The government is still screaming “French kiss every stranger you meet then spit directly in to their mouths”, which is not helpful.
The wastewater numbers and test positivity in my area are both higher than previous troughs and trending up. Does that mean Covid is spreading more aggressively? Does it mean anything? The only data I have, and that as far as I know anyone has, is test positivity and wastewater numbers. I feel like I’m going fucking nuts because EVERYONE, including the fucking contagion dispersal cult, says Covid is over but the actual available data says it’s trucking right along and nothing has changed.
I want to aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I just want to say I’m glad that you guys are still taking this shit seriously. This is pretty much the only place (online or irl) where you can discuss covid seriously. Everybody else is pretending that it never happened.
If you check out the linktree for this Twitter account, they have a Google doc which contains various sites and groups for people who are still COVID-cautious and are a nice respite from all the ableist/COVID-minimizing bullshit.
https://twitter.com/covidisntover
I started being active in some of those communities at the end of last year and have made several online friends and now also know some people in my area.
What do I do with this?
Weep.
I’ll continue to hang out with the same several friends once a week mostly outdoors and limit my interaction with public places to kn95-masked grocery shopping while my despair meter rises at a slightly increased rate and i fantasize about how much easier it would be to be either a total dumb ass or to not have a conscience.
If the wastewater data goes above 600 copies per mL, I’m gonna start masking up in public indoor spaces again. I can understand anyone who sets their analysis at 400… or even 200.
That’s really the most I can do. There’s a threat level in lots of things, and I feel like this is an appropriate individual response.
It’s summer in the northern hemisphere, and with record heat waves in industrialised nations, many people are probably spending more time indoors in poorly ventilated rooms with the aircon on full blast. This is probably what’s leading to the uptick in COVID infections. So avoid aircons and public crowded indoor spaces.
