For those of you who remain unaware, I have some good news- COVID is leaving on precisely 24th February. How kind of it to finally fuck off. Except it hasn’t. We must now live with it. Apart from the people who probably won’t be able to live with it, and might actually die from it that is. But nobody cares about them do they. We must regain our ableist normalcy mustn’t we. Anything to hide the piss ups from the plebs. The piss ups “real people” don’t care about. Except we do. Especially the real people who had no visitors in hospital or were unable to be visitors. Those dying alone and their families and friends. The funerals and the people unable to say goodbye. Real people who stayed home, and those who worked throughout the pandemic. The people who shielded. The mothers with babies and no support. The carers trying to keep those they care for safe. These real people are extremely fucked off by the whole thing actually.
But it’s a pretty impressive management technique isn’t it - distracting us with an announcement that will thrill a large portion of the general public for varied reasons, and infuriate the rest. Meaning everyone has an opinion on “it” making “it” all anyone wants to talk about. We aren’t even being managed with subtlety.
I can’t help but admire (in a perverse way- like how you might be impressed by the ability of a wolf pack to take down their prey) the utter fucking gall of our leaders making covid isolation requirements no longer law. I’ve seen this decision described as brave or stupid. Brave or stupid actions that may have an effect on the average person, but are a colossal slap in the face for those who were clinically extremely vulnerable. And let’s not forget the CEV children who shielded and STILL REMAIN UNVACCINATED. The vaccine promised before Christmas is yet to materialise for the majority of this cohort. And for those who are lucky enough to have received a vaccination before the 24th Feb they won’t have had time to be fully vaccinated.
Every time I read or hear about “catch ups” or “levelling up” all I can think of is the pervasive attitude that some children and adults matter more than others.
I would be far happier for things to go back to “normal” if it was a new more considerate normal.
Yes maybe it is time to lift some restrictions, but put systems in place to continue to protect those who are still vulnerable.
They fucking matter too.
Last week’s dynamic risk assessment ( the one that is a “working document” in my head) said that Nate was at low risk of catching COVID watching his sister perform in High School Musical in a packed theatre. This was because he spent the previous week at home with her while she had COVID ( and didn’t catch it). This was his first time out out in 2 years. Fuck sake that’s shit for him. I mean he could die at any time from a horrific stoppy breathy thing and we have been hiding from COVID in the house. I was prepared to start going out and about but then fucking Boris throws a spanner in the works with his “go forth and infect” statement.
I feel like I’ve had to chase everything throughout this pandemic- information about shielding, should Nate go back to school, and now chasing a bloody vaccination loads of people are refusing! The last 2 years are a blur. I’m not entirely sure how we got through shielding and lockdowns and not seeing people. But what I am sure of is that I had no illegal parties or work functions.
Gah.
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