That divide has led to some people feeling confused, isolated, and alienated from the rest of society.
Needless to say, none of this is easy.
No matter how youve decided to approach living with COVID, there are risks.
And yet, people come to school coughing, maskless, saying, its probably just a cold.
Its hard to see folks go back to normal when my normal is so much different.
All of this makes our risk calculus much different than most other people we know.
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Now that its winter, were spending most of our time at home.
Meanwhile, everyone else seems to have gone back to normal.
I get weird looks all the time in my hometown for wearing a mask inside the grocery store.
And I constantly have to remind even close family of our limitations, which can be frustrating.
It makes me feel like Im in a bizarro world or something.
Would always get cold/bronchitis in winter and summer cold.
Wearing a mask is so worth not getting sick.
I have lost touch with friends who made not believing in COVID part of their politics and values.
Large clinic full of believers in science waiting for their checkups or chemo.
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This is the only place Ive been where this happens.
We just want to live a little longer.
Its Amazing How Its All Connected.
Im chronically ill and I just dont think able-bodied people understand how much it sucks to be forever sick.
I know people think Im an alarmist but the alarms are real to me.
So many people now have had COVID and fully recovered.
They look at their own stories and think Im nuts; Im young, and Id recover too.
But I was hospitalized for a cold this summer.
And like, the disease does seem somewhat random at this point as to who it hurts.
Its just that…if universal masking came back, my quality of life would be really decent.
I just feel like reality is split in two, before and after, cautious or not cautious.
I feel outside of myself and reality.
The stakes are too high for me, but sometimes I feel so confusedare the stakes high for others?
Do they know what its like to wait for a specialist for months?
Do they know what its like to have a mysterious disability?
Will they be fine?
And I feel no remorse in asking people to take those precautions if they are going to visit.
I think people look at Gen Z and wonder why we are so weird.
Gave up on COVID, doing nothing about the climate.
Just know that youre not alonethere is a whole community of like-minded people out there.
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