katharineWithout saying “endemic” or “but it’s mild now” explain how this is “post-Covid” or in any way acceptable.
Oh, no. You’re going to say “it’s never going away and we just have to live with it,” aren’t you? Do you want to be sent links to Long Covid studies and sites everyday for the foreseeable future as a reminder that by trying to absolve yourself of virus mitigation responsibility, yes, for millions of people, Covid never goes away and they just have to live with the nasty souvenirs from an infection?
Niko Trimmel@thatkatharine I'm not saying people have to live with the repercussions of an illness, but what could be done to prevent a sickness like Covid or other cyclic flu to do its cycles? You can mask up, you can keep your distance, but you can't keep something like that from spreading. It would be a Don Quijote fight
RethinkJeff@nitrml Everyone masking and social distancing was so effective we eliminated certain strains of the flu and the common cold. It works so incredibly well, people don't think COVID is that big of a deal.
Dźwiedziu@thatkatharine
Can't resist to say “oh, it's like the flu”.
By which I mean it's mutating, highly contagious, can be dangerous if not taken care of, and can be lethal to people with less efficient immune systems.
Get. Your. Vaccines.
Kraftwerk-Das Model Collapse@dzwiedziu @thatkatharine while yes, absolutely get vaccinated, it's not sterilizing. I'm severely disabled by long Covid since 2022 despite getting all my boosters
@thatkatharine living with HIV: widespread use of condoms and STD tests becomes the social norm and anyone not accepting that is a selfish asshole.
Living with COVID: uuuh ummm well I guess stay home if you're feeling sick, maybe?? Unless it's something important like a big concert?
Morgan ⚧️@dngrs @thatkatharine also living with COVID: "what's that on your face? Why are you wearing it? Would you be willing to take it off so I can see your mouth? No, I don't need to read your lips, I just think it's rude to cover them"