I don't know how to tell the people who want a "return to normalcy" that global pandemics drastically change societies, especially for the people suffering long-term symptoms or who lost multiple friends and loved ones.
Sorry you can't go on a vacation to the Caribbean on a big boat or have to show proof of vaccination to eat in a restaurant because 2,000+ people are still dying each day in the US.
My brain is a little broken from seeing the daily Covid-19 updates from Asia in the first three months of 2020, wondering when the US response was going to kick into high gear like South Korea's, and then watching it not happen. I nervously predicted 250,000+ deaths in March.
I cannot "move on" to whatever "return to normalcy" keeps being mentioned, which is inconvenient for capitalism and pre-Covid expectations for productivity. A lot of people can't, **which is a reasonable response to the death toll and everything that continues to happen**.
Part of me wants to just walk my dog, learn Spanish, and hide for a bit. Another part of me wants to raise my hand and indicate I'm available for freelance columns, essays, and articles about how it's unreasonable and unrealistic to keep pushing this idea of "back to normal".
Here's the @thedailybeast column I wrote in late February 2020: thedailybeast.com/the-coronaviru…
Don't forget to drink a big glass of water today. Backing up your computer is also a good idea.
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