@NedStarksGhost The thing is that most people are scared of the consequences of testing positive, i.e. being forced to isolate, not the actual effects of the virus itself. I have always been on the extreme of feeling comfortable with the risk. At the very start I wanted more evidence before we took any drastic action. When we found out that kids weren't really affected I assumed that we would do everything reasonable to protect the vulnerable. I was shocked that people were talking about sacrificing our lives to maybe slow the spread of a virus that clearly was coming anyway and basically meant we'd have to effectively lock down until a vaccine was developed and we found time to distribute it. I was convinced that it would be more harmful to lock down, and it shook me to my core to find out that the liberal West turns pretty totalitarian at the drop of a hat and just followed China's lead. You can't really go far wrong by trusting people to make their own risk assesments. It is really bad that the government is training us to leave all the decisions to them. We should be responsible for our own safety and taking health measures voluntarily. Like gaming seems to be moving in a foreign and bad direction lately with all the GaaS and subscription talk, I have felt at times like I don't belong anymore and there are plenty of people who are willing to rat their neighbour out to the authorities. It does seem like the public mood has changed now, so I hope that we can move forward now.
I don’t expect I’ll get anymore jabs in the future (I have had 3) unless there is a crazy new variant. I take an immunosuppressant and have had covid twice but it was no worse than a usual cold, which I don’t tend to get either despite the meds.
I've been boosted so my anxiety has gone down considerably, but I still manage to find things to get anxious about, they need to come up with a cure for hypochondria.
@nessisonett That's more of a treatment than a cure, but having a drink and staring at a lava lamp for a long time has been a wonderful treatment for all my anxiety issues.
My Amazon warehouse has permanently stopped requiring people to wear face masks, starting this week. We're still expected to socially distance though, but I doubt that's going to be enforced.
I hope everyone else is doing okay these days, thread died in February.
It does feel quite strange how the government and media just suddenly stopped talking about covid. Even though there are still a lot of people still getting it.
@ThereThere
Yeah I been feeling fairly immune and invincible too as I've been working two jobs since it all started and just about everyone I know has it at some point, some more than once! But looks like numbers and rates on the rise again, maybe the boosters have started wearing off leaving people now more vulnerable.
Hope it's not too bad for you and you get over it soon.
... And especially hope you're not too ill to continue gaming.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
@ThereThere Oh Lord, don’t blame you for being worried about her given she’s pregnant. Glad she’s alright, hopefully the current strain’s one of the weaker ones.
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