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[quote=Anonymous]Meh. Everything in my world is different post-COVID and yes, it's because I was hardcore about following the guidelines and isolating. I knew the consequences I was signing up for when I chose to isolate and enroll my kids in remote school. I would rather be working to recover from these consequences than the consequences of disability or the death of a loved one.  But yes, it sucks.

I have enough self-awareness to know my choices were profoundly shaped by my social context, temperament and luck/privilege--not briliance, wisdom or the correct world view.  I live in a blue state. My great-grandmother died in the 1918 flu pandemic and my grandfather who was 4 at the time never recovered from that loss. My husband and I were able to work remotely. My in-laws are pediatricians who worked in leadership at a major hospital system and with children hospitalized with COVID. My mother-in-law has very fragile health.  Why on earth would I ignore the information and advice I received within this social context? Why would I say COVID is no big deal and refuse the vaccine when I operate within a family and community that thinks it is a very big deal?

Just two decades ago, I lived in a very different social context. Red state. Surrounded by people who voted for GW Bush. My job at that time could not be done remotely. No smart phone. No social media. No kids. I suspect if the pandemic had hit in 2000, I barely would have paid attention. I probably would have gotten the vaccine as an afterthought. I probably would have gotten COVID. And I probably would have thought COVID was overblown. Again, why would I have been hypervigilant about COVID in that context?

All due respect to everyone who sees it their own way. Does anyone here hold an opinion about COVID that was NOT at all influenced by temperament, luck, privilege, your community, friends or family? [/quote]

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