly won't be because of COVID-19 mortality rates. It'll be because those non-bubbled sports had it spread in a way that couldn't be controlled.

Truth is, I love @espnhomer. I think he's one of the best humans on the planet. But I think what he's doing is potentially damaging to what we are all trying to accomplish. And because of the life experience prism I see his Tweets through, I unfollowed him for my own well-being.

You can do as you wish. Unfollow me. For as much as I used to care about Twitter and followers, I just don't anymore. I appreciate the loyalty of those who listen, read, watch and care. But if my beliefs or guiding principles don't match up with yours, we can agree to disagree.

I'm sorry for the long thread. But I'm not sorry for anything I've said here. When I say, "Take care, be good," it's the abbreviated version of something I have long believed we should all do. "Take care of yourself, be good to others." I try to do that. I don't always bat 1.000.

OK. That's more Tweets in a row than this toupeed fellow can count, so I'll stop. Thanks to those who read all the way to this one. G'night. ~ Jason