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I don't think the distinction is important in any scenario. It's always the disruption. Put another way: if an earthquake happens, but nobody notices except th
by xboxnolifes 5y ago
I don't think the distinction is important in any scenario. It's always the disruption.
Put another way: if an earthquake happens, but nobody notices except the Richter scale, does it impact anyone? Of course it's not the pandemic term itself, it's the first-, second-, third-order effects of covid and the term pandemic. Zoom school, masks, vaccines, media coverage, political shifts, fights, worrying about family members getting sick (possibly dying), seeing your friends less, fewer/smaller gatherings, longer periods of isolation, etc.
- pavel_lishin 5y ago> worrying about family members getting sick (possibly dying) That was my point. Is what's hurting the kids having to stay home, and have Zoom meetings? Or is it the fact that they're literally living through a catastrophe? The former is nothing compared to the latter.
- josephcsible 5y agoMost people haven't really been affected by the disease itself, and instead were basically entirely affected by the measures put in place to try to slow its spread.
- pavel_lishin 5y agoI'd say that fear of infection, and your family members falling ill or dying, is separate from the measures put in place, and is a very real concern for folks of all ages.
- xboxnolifes 5y agoI'd think most kids don't actually worry about family members getting sick. They generally feel worry when their parents worry about family getting sick. So, they are being impacted by the social and emotional change in their environment, much less by disease itself. > literally living through a catastrophe Relax a bit.