Pandemics change people. We aren’t used to dealing with the mass death, disability & uncertainty that comes with them.
Unfortunately due to technology & misinformation, society is choosing NOT to process its collective trauma.
Most people are firmly in denial about COVID, and many are grasping on to conspiracy theories and harmful rhetoric in order to return to their 2019 version of “normal”.
That denial is changing us. Refusing to deal with trauma has consequences.
We’re becoming more detached, reckless and apathetic.
There’s still time to change. It starts with acknowledging that the threat has not passed and we all need to do our part to protect our health & the health of those around us.
We have to begin to adapt so that we can heal.
#pandemic #publichealth #trauma #chronicillness #longcovid #COVIDisAirborne #covidisnotover
Unfortunately due to technology & misinformation, society is choosing NOT to process its collective trauma.
Most people are firmly in denial about COVID, and many are grasping on to conspiracy theories and harmful rhetoric in order to return to their 2019 version of “normal”.
That denial is changing us. Refusing to deal with trauma has consequences.
We’re becoming more detached, reckless and apathetic.
There’s still time to change. It starts with acknowledging that the threat has not passed and we all need to do our part to protect our health & the health of those around us.
We have to begin to adapt so that we can heal.
#pandemic #publichealth #trauma #chronicillness #longcovid #COVIDisAirborne #covidisnotover
