[softsound]

I would say it's not just behaviors but isolation causes stress on the body that increases more irrational behaviors and fears.

So that can be crippling when trying to get back to a health state that can handle relationships again. On-ramps to help destress the environment would be helpful too. It's a challenge because we haven't really built many areas where people are welcome to just be, even with 3rd spaces that doesn't those people that are now rewired in their stress state. Some types of maybe community service (clean up, plantings, painting etc) or festivals events might be more helpful here as they can sometimes be lower stress, no required interactions etc. It's a tough thing especially as people have different reasons to isolate though poverty is likely one of the most major ones.

[Xeyz0r]

Physical and mental health are affected here, agree. Anxiety and depression are just some of them.

[chx]

It's 2024. Some of us are isolating because y'all refuse to mask up and we can't risk going anywhere.

I have powered through by wearing a Cleanspace Halo but that precludes a real lot of places I used to go: cafes, cinemas, theatres...

[dj_mc_merlin]

> Some of us are isolating because y'all refuse to mask up and we can't risk going anywhere.

disclaimer: you may have an autoimmune disease in which case your decision is reasonable.

"y'all" is about 95%-99% of humanity right now. That percentage is not going to go down. Are you planning on staying inside for the rest of your life?

[reducesuffering]

The US only has ~50 people / year dying of COVID, largely skewing elderly. There are more than twice that dying due to car accidents, so I assume you're not driving anywhere either?

[tacon]

143 in the week of May 18. 2571 in the week of Jan 13, 2024.

[reducesuffering]

My mistake, I meant per day, and the numbers reflect that. The January was not great, yes, but a few factors: greatly skewing elderly, even less likely in the blue areas OP most likely lives, masks have shown little effect in reducing covid spread, outside is nonexistent, and are they still driving when driving is much more dangerous? People got rightly fearful, but some people will always take things too far and become hypochondriacs, like some people are still by themselves masking in a car? Imo, by the stats, it looks like a tall order to be expecting everyone around them to mask when we estimate the actual effects that would have...

[klyrs]

That's only counting deaths. Long covid is much harder to measure, the numbers are significant and daunting. My spouse is so afflicted; she went from being one of the most productive and active people I've ever known, to incapable of doing an hour of work per day.

[chx]

long covid