Elephant in the elevator: "address me."

Ok, buckle up. Here's the pitch:

#CovidIsNotOver. Not only is it extraordinarily vaccine-evasive, it is neuroinvasive, thrombogenic, oncogenic, immune-dysregulating, and telomere-shortening. The overall health burden of the pandemic shifted from acute to chronic, and because our society was already really good at pretending that chronic illness doesn't exist, we also pretend that this problem doesn't exist. The damage from cumulative infections is, in turn, cumulative, making all covid long covid on a long enough timeline. There was never a normal to return to, and all attempts to shame people who are still trying to protect themselves (and their communities, but who are we kidding) -- by wearing respirator masks in public, like Violet Affleck -- are part of a consent-manufacturing process that favors billionaire wealth over public health.