🧵 Politics of covid

As far as I'm aware, Covid was the first time mitigating an infectious disease was made legible as a polarised political schema

Prior to this, mitigations were delineated conscientious/non-conscientious or superstitious/scientific

1/11 tying it to political tribes was an unmitigated disaster

in Australia, the majority went along with mitigations in a rational manner

in other places, masks and the like became a *political indicator*

this was a disaster

2/11

Asides from the clearly delineated staff shortages we're hearing about, I've been noticing a lot of.. endings?

Things that have been community institutions, have gone on a long time wrapping up over the last year or two, or looking shaky

1/8

https://twitter.com/Sandyboots2020/status/1758438810369532129

century old progress associations, 75 yo bowling clubs, 20 yo beloved community cafes, university sports clubs.. things that require in person socialisation, and also continuity

handover from one generation to the next

2/8