Ok here's my covid hot take.
So obviously, people dying is bad. Obviously, taking a bunch of precautions to save lives is very good. Obviously, being as cautious as possible is super important.
But maybe...
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My mom's philosophy (for once) is yolo. She's like, if I get it, whatever. The risk of hospitalization/death isn't high enough to justify me living my life in fear. And she did get covid, and now she's better, and she continues on not wearing a mask or isolating.
And-
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Obviously this is bad. Obviously she put herself and other people's lives at risk. Obviously she should have been isolating, not hosting bible studies.
But maybeee she's kinda right. I sort of respect her, despite the fact I've been huddled in my house for nearly a year.
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She just was like "fuck this illness, my life goes on." And a part of me wonders, is this what all of us should be doing? Bite the bullet, face a wave of deaths, suffer, grieve, and move on?
Idk. I'm not doing that but I think if my peer group were more like her, I would be.
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"Sure COVID ended being nowhere near as bad as predicted, and if anything is a severe cold, and even that claim is dubious because of the pseudoscience 40 cycle PCR testing,but even so I still think it's bad for people to treat it the same way they've always treated getting sick"
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Fwiw my mom did not experience it as a severe cold, she had to go to the ER, she said she couldn't remember the last time she'd been so sick, said it was absolutely horrible and very intense.
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That sucks and I'm sorry to hear that. But that isn't very unusual for who I'm assuming is in an older age group.
I also got COVID and beat it within 2 days. Minor symptoms only. But I am younger and take Vit D + Vit C + Zinc religiously. First time I got sick in 5 years.
If everyone followed your Mom's approach, there's probably no room for her at the ER. It's the overwhelmed healthcare system that is terrifying.
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