Why does nobody give a shit about anyone around them?

Because people are told everyday, endlessly that everything is fine. The media will continue to downplay or not even mention COVID. They are beholden to the capital forces that have determined public health is antithetical to the profit motive. So people who are otherwise able to stay home and take precautions (like masking) are pressured not to and told to come back to work because “COVID is over. Coming back to work was what we did before COVID.” I’ll quote what wopazoo@hexbear.net said to me after I posted about getting it.

You cannot get people to return to pre-pandemic behaviors without eradicating the thought of the pandemic in their mind. Eliminating masks, the symbol of the pandemic, is necessary to achieve the ends of a reversion to pre-pandemic behavior.

Edit: I’m also sorry that you guys got it. I wish it didn’t happen to you. Please take care of yourself.