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We left much of our non-perishables out in the garage so that the virus would die or become weakened before we shelved them. We set up a table in the back yard to dry things after we wiped them with white vinegar. We always wore masks. We had outside family gatherings. Everything was a huge deal.

NYC had to open a new mass grave on Hart Island to handle the mounting death toll are these revisionists injecting ivermectin directly into their brain stems?

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Powerful and deeply human. Memoirs like this show why capturing these intense, defining moments is so vital. 🤍

She's here. Just fairly quiet, and all about her other work.

It was always a hellscape, but it is sad what it has become.

I think cognitive decline from repeat infection is a factor. It seems more and more like people are losing their ability to rationalize. Granted there are other factors. Know what my partner and I suffered after 2 infections then seeing friends get sick 5 times in 3 months, it's gotta leave a mark.

I just remember being terrified - all the time. I didn’t feel safe anywhere. Not at home. Definitely not “out there.”

He lived through some really stupid shit, too.

Erasing history is one of the prime strategies of scoundrels in US politics. As soon as W Bush was out of office it was "look forward, not back," and don't punish him for his crimes and failures. It was the same with Reagan, who was probably a traitor, and Nixon who was.

Yeah, someone posted an image of the most recent fascism brigade, their faces fully covered, and how this is freedom in high July but wearing a face mask in winter when you're sick is oppression.

I recommend this podcast for this topic if you haven't already caught it!

This just made me cry. Fauci was a beacon of sanity in a scary crazy time and now the nut cases just want to feed him into the wood chipper. (Just read that book)

Watching older shows, and suddenly you get the part where everyone is wearing masks and/or staying six feet apart.

I am so very sorry. The people who live in actual reality are grateful for you.

I didn't really need to be a hero? I chose that line of work because I wanted to help people doing a job I found interesting. But being demonized as someone with moral scrupulosity OCD ... It was harsh.

It's one of those things I will never forget. I can't speak for a small fraction of my family though, they are absolutely doing their best to. But hey, we only had about 15 funerals those years from it nearly wiping out everybody who was north of 60. Clearly it was all a lie. This is all so dumb.

Shades of Italy prosecuting seismologists because they failed to predict a major earthquake.

I'm still masking. And will be getting the next vax when it's available. (Being Old, it's recommended.)

If she says it, that’s good enough for me! She’s never steered us wrong yet.

I got my 6 month booster just last week!

Good lord. My partner was a h.s. teacher at the time. Between the virus and school shootings, I had to breathe my way through a lot of anxiety. When he got his 1st covid vax, I cried with relief and gratitude.

The revisionism has been really harmful health care workers who are still struggling with PTSD from the horrors they worked through.

This should go "viral" Perhaps the most murderous presidential utterance in history...