Posted on 01/17/2025 8:57:54 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Susan Scarbro stares down a bowling lane at the distant pins.
She hears a sound that breaks her focus. Was that a cough? Will her mask protect her?
COVID-19 remains a very present threat for the 55-year-old. Scarbro has multiple immune disorders, making her vulnerable to infection.
“Any minute anybody could cough, just incidentally,” said Scarbro, who lives in Sunset Beach, North Carolina. “And that cough could be the one thing that could make me sick.”
This month marks the fifth anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. The virus would go on to kill 1.2 million Americans and disrupt countless lives.
While the pandemic's emergency phase ended in May 2023, the threat of infection remains a governing force in the lives of people like Scarbro. They protect themselves from the virus with masks and isolate themselves in small family bubbles. Some grasp for unproven strategies — gargling with antiseptic mouthwash, carrying a personal carbon dioxide monitor to check the ventilation of indoor spaces.
In online support groups, they trade research about the danger of repeat infections and cognitive impairment. They miss the empathy they felt during the early days of the pandemic. Some have lost friendships, but they strive to maintain the social ties that are important to mental health.
Scarbro’s bowling league helps her feel connected to her neighbors. But recently, she’s detected more stares and skeptical looks from strangers when she bowls in a mask.
“There was more respect and understanding, but now they’re over it," she said. "They expect me to be over it, but they don’t understand that even before COVID-19, these were the precautions I needed to take.”
(Excerpt) Read more at channel3000.com ...
Happened many times. I thought the people in our church were pretty level headed. The ones I believed had the most common sense ran to get vaxes, and were so smug about it. They actually said they were protected against Covid.
Of course, they all got Covid anyhow — everybody did. A couple died, but who knows if it was Covid or the vax?
When Omicron came out, my liberal sister said that she did the responsible thing and went out and got vaxxed right away. And she knew that neither my brother or I supported it.
It was a pretty snotty thing to say the way she said it.
The consequences are on her.
Apparently Trump should be included among them.
Read this and weep: https://nypost.com/2025/01/17/us-news/bill-gates-frankly-impressed-after-3-hour-dinner-with-trump/
(Susie Wiles is a big pharma lobbyist.)
Did Covid really
Kill 1.2 MILLION AMERICANS?
.
I find That Unbelievable.
Idiots all
Fools and sheep. They will believe any fabrication told to them. Trump is a Convicted Felon, Republicans are all religious Puritans, Democrats are saints motivated by a desire to help the helpless. ETC...
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