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[holly @seedbread7]

@internetuserf12 @matilija01 This hasn't been restocked yet right? Checked and saw it was sold out but wasn't sure if that carried over from before the restock

[holly @seedbread7]

it is actually hilarious though that 3 hours ago they publish an article being like "these conspiracists quacks think the medical establishment has abandoned them" then 1 hour later they publish one saying "here's how the medical establishment has abandoned ppl with Long COVID"

[holly @seedbread7]

one hour difference what is not clicking @TheAtlantic

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

COVID-conscious people don't think that they've abandoned science; they’ve come to think that science has abandoned them. @danengber reports: https://t.co/zDii2iyvzp

[holly @seedbread7]

also as many ppl have said, these losers got exactly what they wanted and they're still obsessed! public health infrastructure in shambles, no LC treatments, ppl w/out LC symptoms showing organ damage, millions suffering more than people like Dan could ever imagine, you won!

[holly @seedbread7]

@julia_doubleday Yeah, been thinking a lot lately about the myth that people aren't getting Long COVID anymore, repeated even by people who have it. So many myths about LC are just psychological defense mechanisms that make people feel personally safe from it. Maintaining the separation is key.

[holly @seedbread7]

@girlwhoishigh oh lmao I see <3

[holly @seedbread7]

@twitchyspoonie No not at all, didn't seem that way! I just didn't expect that tweet to get any traction/probably should have added that part of the bigger picture myself.

[holly @seedbread7]

this site is so weird you can literally never tell when some brief reflection on the state of things is gonna take off (relatively) and then you get stressed about how you worded everything and what you left out bc you thought it was gonna get 10 likes lol

[holly @seedbread7]

@twitchyspoonie Yes absolutely! Wasn't trying to fully explain the phenomenon OP is talking about with deaths/excluding mass disability, just thinking about the mass death part of it all/collective grief

[TheDisabilityEnthusiast @twitchyspoonie]

Not only that, but a lot of the people who have technically survived up until now can't work like they used to. Many have all kinds of organ damage, new diseases, don't realize they're on a slow decline due to ME, have new covid induced mental health issues, etc

[holly @seedbread7]

@hashtagsophiaaa yes absolutely, there were some people who'd commented that under the post before I saw it!

[holly @seedbread7]

it's unsurprising but pretty incredible that almost everyone has completely blocked out the "millions and millions of people have permanently died and are still dying" consequence of the pandemic, like in a very concrete sense people cannot metabolize that ongoing loss as real

[holly @seedbread7]

@milfatron3000 she tried </3 it's the effort that counts

[holly @seedbread7]

it genuinely helps me though like in moments where not getting to participate in the world gets too #real those POV ones do a lot of heavy lifting

[holly @seedbread7]

20s where I didn't become severely disabled by a COVID infection and there isn't a pandemic of the same virus still going on simulation

[holly @seedbread7]

bravely coming out as a longtime ASMR obsessive lol

[holly @seedbread7]

@hopppernickle that's sounds like such a cool class :)

[holly @seedbread7]

And that's a huge part of what mass-scale grief rituals do—remind us of those perspectives, make ppl actively think about those who haven't survived. On a small scale, COVID has been a taboo cause of death from the start, preventing those convos from happening in the 1st place.

[holly @seedbread7]

Which seems obvious, but sometimes I imagine what it would be like if they could weigh in. What kind of world would we be in now if everyone knew they were accountable in their daily choices to those who this viruses has killed, if they could hear those perspectives right now?