PersephoneThis writer spent a year lurking in the FB group she mentions (of which I am a member), never participating until the end when she posted asking for interviews.
She must have seen countless threads sharing scientific articles and members helping each other find reliable information. She must have seen the anguish of parents watching teachers, friends, and family members refusing to mask to protect a child with a life-threatening condition.
She must have seen much discussion about disinformation and the conflict between what scientists say and the CDC guidelines. She must have seen stories of immune-compromised people being forced back to work in order to pay the rent. She must have seen many, many people mention the disabilities and deaths their families have experienced due to COVID. She must have seen many, many comments of people who had been lied to about precautions by family members who insisted on seeing them, sometimes resulting in hospitalizations. She must have seen stories of people whose masks had been ripped off, who had been spit upon, because they were masking.
She must have seen a rich, supportive community trying to help one another through with scientific resources and solidarity while facing injustice and hatred.
But she didn't write about that. She wrote about those worried weirdos who don't know that COVID is over. It seems to me she missed a lot of real stories on her way to write this.
sistermagpie