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There should be a term for people who never really returned from the pandemic's social isolation (fedia.io)
submitted 3 months ago by classic@fedia.io to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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People who haven't really resumed socializing at levels they used to, people who lost the capacity to regulate during interpersonal interactions, people who lost trust in others... I encounter lots of partial returners out there

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[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Informed? Did the infection rates start dropping lately?

[-] shasta@lemm.ee -2 points 3 months ago

Yes, it started dropping years ago and is now less than 1% of peak infection rate. It is endemic now and treated like the flu. Keep living in a bubble for the rest of your life if you want, I guess.

[-] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Fun fact(s): The COVID strains that were active at the beginning of last year were actually more infectious and deadlier than the original COVID strains. The only reason we didn't hear much about them is because, despite RFK Jr's beliefs, the vaccines work. 443 people died from COVID in the US during the first week of November, even with the vaccines. There were about 15 deaths from the flu in that same week.

There are plenty of immunocompromised people who can't get vaccinated who can no longer be in public without risking death now that COVID is endemic.

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

This is dumb.

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