Hoping for a better 2022
After Christmas I purchased a ticket to Mexico with the goal of relaxing in a remote beach area, but my flight was canceled. It seems that the airline didn't have enough crew to fly during the holidays. It's strange, because the same airline was laying off employees just a few months ago. I received a refund, but with Omicron raging I'm not sure how wise it is to be flying right now anyway. I guess I'll wait.
I also had an invitation to a New Year's Eve party tonight which I have declined. Basically it would be going to super spreader event where half the people are unvaccinated, drunk, and not wearing masks. Sorry, I'll pass.
I could go on, but basically every holiday event I'm passing on this year, including a gathering of my own family members. I have too many blood relatives who are nutcases and are anti-mask, anti-vax, and anti-science. One of them is in the hospital right now, and he's still unable to accept that his Covid sickness is the result of his poor choices. He believes that Bill Gates implanted microchips in the vaccine to monitor people. I don't argue with him...pointless.
So it's hard for me to be optimistic about the coming year. I firmly believe that we could be over the pandemic if it weren't so politicized. Instead I see another year that will look a lot like this year. Covid is the new normal. As for sex, fuck at your own risk.
Eventually, I see the world achieving herd immunity but that will be years down the road and many preventable deaths will occur along the way. It's sad to me that we can't unite to squash this thing.
I also had an invitation to a New Year's Eve party tonight which I have declined. Basically it would be going to super spreader event where half the people are unvaccinated, drunk, and not wearing masks. Sorry, I'll pass.
I could go on, but basically every holiday event I'm passing on this year, including a gathering of my own family members. I have too many blood relatives who are nutcases and are anti-mask, anti-vax, and anti-science. One of them is in the hospital right now, and he's still unable to accept that his Covid sickness is the result of his poor choices. He believes that Bill Gates implanted microchips in the vaccine to monitor people. I don't argue with him...pointless.
So it's hard for me to be optimistic about the coming year. I firmly believe that we could be over the pandemic if it weren't so politicized. Instead I see another year that will look a lot like this year. Covid is the new normal. As for sex, fuck at your own risk.
Eventually, I see the world achieving herd immunity but that will be years down the road and many preventable deaths will occur along the way. It's sad to me that we can't unite to squash this thing.
3 years ago
