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Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

It's a damning indictment of the selfishness of Western society that despite living in a pandemic that has killed tens of millions of people, we haven't even learned to normalize wearing a mask or staying home when we are sick, regardless of what bug you might have.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian Is it a cold, a super cold or Covid? And should I carry on regardless? Zoe Williams The lurgy rules used to be clear. But now, if you want to go anywhere with a runny nose, you have to get your excuses in early
The rules of illness changed after Covid: previously there was an expectation that you would take your rhinovirus all round town until you dropped dead, and if you happened to give it to anyone, they would appreciate you even more, because now they would know how rubbish you felt. While the pandemic delivered nothing of the large-scale social revolution many of us hoped for at the start, it did at least ram home this trace of wisdom: maybe just stay in bed if you are not well? However, like all social corrections, it has turned into an over correction, so now it’s plague rules: if you want to go anywhere with a runny nose, you first have to assure everyone that it’s not Covid. This is quite a dark art, since lateral flow tests are a bit patchy and sometimes notice the disease only once it is on the way out of your body. You have to make it work with the force of your conviction: “I promise it’s not Covid.” Then you have to square off all the other modern respiratory infections – “I don’t believe it to be ‘white lung’ pneumonia”; “I’m pretty sure it’s not a super cold” – before the broad spectrum assurance that by now will not be believed: “I was fine when I left the house!” Followed by, pointlessly: “This is 100% true.”
Kevin Karhan :verified:

@luckytran *nodds in agreement*

I think this convinced me that society is fecked up and that not only are we ruled by , but their gets normalized to the point that not being a selfish is being penalized instead of being taken for granted.
youtube.com/watch?v=4yKsIdr_PN

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@luckytran

Politricks refuse to enforce even the most basic and prevention protocols to the point that I'm afraid that in two years it'll be made mandatory to shake unwashed hands with brown shit smears still on and lick them afterwards...

Because what's being done goes against anything I've learned in school and as a firefighter and I refuse to believe that everyone who taught me stuff pre-rona re: sicknesses and biohazards was absolutely wrong.

#CovidIsNotOver
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