Written early April, 2024.
In a few months it will be four years since Covid hit the shores of Australia. Today I watched a YouTube clip from Mike Downie where he mentioned Covid and his experience in Vancouver. It screwed him up and affected his mental health. It affected R mentally, and I had no clever words or smart phrases to say in reply.
I recall the early days of such fear, where people like Daniel Bowen crossed a street to avoid a fellow pedestrian, while they both acknowledged each others common decency. I remember when we were out walking and R involuntarily coughed without covering his mouth and the woman walking towards us jumped a metre to the side.
I can dispassionately write about it, but I was up there with being fearful. It was a fear of the unknow in the early Covid times. I kept wearing a mask long after most people stopped. Even now I will use a mask on public transport at times and in medical facilities after observing what the clear policy is of the facility.
However from Doctor Andrew's expertise, it seems like you have to spend a decent amount of time with a Covid infectious person. You probably won't pick it up from surfaces or passing an infectious person on the street.
Nevertheless, it is wrong to say post Covid. It is still among us and still killing people, not that the disgraced former British Prime Minister Boris Johnston cared, to quote, "no more fucking lockdowns – let the bodies pile high in their thousands.".
We really do have to remember that Covid is still rife and it kills. We've just had our sixth Covid vaccinations and you too should get the latest serum.
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I'll be getting my vaccination in April just as I do every year, covid and flu together.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, River. That's what I did last year. I'd forgotten.
DeleteOh, those days were terrible. You are right. Covid is still around. Only that our system has got immune to the virus. I doubt anyone goes to check for Covid when they have cough and fever.
ReplyDeletePradeep, two family members had Covid last year, one who works with older people, so she has to take extra precautions, and my sister who is a school teacher. Myself and my two brothers have never caught Covid, which is unusual here.
DeleteIt was a very strange, worrying time. Maybe we'll do better next time.
ReplyDeleteI hope never again in our lifetime.
DeleteCovid days seemed like my normal life because I rarely see anyone anyway. The driving was easier as there were few cars out. The shopping was simple because the stores were empty. I knew people were dying by the score but I couldn't in my brain comprehend it, nor that people were dying in this town of it too, probably because I live such an isolated life as normal. I got my first vaccine in long lines at the Fairgrounds, but knew it would not do me any good because I'd been placed on cortisone, due to sciatica and cortisone depresses the immune response. But I did my civic duty and got it.
ReplyDeleteStrayer, long had I wanted Melbourne to be quieter, but when it was dead quiet, I wished the crowds were back. That has since stopped me complaining about crowding.
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