People were actually mindful. We had weekly applause for caregivers (an empty gesture, just pay those people correctly dammit) and now we’re, well, not back to usual but much worse than before).
I’m especially bothered with the realization of how little regard many of our fellow citizens actually have for others health and well-being. I don’t know how eager i am to return to a society that can’t even agree on diseases being a bad thing.
Totally agree about the empty gestures too, which really stood as a reminder of how little respect healthcare workers (and don’t forget funeral directors and morticians!) actually get especially considering how much they risk for everyone else’s sake
It started as a touching tribute to thank the people in the health service for their bravery and hard work. It then got jumped on by politicians and other arseholes as performative virtuousness, and eventually we had NIgel Farage smugly tapping his saucepan, at which point it became an insult.
People were actually mindful. We had weekly applause for caregivers (an empty gesture, just pay those people correctly dammit) and now we’re, well, not back to usual but much worse than before).
I’m especially bothered with the realization of how little regard many of our fellow citizens actually have for others health and well-being. I don’t know how eager i am to return to a society that can’t even agree on diseases being a bad thing.
Totally agree about the empty gestures too, which really stood as a reminder of how little respect healthcare workers (and don’t forget funeral directors and morticians!) actually get especially considering how much they risk for everyone else’s sake
It started as a touching tribute to thank the people in the health service for their bravery and hard work. It then got jumped on by politicians and other arseholes as performative virtuousness, and eventually we had NIgel Farage smugly tapping his saucepan, at which point it became an insult.