As cases rise again, it's clear that the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to shape American life for years to come

There will be no collective thanksgiving, no elegies, no closure. As we have seen time and time again throughout human history, pandemics do not end—they echo.

The last paragraph of this essay stuck with me so I thought I'd share it. I wish we could collectively grieve over this awful thing that has happened and is happening to us.

  • DayOfDoom [any, any]
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    10 months ago

    Is the angle of publishing this just to normalize COVID killing people and make limiting it seem like a fool's errand?

    • macabrett
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      10 months ago

      idk that's not the vibe I got from the article. It seems pretty critical of the usual "move on" talking points.

      • DayOfDoom [any, any]
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        10 months ago

        I haven't' read it yet, just guessing the angle 'cause basically every single mainstream opinion whether it's optimistic or negative about the state of COVID right now seems to feed into the same propaganda-narrative of COVID harm mitigation or suppression being folly.

        • macabrett
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          10 months ago

          This one doesn't do a ton of that. In the second paragraph, it does the opposite:

          More than 50,000 COVID-19 deaths have been reported in the U.S. in 2023. Somehow, this has come to be seen as almost normal.