On the one hand I can't wait for lockdown to ease a bit, on the other hand I am terrified my already prevalent social anxiety has, over the last year, mutated into some sort of super anxiety where someone will ask how I am and I'll just laugh maniacally at them before passing out
Lockdown day 5: "I have started making my own bread!"
Lockdown day 320: "Nothing brings me joy, my motivation has perished, my body and brain is torn between the guilt of doing nothing and the fear of everything as my position in universe has been confirmed as meaningless"
@ARMilani_ Imagine having the audacity to scrap education maintenance allowance and then, in the same breath, make education up to 18 compulsory. Whilst scrapping vocational GCSEs. And underfunding the arts. And trebling Uni tuition.
@kaymtye Iβve done lots of reaching out to fam and friends over this. Lots of people are afraid that itβs not tested fully, concerned about our (UK) govs handling of the rollout, misunderstand RNA and the immune response, concerned about long term effects. Discuss openly with them :)
@BlackWidowJola I think this happens in middle class/professional settings such as academia but within the communities of British towns this mentality is not the case, as far as my experience in my hometown goes. Getting married and having families in your 20s is normal and not demonised. π€·π»ββοΈ
NEW: a common response to reports of hospitals struggling this winter is "itβs no different to a bad flu season!"
Iβve tracked down historical data on flu ICU admissions, including winter 2017-18, a record high.
Hereβs how Englandβs Covid winter compares to a bad flu season πΉ
2016: itβs only four years, how bad can it get
2021: are the armed insurrectionists storming the Capitol aware that there is a plague ravaging the land
Unpopular opinion (?) but most university staff are not key workers by any reasonable definition. The idea is to keep people at home to reduce the numbers of cases and also to reduce the numbers in school dramatically to reduce opportunities for transmission.