COVID-19 Check-in Thread

[LynnInDenver]

I have another friend who has the virus and is now recovering after three weeks of being sick.  She thinks the world is overreacting to the Coronavirus and this is all a plot by the vaccine-industrial complex.  Some people I keep as friends just because they make good material for writing characterization, you know?

There's a couple of things with that... if you're not listening to health people, who's whole job is to think about these sorts of things... plus, I'm sure when the fallout is over some of the places are going to seriously tighten up what's allowed for exemptions from vaccination mandates at schools (because there is some minor side effects of "don't get sick as bad from other stuff that's not covered"), how's she going to handle that?

And on the flip side, given the circumstances? I'd be seriously reconsidering those sorts of friendships myself, writing characterizations be damned, because I have too many friends that have to rely on herd immunity versus being able to acquire personal immunity that it's pretty much a "so you're basically saying these people must die so that you can have your little 'I don't need to sacrifice on this one because I think it's all a money and power sham'?"

Yeah, my patience for that crap's getting a lot lower lately, partly because while I'm willing to do the right thing and stay the hell home right now to protect others, and it's annoying that everyone else going, "it's not that bad" and "I'm gonna go out and socialize in spite of all the demands to keep my distance" is making this take a lot longer to play out than it should be doing, keeping us from seeing our friends for many more weeks than it would have if they'd listen, and do what's being asked.