syncytia

[mellowtigger]

Covid will not end in 2022. I think that 2022 will instead mark the beginning of public understanding of just what covid means to humanity. After reading this very long article which cleared up some concepts for me that I'd encountered before, I realize that I haven't been pessimistic enough about #LongCovid.  I added a new postscript (and major concern #5) to my existing thread on covid.  Don't get covid.

China knows what's what. So how is China responding? They have bartenders in full hazmat suits, encourage city-wide strict lockdowns to enforce their zero-covid strategy, cull entire animal stocks at the first sign of infection, and are building a new barbed wire fence around the country.

My guesses for how the population of the West will react when they finally come to the same understanding of what SARS-CoV-2 is doing in the human body are... worrisome.  Expect to hear frequent use of the phrase "undetectable viral load" this year with its implied underlying persistent infection, and wonder what the speaker has to gain from perpetuating this misdirection.

I promise not to mention covid again for at least 6 months.  Well, unless I'm personally affected by it before then.  I know how depressing my interpretation is, and I know I'm developing a familiar shrill voice, so I'll avoid subjecting everyone to it for a while.  But you'll know that they know when the powers-that-be start exempting essential workers from insurance/compensation claims for help.  That's your signal that the economic triage for expensive lifelong costs has begun.  Yay, capitalism.

I need a 100% remote job.  Or a lottery win.  (I'd have to play the lottery first.)  Anything that keeps me safe at home.