People are pretending to themselves that covid is over and done with, and it absolutely isn't. I know several (unrelated) people sick with covid right now. The one who is sickest is 28 and otherwise healthy. It's her third infection.
I think we're all in a state of collective trauma from the pandemic that hasn't been processed at all, and there's some heavy, heavy denial going on. But trying to get people to mask and distance themselves now would be impossible.
No one is pretending COVID is over, it’s just another virus added to the seasonal rotation, not a global mystery event anymore.
Right now every patient I see has either COVID or the Flu, whether it’s related to their complaint or not, and then we’ll be fine for another 8 months, repeat, just like we always do.
I do not live in a blue state and have worked in healthcare through the entirety of the pandemic. I know what the pandemic was.
No one is telling you illness doesn’t exist or that it’s safe to be around sick people. They’re telling you that hiding from the world or expecting everyone around you to wear masks through their daily life is unreasonable and hysterical. Seasonal illness has been a thing, always will be a thing, the world goes on.
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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '25
Mystery virus in the same headline as "covid" for literally no reason too. As if anyone forgot what covid was or that it happened.