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my cold is not political I’ve been sick for a week now. It feels like it’s pretty much over, but who knows, maybe that’s just wishful thinking. Tests have come negative so far, leaving me to assume I do not have Covid, or any variation of it. That means I just have a cold, or the flu, or whatever. It’s been inconvenient, but not life-threatening, so I am grateful for that. When I told a friend I was sick he immediately asked if it was the “dreaded Covid” and I simply replied that it was not. He intimated that it would be over soon and we’d likely have something else to worry ourselves about, which I found a bit confusing. When I expressed genuine surprise, and asked him what made him think the pandemic was almost over, he immediately backtracked. He said he did not want to start something political between us, yet at the same time made it a point to inform me of how he felt about mask mandates, lockdowns, and what he called “mass formation psychosis”. All I’d said to him was that I was sick. I hadn’t mentioned Covid, masks, politics or anything like that. Diseases and pandemics were around long before social media, and things like the common cold and flu have been negatively affecting people for centuries. I’m sure the occasional asshole trying to make a buck selling potions to ward off evil spirits or diseases might have politicized things, but the bottom line is that an illness is not a political statement. It’s disappointing, but not all that surprising, to find I can’t even get a cold these days without people trying to make it into something else - something that it isn’t. My runny nose is not a personal attack on your freedom and my upset stomach doesn’t say anything about my personal beliefs, or political affiliations. What a strange time we live in, where sharing the news that you are sick can almost lead to an argument. |
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You are so right......the politics just comes out of left field!
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