wet forest moon folkloristSep 22, 2023

I think we’ve reached the limits of consoling with “I’m so sorry you got Covid, hope your case is mild and quick”

a lot of cases will not be mild or quick 🤷🏻‍♀️

The sympathy I want to hear is “I’m so sorry you got Covid, I’m going to wear a mask more often in public spaces and try to talk to my work/school about improving indoor air quality, the more people who advocate for system shift, the sooner we decrease how many folks are risking injury and death from this preventable disease”

#covid

Show threadwet forest moon folkloristSep 22, 2023

same vibes as “I’m so sorry you were the unlucky one to get breast cancer malena, I hope you are the lucky one who ‘beats’ cancer!”

spoiler, millions of people will not beat cancer

what I want to hear is “I’m so sorry you lost so much of who you were to cancer, it’s not ok that we don’t effectively regulate cancer-causing chemicals in our society. It’s not fair that many have accepted and even joke about how carcinogenic our society is, i will work to change that”

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“beat the odds” mentality implies people can fail to work hard enough to survive, that sickness is an individual problem, that loved ones can rinse their hands of responsibility by making irrational hoping sounds out loud. I know I know I know we all have good intentions but look around, we’re on a road to hell here
Sep 22, 2023 at 5:41pmWeb