https://www.mediaactivist.com/recovering-from-shock/
'We were about a year into the pandemic when I wrote here on this site about
the beginning of my realisations around my own personal ignorance as my partner
was learning to live with Long Covid, having gone from working out in the gym
regularly and playing soccer two or three times a week, to barely able to leave
the home. She hasn't been the same since. In fact, the more she attempted to
"push through," the more ill she became. All that from a virus left to spread,
and mutate – therefore more challenging for vaccines to tackle – and with
damage to our bodies' vital organs that we still don't yet comprehend, but most
certainly offering each of us around a 10% chance of getting Long Covid with
every infection.
Before that time, I was one of those fools who – influenced by fictional
narratives on both the big and small screen – assumed I caught a cold from,
like,
being cold, or that catching a cold or even worse illness was "good"
for me (in fact, that's simply not how our immune systems work).
You'd have thought I'd have bothered to put two and two together, not least
because here in Sheffield, right by where I live, there is a burial ground for
hundreds of people who died in the cholera outbreak of 1832, with a monument
that is visible from many different parts of the city, and is considered to be
a landmark of national significance. It sent a message through the years, but
like many others I clearly stopped paying attention. Even landmarks just become
another usual part of the scenery after a while, and we take for granted the
lessons they offer us, treated like insignificant background for our in-focus
Insta-lives of selfies at brunch.'
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: June 6, 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-105688557
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
