So the front page headline of the NYTimes today is about the four year anniversary of the national emergency declaration and how a variety of NYTimes readers have had their lives changed by the pandemic.
In a refreshing change of pace, it doesn't downplay the current impact of COVID, or politicize precautions. It simply, neutrally, recounts in a few sentences the lives of a few people and how their lives are different now.
And a lot of them have really serious cases of Long COVID or are otherwise at very high risk of complications if they get COVID. And that's it. They're on the front page and they're not judged or pigeon holed into "a select few who are at higher risk" they're just, described, as they are.
It's very refreshing for once and I hope that people who think COVID is no big deal real it and think "Oh, geez, COVID sounds like it's pretty dangerous." Especially the immunocompromised person whose trust was severely damaged by nobody being willing to take COVID tests or wear masks around her. I wish people would think about how that feels.