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by RickJWagner
2134 days ago
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Good grief, what a whiner. We're half a year into covid, I personally know a handful of people who have had it and they are all recovered. Business is mostly moving forward, the stock market is fine, and there is no shortage of food, medicine, toilet paper, etc. Vaccines are on the way. Every day brings us closer. This is not a nation toppler. |
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My state's pandemic unemployment insurance site launched in May with gross security issues and had to be shut down. Thousands of workers and freelancers have yet to receive their first check.
My sister-in-law and her husband both came down with COVID and lost their jobs. They have three kids and now my partner and I are helping them financially (which we really can't afford to do).
There isn't a food shortage because corporations are forcing migrant laborers into the warehouses to work, and they're being infected and dying in higher proportions. Martyrs for the meat industry (Tyson's profits were up 600% Q1). There are human costs to "stock market is fine."
I personally am down thousands of dollars helping my friends/family/neighbors with their groceries and rents. My "rainy day fund" has long been drained and my one nest-egg land asset is probably a few months away from having to be sold to continue supporting my loved ones.
The state is on track to open schools in a couple of weeks. A recent study shows that closing schools can reduce the mortality rate per month by 58%; this research is being ignored in the name of profits. Business leaders and their cronies in the state are pushing for this to get parents out of the home and into work.
My more-rural family members flat-out refuse to wear masks and have already proclaimed that they will not take the vaccine should one become available.
You may be right that this isn't a "nation toppler," but nations are far more resilient than people. I'm happy for you that this isn't affecting you. Consider yourself lucky.