Food for all, health care for all, etc. would much rather my taxes go towards things like that instead of enriching politicians and the elite, or paying for ICE raids and deportation flights.
I always think “is going into this place maskless worth having long covid” and at the grocery store the answer is always no! Really no place is worth it.
You’re not wrong. I mask indoors everywhere and it IS unreasonable and annoying and limits my social life and professional success. But every time I consider dropping the masks, I read a new peer reviewed study about the long term effects of Covid infections. And none of it is good news!
This changed my life! My son was diagnosed when he was 20 months old. Of course the report said start ABA right away. Luckily I found autistic adults, mostly on Twitter and FB, who pointed me in the right direction! He’s a very happy 7 year old now!
Yes totally. I called, emailed, etc many times a week all of 2025 about vaccine access, RFK, etc. Nothing mattered until August when elected officials suddenly decided to care. I imagine this will be the same.
I will call my elected officials about this… but feels like I’m screaming into the void. At least I was pleasantly surprised to see some changes to vaccine access at the state level this year.
I really wish Medicare folks who have the time and energy would call their elected officials and make their opinions known. Isn’t this age group typically a pretty reliable voting base? Seems like they could harness their size and power and get loud on this.
NPR has gone way downhill ever since they started reporting/repeating the Biden admin’s “pandemic is over” talking points, before my toddler could even be vaccinated.
Haven’t they seen the House episode where a DOCTOR took too much acetaminophen and died? That did more to make me avoid Tylenol than anything Trump could ever say. I pretty much only used Tylenol during my pregnancy, and sparingly.
I still mask indoors everywhere. But interestingly, my appetite for covid news and updates has dramatically decreased since I had covid for the first time in early June. Like I just don’t want to hear about it. Maybe it’s just because it’s summer. Maybe it’s because I’m burnt out and heartbroken.
Well in fairness, now that our own president has tanked the economy for years to come, we don’t need to read the financial news anymore! Just look at the empty building that used to house a hospital and we’ll know how things are going.
He was calling it a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” when my toddler was too young to be eligible for a vaccine. An entire generation of kids is being sacrificed so Biden could have a “good economy”.
I have my first ever Covid infection. It’s such a bummer but I’m glad I avoided it this long (thanks to masks and adjustments to our activities). Do you have any suggestions/resources for how people can reduce long-term risks after infection? (Will continue to mask of course!)
