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"The pandemic is over, or so those in power and the media claim. And most
people believe them. Which is understandable, to a certain extent. People want
to pretend the pandemic is over. They want to adapt to the “new normal” of
continuous re-infection. They are lead to believe that they can do so without
too much risk.
Can they keep pretending like this forever?
For many of us this charade is not an option. Many of us, who are chronically
ill, disabled, immuno-compromised, or a mixture of these afflictions, do not
have the luxury of taking such a risk. Many of us, who suffer from LongCOVID,
still have to try our best to never get re-infected, painfully aware that
reinfections often make our symptoms worse. And when more people around us
relax their precautions, the task of avoiding a (re-)infection is getting ever
harder.
Thankfully, some people remain cautious. Some of them because they want to
protect themselves, their loved ones, their families. Others remain cautious
because of their solidarity with those who are less privileged, as a political
act, one that shows their care for the common good.
This zine aims to give a voice to the people, forced into continued 'COVIDing'.
By describing day to day situations, concrete problems that might arise, we
hope to show what living under these conditions can look and feel like. We hope
that this illustrates our demand, as expressed in our previous zine, for a
radical left that keeps taking this horrendous disease seriously and is willing
to protect ourselves and our comrades."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: January 25, 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-97166797
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
