Something about the fact Covid is being talked about like a common cold now is horrifying to me.
“Oh yeah I got covid again, gonna be resting for a week or so”
“Coworkers came in sick again, now I’ve got covid. Oh well, whatcha gonna do”
Its normal now. The new strains, the repeated catching, the fact its no longer a pandemic and is now a part of our daily lives.
A deadly disease that can and does permanently disable people who catch it is being treated like an inconvenient stomach bug.
And it was avoidable.
People are dying and being disabled in fucking droves and all anyone can say is “whelp, that’s how it goes!” As if there wasn’t/aren’t vaccines, as if there wasn’t/aren’t methods that can help (masking, social distancing, etc), as if other places who took it more seriously didn’t have better survival rates.
This outcome wasn’t a guarantee. Selfish, ableist, racist, conspiracy loving ass-hats made sure it happened.
Looking at the numbers and then talking to people who didn’t want to mildly inconvenience themselves to save lives is horrific.
Millions died.
Millions more will follow.
Thousands were disabled by it.
Thousands will follow.
And it. Was all. AVOIDABLE.
It’s still preventable, but no one else wants to do it. So here I am, out here still masking, avoiding large groups of people, getting deliveries, etc 😑
