#covid19 ramblings

[snailstrailz]

CDC in 2020: wear a mask and beat all that approach to with a sanitized 6-foot pole

CDC now: kiss people with covid with tounge, actually

#snail rambles tag #shitpost #covid19

[bookwormgirl123]

Covid made everyone an introvert

#covid19 #introvert #ramblings

[thefisherqueen]

I've caught covid for the first time, after somehow managing to avoid it for almost 4 years, and it thoroughly sucks. I'm far from the only one at the moment (I'm writing this on 8 december 2023) - testing fascilities are all done away with in the Netherlands so the view of the current situation I have is very limited, but I do know that numbers like virus load in our sewers and people in hospital with covid are rapidly going up right now once again.

I'm having a lot of thoughts about it all now, and even though they are far from coherent, I still would like to share them.

In the Netherlands, so far there's been a staggering lack of reflection on anything to do with corona. We have no official moment of rememberance, no monument, no time and place for collective grief. Research into long covid is severely underfunded. There's also been an astounding lack of evaluation into our pandamic response. I've only seen one report so far, and it had a limited scope, pretty much the only conclusion was that the goverment's strategy was 'too fixated on intensive care capacity'. If another new illness will emerge, which of course is only a matter of time, I believe we will make all the same mistakes again.

In summary, I just feel sad and kind of hopeless by it all. The lack of care for the lives of eldery and otherwise vulnerable people, and just for public health in general, displayed during the past years, and all for the sake of corporate interest and personal freedom, is staggering. It all started quite promising, back in March 2020, once it dawned on our government that COVID-19 was a serious illness and that immediate action was required. I myself had basically no knowledge on pandemics yet and the lockdown blew my mind. We were taking action to save lives. I remember feeling hopeful.

But pretty much from the moment we emerged from the first lockdown, our government has each time waited with taking measures until the last possible moment. In comparison to the rest of the world, response was not the worst (at least no outright corona denial or 'drink bleach' here), but it was not good either. The Dutch government basically went 'this is fine' meme until hospitals overflowed (long term health care facilites were barely even considered) and then they panicked, putting lockdowns into place again while those are only really meant as an emergency measure when all else fails. Coherent, preventive measures like testing, masks, clear information, ventilation, contact tracing and isolation were never properly put into place.

And now we've lost tens of thousands of lives prematurely, hospital patients with covid still vastly outnumber those with influenca even in bad years, many still report pandemic-related mental health issues, and an estimated 90.000 people in the Netherlands currently have long covid, including a good friend of me.

I feel like all were in a traumatic event that isn't even over yet, and we're barely even talking about the impact, and the next one will inevitably come and likely just be as bad. It's just a lot.

#corona #pandemic #covid #personal #rambling thoughts #feels good to get this off my chest #covid19 #I'll be fine I hope #netherlands #europe #dutch things

[sillycathorrors]

COVIDDDDDD I HATE YOUUU

#i havent been able to do anything #i just have no energy at all #im tiredddd #fuck covid #covid #covid isn't over #covid19 #sorrens rambles

[ofstoriesandstardust]

my supervisor has covid and i sat next to her for over an hour at all staff meeting on tuesday so fingers crossed i don't have it again...

#kylie rambles #covid19 #my room mate also used up all my at home tests and didn't tell me?? #so i had to order more #so hopefully they'll be here within a reasonable amount of time #i also haven't officially been notified i've been exposed #shoutout to my office

[yandere-kokeshi]

I'm cursed af

I have covid 😭

#HOW #i still wear a mask #the fuck?? #kokeshi!! #kokeshi rambles! #covid19

[hopefullystillliving]

Well lads it's been a good run. 3 years and I've finally caught the rona. I feel extremely justified in my masking choices (to still wear one) and spiteful of my father's (to not). The texts of doom have been sent. The plans have been cancelled even though I'm very salty about it. I was going to see the Barbie movie with my dearest tomorrow :(((

#hopeful rambling #covid19 #GOSH HECKING DARN IT #we were gonna see the barbie movie and then have a sleepover but nooo #we can reschedule but :( #i had my outfit picked out and everything. i was gonna be ken

[sneverussape]

im traveling internationally again for the first time in 2 years (not anywhere far, still within asia) and even though it’s ass o clock in the morning people are wearing face masks AND the airline just announced that wearing masks onboard is required and that non-compliance will not be tolerated.

im so glad people in this region are insistent on masks and that they still make it mandatory. most people still wear them despite relaxed rules. it just makes me feel far safer esp since my lungs have taken a beating this allergy season and I really can’t afford to have another respiratory infection (damn thing takes me out for at least 2 weeks! 😵‍💫)

this also means the chances of me flying to the us or the eu in the near future is v v low lol. i miss my family to death but I just don’t feel safe being there at this point in time, and im just not up for risking myself to that extent. there’s also just this general disconnect of values. it’s such a weird feeling tbh because it kind of feels like being unmoored but what can ya do yknow?

#Covid19 #mask up #personal #4am airport ramblings

[razorblade180]

Doctor:It’s a sinus infection. You’ll be fine with some meds.

Me:Okay.

[the next day]

Phone: *buzzez*

Health Department:We’ve been informed about your recent Covid results

Me:

The doctor really buried the lead on that one!

#life #covid19 #razor rambles

[mosaic-system]

Well we’ve finally done it lads

Fourth wave was our undoing

We finally caught Covid

And have as of 5 minutes ago

Lost our sense of taste

It was a good run while it lasted

#mosaic ramblings #mosaic rambles #covid19 #long covid #no smell #no taste

[stochastiz]

Walgreens essentially paid me $20 for getting vaccinated!*

*DISCLAIMER* i'm a nobody in Maine, USA. i have no idea if this applies to other Walgreens locations, this is completely based on my personal experience. they didn't say anything about it ahead of time, i didn't see it advertised anywhere, they just stapled the vouchers to my receipt as i left the clinic. but i figured it could be worth sharing!!

i scheduled an appointment to get my flu vaccine and new COVID-19 booster through my local Walgreens pharmacy. i was able to get both shots in the same appointment, even close enough together on the same arm to only use one bandaid. as i was leaving, they gave me my pharmacy receipts with the info for the two vaccines, and there were two vouchers stapled with them. as a reward for getting vaccinated (i'm assuming i got one for each shot i got), each voucher allows you to earn $10 in Walgreens Cash (essentially store credit) when you redeem it during a purchase where you're spending over $1 in store. it's considered a storewide coupon so you can only redeem one per transaction, but i've earned $20 to use in the future! i just wanted to share in case anyone else barely scraping by could use the info!!

#stochastic ramblings #i'm using lots of tags so hopefully someone who could use this info will see it! #chronically ill #immunocompromised #disabled #covid #covid-19 #covid 19 #flu #vaccine #vaccinated #get vaccinated #covid booster #covid19 #flu vaccine #walgreens

[gravedangerahead]

My dad told Luke I didn't love him anymore and I know he didn't understand that but I cried anyway because that's the kind of idiot I am

#they take turns meowing outside my door #Rapha rambles #pandemic blues #covid19 #my cats #😭

[thinkatoryprocess]

It seems extremely likely that I've caught COVID. I'm very sick and have been for a day or two; waiting on my PCR test because the rapid tests in my experience are not nearly as accurate. This has landed at a very unfortunate time for me so... I'm not sure where I'm going with this. Anyway, we have a rash of RSV breaking out too. Pandemics continue in areas where people send their sick kids to school, who knew

#covid19 #covid mention #personal #rambling

[meowm1x]

there IS something to be said about the toll on mental health when people are under lockdown, HOWEVER the way people are now trying to weaponise that against countries, particularly china, that are still trying their damndest to keep covid contained, is VERY targetted and very vile :/

people aren’t “trapped in houses against their will”, it’s a lockdown. yes, they can be frustrating in some ways, but i think a lot of people would agree that they’d rather feel frustrated but safe, instead of severely ill or dead from something that CAN be avoided with proper regulations in place. that’s how i felt when scotland had our lockdown, and that was back when there were a few hundred cases. thousands upon thousands later, along with many deaths, and now the thought of a lockdown sounds heinous to people somehow? :/ i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: i WISH western countries gave half of a shit about covid. i WISH there were more lockdowns, i WISH people didn’t have to fucking die.

#ramblings #personal #covid19

[ryderdire]

Shout out to my parents for not believing me when I said I might have some long term side effects from having covid

Twice

#ryders rambles #covid19 #tw covid #i was like hey this might be a thing and my folks where like naur you need to be more active and so I forgot bout it #fun times fun times #vent ig #vent #maybe #to be clear #i had covid twice

[ofstoriesandstardust]

i am covid-free and will be watching below deck (the ultimate sick people show, iykyk) the rest of the day if anyone needs me

#kylie rambles #covid19