the comments are hilarious

even when RW get what they want they're still mad

I feel f***ing insane looking at the restaurant across the street from me packed with people while I haven’t been inside another building since Christmas

why not

Because I have a respiratory condition and I also take care of my 94 year old grandmother and I’m still taking this s*** seriously even though no one else seems to be lmao

Some schools out here asking parents to be substitute teachers and cancelling classes due to bus staff shortages.

mass amount of loss reported today

Michigan led the way with 566 deaths reported

damn that’s a lot

At the moment, it's looking like we are passing the Omicron peak.
Let's just hope hospitalizations start to drop

How do you get rid of this lame ass cough after having covid?

S*** is mega annoying like how I had the flu back in 2019

Some people never cared and some people got tired of caring. Real for taking care of ur older family tho. Necessitates more precaution from u

looking like restrictions are going to be rapidly lifted in a number of european countries as the new variant becomes endemic

Yeah man, I honestly can’t blame anyone tired at this point. I have a lot of anger about the lack of organized leadership and consistent communication from the top. I have plenty of friends whose justification is “well, I did everything they asked me to do, and this variant doesn’t seem to put me at risk” and that’s completely understandable. It’s exhausting.

But yeah, I moved at the start of the pandemic to help with my grandmother’s care and as things have progressed, I’m now the only person in the area who works remote and can still regularly see her and care for her. I really can’t emphasize enough how awful this has been for the elderly who were already feeling isolated. My grandpa passed in early 2019, so she had already been going through a transition to life without a spouse after 60 years of marriage. Now, on top of that, she’s forced to watch her friends, her daughter, and two spouses of her children die before their time while also being faced with her own mortality on a daily basis and largely doing it alone in her nursing home until I can visit.

I’ve lost both grandparents on the other side of the family from dementia and as hellish as that disease is, it’s a different kind of terrifying to have a 94-year-old look in your eyes with full lucidity and tell you she’s afraid to die.

on this date 2 years ago, the first reported case of covid in the US was made known

crazy it’s been two years wtf

Man, f***

Have u ever lost someone? It's kinda a wild feeling because the world doesn't stop at all even tho it feels like yours just ended. My grandma died of swine flu back in 09 and I remember tripping at how insignificant it was to the world. It kinda changed my perspective on my own personal attachments to what mankind as a whole is up to.

I'm at work and we all sick af. Yeah this s*** ain't finna end.

Yeah man, check out the post I made above. I’ve lost 2 aunts and an uncle in the last year alone and all 3 grandparents aside from my grandmother since 2017. Death terrified me because of that factor: things don’t change. In fact, some of the people close to them move on. Except for the ones that don’t, and if my grandmother is any indication, the dissonance gets louder day by day.

I honestly find myself grappling with the fact that I don’t believe in an afterlife necessarily, but in the idea of life after death being in your impact and your memory in the people you touched. It often flips on itself for me: what if I die before making an impact?

Yeah bro s*** is a surreal feeling. And it's never easy. Hoping for the best outcome for you and your loved ones brosay

thanks fam and likewise

U doing the right thing bro. I’m sure it’s complicated too. I remember reading ur comment about ur unvacxed cousin talking s*** in the group chat and was just wondering how tf u guys don’t have a separate one by now or y no one sets him straight. I have way less patience than u probably so for s*** like that, but maybe because I don’t have people I care about who r like that.

I’ve been nervous about my grandparents too, one of which who has been in and out of the hospital, rehab facilities, n has cancer. Thankfully They haven’t gotten it but it’s made as all more careful. But like a week or so ago I finally got tired of the isolation that all of this has brought me, even though I was seeing my friends a lil over the summer.

The mortality convo is kinda scary and it’s been wild having to help my grandma thru technical difficulties so she can watch yet another fb live funeral. But you said full lucidity and that’s key! Respect to u taking care of her and good luck going forward. Here’s to hoping this gets easier here on out, n less isolation 🥂

Appreciate your words man, truly. It’s complicated like you said but this whole period has taught me patience and the ability to just say “fuck it, I love you but I can’t change you and I can’t be around you right now” for my cousin and other friends.

Blessings for your grandparents as well. I hope they continue to stay healthy and I’m grateful for you and the rest of your fam being there for them. That’s the key, honestly. Even in the s***tiest time, you can always lend yourself as a friend or family.

Here’s hoping for less isolation and less death, as well. I’m cautiously optimistic about omicron’s trajectory, but I’ll celebrate when it’s time. Til then, strength to you and everyone else reading this 🥂

Back when people thought it would end in the Summer of 2020

America moment