Our reality is wild

[miss_ljv]

A message from the University of MN President acknowledging we've been doing this for 2 years.

I was standing in line for a Rapid test last week, and while looking around at the carefully placed dots 6 feet apart, the National Guardsmen checking people in and administering tests, traffic cones guiding the flow of traffic, the sanitizer stations and double-masks, I was really struck with how normalized this surreal situation is. Remember when we thought we'd be working from home for like, 2 weeks max? Like, people for real said the Covid fear was an overreaction and everything would be fine soon.

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— Parks and Recreation (@parksandrec) January 31, 2018

It really made me loop back like, I have almost no documentation of what Covid Times are like, because it's just so a part of everyday life now. We have a concert that has been rescheduled 3 times, in Chicago for Final Fantasy VII Remake, and apparently it's still happening in early Feb. Coordinating Rapid tests and navigating requests for isolation periods to not expose Sean right before her Actuary exams, negotiating masking and distancing based on comfort levels. All just so wild.

Comments

[imogen-blue.livejournal.com]

It is definitely surreal. Where I live we've been cut off from the world for the two years and had limited exposure. Now we're open to the world and nothing was put in place to keep things running once covid hit, so we've broken. The grocery shelves are empty, schools are closed. Only certain year levels will go back, the rest are online. Hospital's at full capacity in just one month,we're already at COSTAT5.

The govt had 2 years to prepare - so they built a $7 billion sports stadium that no-one can use cause of distancing.
But hey, it's somewhere to put up the tents for the ill once covid gets really really bad, right??

Oh... it's my birthday this month and my sister sent me an early present, a box of 100 N95 masks...

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean.
It does feel normal as we have restrictions but no lockdown. It feels normal to go for a test during lunch break so you can go for sports in the evening or to the cinemas. It feels normal to do a self-test before meeting up with a group of friends.
It feels normal wearing a FFP2 mask no matter where you go.
It feels normal that you're discriminated when you have symptoms but still are walking around in public.

It's weird how normal these things have become .... but it also shows how well most people can adapt if they have to.

[elisi]

It really made me loop back like, I have almost no documentation of what Covid Times are like, because it's just so a part of everyday life now.
*nods* It's become daily life... and I can't really see that changing any time soon, despite the politicians wanting to pretend otherwise.

[brittdreams.livejournal.com]

It is wild how normalized so much of the covid stuff has become. And also wild how many people are still not taking it seriously two years later.