2021 managed to clear the very low bar set by 2020 (Hey, the only new scar I have this year is a physical one...).
I'm not feeling that.
2020 was awful, but it generally felt like the vast majority of people wanted to do their part, and were willing to accept some inconveniences and hardships for the greater good (the greater good!). It felt like we were all having a terrible time of it alone together, but with a shared goal of beating Covid.
But ever since bloody "freedom day", it feels like a lot of people have just decided that the pandemic is over, even though it clearly isn't. That they shouldn't have to be inconvenienced any more, even though nearly 1,000 people/week have still been dying from it ever since. They've given up and don't care.
There can still be a huge outpouring of grief if just one person dies in some other way that "isn't supposed to happen", with cries of "If only this could have been prevented!" But 1,000 people dying of Covid this week, and last week, and the week before that, is fine. Those people don't matter for some reason. Even though there are a bunch of little things people could do quite easily to help reduce transmission rates in significant ways and prevent some of those deaths, they don't.
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I'm not feeling that.
2020 was awful, but it generally felt like the vast majority of people wanted to do their part, and were willing to accept some inconveniences and hardships for the greater good (the greater good!). It felt like we were all having a terrible time of it alone together, but with a shared goal of beating Covid.
But ever since bloody "freedom day", it feels like a lot of people have just decided that the pandemic is over, even though it clearly isn't. That they shouldn't have to be inconvenienced any more, even though nearly 1,000 people/week have still been dying from it ever since. They've given up and don't care.
There can still be a huge outpouring of grief if just one person dies in some other way that "isn't supposed to happen", with cries of "If only this could have been prevented!" But 1,000 people dying of Covid this week, and last week, and the week before that, is fine. Those people don't matter for some reason. Even though there are a bunch of little things people could do quite easily to help reduce transmission rates in significant ways and prevent some of those deaths, they don't.