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Covid will still be here this summer. Will anyone care? (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 5 months ago by jeffw to c/health

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[–] Pretzilla 10 points 5 months ago

We had a chance to instill some common courtesy into society and instead drumft turned it into a culture war with a million extra deaths and widespread and continuing collateral damage. Oops.

[–] essell 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For most of us, it's now just another endemic illness 🤷

Which sucks for those people who get heavily impacted due to circumstances or luck.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

As far as I’m concerned, it’s just another “random flu bug”. Most people are vaccinated, so they won’t be getting severe symptoms. Immunocompromised people are in big trouble, but that was also true before 2019. Basically any disease is dangerous to them; has always been.

[–] essell 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

From those immunocompromised people I've talked to since the pandemic, they were hoping for a cultural shift around this thanks to the increased awareness.

For a short while, so many people were afraid of a virus and perhaps understood a little better what it was like for them every day.

That has not happened from what I can see.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Yeah, you’re right. I was kinda hoping that people would wear masks more openly when they suspect they might have the flu and try to prevent it from spreading to everyone around them. That sort of cultural shift didn’t last very long once the restrictions were lifted.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

flu is short for influenza. covid is not influenza.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Technically correct.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I still mask up when I go into stores or offices or whatever. Got all my boosters, too.

[–] verdantbanana 1 points 5 months ago

not in the US

too broke and depressed to give two shits