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[–] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For me, Trump's handling of COVID specifically and the COVID pandemic more generally were such a minor blip in the timeline of horrors and chaos that I witnessed and partook in and only barely escaped from between 2018-2022 that it's hard to register the pandemic as a significant event in that timeline.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I work with elderly people mostly so the absolute terror was probably magnified for me. Regardless of their politics, they knew they were the most vulnerable and it scared the shit out of them.

[–] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was unfortunately very separated from society from 2018-2023, so I'm reliant on written records and memes to understand how others responded to it. As someone who missed it, I really get the impression that it was mostly the wealthy who freaked out, either from trying to process that our society's medical infrastructure is shit, or from being sociopaths who were selfishly upset that their workers wanted time off.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

One of the groups that doesn't get talked about often in regards to COVID is the reaction of the gay community, especially the older ones who lived through the worst days of the AIDS epidemic. They took it VERY seriously.

[–] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The only time I've ever been to a gay bar was the one at the Pentagon in Feb 2020. Surreal experience. Didn't stop the karaoke, though.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Gay bars are so great. I'm straight but I used to go with several of my gay friends. I've never been hit on by more women than at gay bars lol.