Coronavirus Rant Thread

[Schrödinger's Name]

I wasn't sure where to post this. Since it's not really a rant, but I don't want to pollute the forum witch Corona related stuff. I thought this was an interesting article. It kinda relates to how I feel about the virus too.
https://forge.medium.com/prepare-for-the-ultimate-gaslighting-6a8ce3f0a0e0

A little preview/some parts I liked:

The cat is out of the bag. We, as a nation, have deeply disturbing problems. You’re right. That’s not news. They are problems we ignore every day, not because we’re terrible people or because we don’t care about fixing them, but because we don’t have time. Sorry, we have other shit to do. The plain truth is that no matter our ethnicity, religion, gender, political party (the list goes on), nor even our socioeconomic status, as Americans we share this: We are busy. We’re out and about hustling to make our own lives work. We have goals to meet and meetings to attend and mortgages to pay — all while the phone is ringing and the laptop is pinging. And when we get home, Crate and Barrel and Louis Vuitton and Andy Cohen make us feel just good enough to get up the next day and do it all over again. It is very easy to close your eyes to a problem when you barely have enough time to close them to sleep. The greatest misconception among us, which causes deep and painful social and political tension every day in this country, is that we somehow don’t care about each other. White people don’t care about the problems of black America. Men don’t care about women’s rights. Cops don’t care about the communities they serve. Humans don’t care about the environment. These couldn’t be further from the truth. We do care. We just don’t have the time to do anything about it. Maybe that’s just me. But maybe it’s you, too.

Well, the treadmill you’ve been on for decades just stopped. Bam! And that feeling you have right now is the same as if you’d been thrown off your Peloton bike and onto the ground: What in the holy fuck just happened? I hope you might consider this: What happened is inexplicably incredible. It’s the greatest gift ever unwrapped. Not the deaths, not the virus, but The Great Pause. It is, in a word, profound. Please don’t recoil from the bright light beaming through the window. I know it hurts your eyes. It hurts mine, too. But the curtain is wide open. What the crisis has given us is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see ourselves and our country in the plainest of views. At no other time, ever in our lives, have we gotten the opportunity to see what would happen if the world simply stopped. Here it is. We’re in it. Stores are closed. Restaurants are empty. Streets and six-lane highways are barren. Even the planet itself is rattling less (true story). And because it is rarer than rare, it has brought to light all of the beautiful and painful truths of how we live. And that feels weird. Really weird. Because it has… never… happened… before. If we want to create a better country and a better world for our kids, and if we want to make sure we are even sustainable as a nation and as a democracy, we have to pay attention to how we feel right now. I cannot speak for you, but I imagine you feel like I do: devastated, depressed, and heartbroken.

 

[Luminous]

I wasn't sure where to post this. Since it's not really a rant, but I don't want to pollute the forum witch Corona related stuff. I thought this was an interesting article. It kinda relates to how I feel about the virus too.
https://forge.medium.com/prepare-for-the-ultimate-gaslighting-6a8ce3f0a0e0

A little preview/some parts I liked:

The cat is out of the bag. We, as a nation, have deeply disturbing problems. You’re right. That’s not news. They are problems we ignore every day, not because we’re terrible people or because we don’t care about fixing them, but because we don’t have time. Sorry, we have other shit to do. The plain truth is that no matter our ethnicity, religion, gender, political party (the list goes on), nor even our socioeconomic status, as Americans we share this: We are busy. We’re out and about hustling to make our own lives work. We have goals to meet and meetings to attend and mortgages to pay — all while the phone is ringing and the laptop is pinging. And when we get home, Crate and Barrel and Louis Vuitton and Andy Cohen make us feel just good enough to get up the next day and do it all over again. It is very easy to close your eyes to a problem when you barely have enough time to close them to sleep. The greatest misconception among us, which causes deep and painful social and political tension every day in this country, is that we somehow don’t care about each other. White people don’t care about the problems of black America. Men don’t care about women’s rights. Cops don’t care about the communities they serve. Humans don’t care about the environment. These couldn’t be further from the truth. We do care. We just don’t have the time to do anything about it. Maybe that’s just me. But maybe it’s you, too.

Well, the treadmill you’ve been on for decades just stopped. Bam! And that feeling you have right now is the same as if you’d been thrown off your Peloton bike and onto the ground: What in the holy fuck just happened? I hope you might consider this: What happened is inexplicably incredible. It’s the greatest gift ever unwrapped. Not the deaths, not the virus, but The Great Pause. It is, in a word, profound. Please don’t recoil from the bright light beaming through the window. I know it hurts your eyes. It hurts mine, too. But the curtain is wide open. What the crisis has given us is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see ourselves and our country in the plainest of views. At no other time, ever in our lives, have we gotten the opportunity to see what would happen if the world simply stopped. Here it is. We’re in it. Stores are closed. Restaurants are empty. Streets and six-lane highways are barren. Even the planet itself is rattling less (true story). And because it is rarer than rare, it has brought to light all of the beautiful and painful truths of how we live. And that feels weird. Really weird. Because it has… never… happened… before. If we want to create a better country and a better world for our kids, and if we want to make sure we are even sustainable as a nation and as a democracy, we have to pay attention to how we feel right now. I cannot speak for you, but I imagine you feel like I do: devastated, depressed, and heartbroken.

I've seen this article shared a bunch of times.

I thought it was going to be about Trump denying that his lack of action made the situation here so much worse than it could have been. Instead it was about the evils of advertising. I think whoever wrote it has never been through a trauma before. I didn't wait until now to think about my life. If this situation is allowing others more of a chance to think deeply about their lives, that's good. But I think the ultimate gaslighting is being told by the person whose job is your well-being that he's done it the best anyone could when he's actually caused more deaths.

 

[Schrödinger's Name]

I've seen this article shared a bunch of times.

I thought it was going to be about Trump denying that his lack of action made the situation here so much worse than it could have been. Instead it was about the evils of advertising. I think whoever wrote it has never been through a trauma before. I didn't wait until now to think about my life. If this situation is allowing others more of a chance to think deeply about their lives, that's good. But I think the ultimate gaslighting is being told by the person whose job is your well-being that he's done it the best anyone could when he's actually caused more deaths.

I think most people have thought about their life at least once. The article simply reminded me of a book I once read- though I ironically forgot the name of the book I do remember that they talked about modern society. How everything has to go 'fast' all the time. How people, especially children have to be entertained all day long. The inability to sit still (not literally in this case). We live in a state of (constant) mass consumption, mentally and physically. I agree with the article that it's not bad for the treadmill to stop once in a while. Doesn't mean this situation is perfect, but some people may definitely need this in order for them to be able to open their eyes. Though of course, this situation won't change anything for plenty of people. Not in the way they think, not in the way they behave. I am not even saying that this is going to change anything for me. But it's fun to fantasize about.

I am not sure if I am understanding your last sentence correctly. It's about Trump?

 

[Luminous]

I am not sure if I am understanding your last sentence correctly. It's about Trump?

Yes. I'm sure some of my family members, for instance, will fall for his crap. It sickens me to have someone like this have so much power over lives and deaths and then, the cherry on top, people who will not only excuse him, but praise him.

 

[Maou]

Just wanted to say "Fuck you" to the people reporting essential buisnesses for being open, and also complaining about things like complementary candy, and or being disgusted by the fact employees have to eat. Fuck you Karens.

 

[Red Memories]

Just wanted to say "Fuck you" to the people reporting essential buisnesses for being open, and also complaining about things like complementary candy, and or being disgusted by the fact employees have to eat. Fuck you Karens.

I think the issue may have more to do with such variantion state to state as to what is "essential" for instance, some say fast food joints are essential and others forced them to close.
I haven't reported anything though, but our order barely closed anything. XD

 

[Earl Grey]

THE virus or not there is absolutely, ABSOLUTELY NO REASON, NOT A SINGLE ONE AT ALL to contract a virus, ANY VIRUS AT ALL, if you can avoid it and a lot of people don't seem to UNDERSTAND THAT.


WASH. YOUR DAMN. HANDS.
WEAR. YOUR DAMN. MASK.
TAKE. HEALTH. PRECAUTIONS.

 

[Jaguar]

Tell that to these idiots:


Hundreds Pack Queens Street in Defiance of Social Distancing Rules – NBC New York

No masks.
No social distancing.

 

[Tellenbach]

In L.A., we're fining businesses that posts an "Open" sign because you need a special permit to post signage in L.A. But if you have an employee holding an "Open" sign by the window, that's allowed.

 

[anticlimatic]

Tell that to these idiots:


Hundreds Pack Queens Street in Defiance of Social Distancing Rules – NBC New York

No masks.
No social distancing.

At least a few of them should have held up some BLM signs to make them immune. Idiots.

 

[Jaguar]

At least a few of them should have held up some BLM signs to make them immune. Idiots.

Do I have to be a racist to get your joke, or what?

 

[anticlimatic]

Do I have to be a racist to get your joke, or what?

I meant immune from the media.

US lockdown protests may have spread virus widely, cellphone data suggests | US news | The Guardian
Little evidence that George Floyd protests spread coronavirus in US, experts say - ABC7 Los Angeles

 

[Jaguar]

Okay boys and girls, pay attention. Besides the 'black voices' sign in the air, what jumps out at you in this picture?

And what jumps out at you in this picture?

US lockdown protests may have spread virus widely, cellphone data suggests | US news | The Guardian

 

[Red Memories]

Okay boys and girls, pay attention. Besides the 'black voices' sign in the air, what jumps out at you in this picture?

And what jumps out at you in this picture?

US lockdown protests may have spread virus widely, cellphone data suggests | US news | The Guardian

I see the masks

I also see them not adhering to the social distancing which is needed to make masks effective.

 

[Lexicon]

Waiting inside car dealership for roommates car inspection. Only 2 other people have masks on. There's a family with 2 sick kids behind me. Like coughing sneezing super mucousy. No masks. Why the fuck didn't one of the parents stay home with them? If they don't have covid, they're at risk of getting it since their immune system is down from whatever respiratory infection they do have. It's too cold for me to wait outside, as in, my fingers and toes will get frostbitten. I feel aggravated and trapped in a box of disgusting idiots right now.

 

[Virtual ghost]

Omicron community transmission possible in Scotland, England

Cases identified in people who have not traveled to southern Africa.

What means that the variant is set loose and we probably can't detect every single case of exactly this variant. Especially if it is as fast spreading as they think it is.

My local media even said something that some positive people ran away from the airport in Netherlands. So the authorities had to chase them down.



So yeah, this will go South pretty quickly.

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

Our company is having a big meeting on the back dock in a few weeks. In the past meetings since COVID started, they did live virtual meetings via Teams where the CEO gave his updates and then took questions. For whatever reason, management is not doing this one virtually and they are making it mandatory for everyone to attend in person.

I already told HR I won't be attending, but would be happy to if they bring back the virtual option.

 

[Virtual ghost]

COVID came into my wider family and it is after old people. So now it is up to the vaccine to do it's thing.

 

[FemMecha]

It is a weird feeling to watch humanity through this pandemic. It is absolutely vulnerable to pandemic because its thinking and behavior is so rigid. We can hope Omicron is less severe disease, but it makes no difference for large scale behavior. We now know definitively how humans will behave repeatedly when exposed to the threat of contagion. It doesn't matter what precaution is introduced: masks, vaccine, etc., since the reaction is unilateral rebellion. A virus of any level of severity could be introduced with any number of repetitions and humans will respond the same way every time. It is such an irony when we consider humans to be the most adaptable creature, because there is some sort of counterbalance of extreme rigidity that goes beyond other species. It will take time to sort it out in my mind philosophically.

 

[Virtual ghost]

COVID came into my wider family and it is after old people. So now it is up to the vaccine to do it's thing.

Just for the record: they all survived without too many problems. But without vaccines I really doubt that it would have ended this way.