#corona post

[xmxisxforxmaybe]

This is why I got so mad at them last week. I dont care if they're adults, or if its "none of my business what they do". Some fans dont care at all as long as they get any sort of content, but come ON. Read up on your plague histories - because this virus *is* a deadly contagious disease to part of the population - this thing might last a year or two with varying degrees of restrictions on our lives! Being so flippant about a beach holiday right now makes my blood boil.

Me, too. And I will be the first to admit that I’m still learning to balance disappointment in my fave with the enjoyment his existence brings. I still believe that Rami Malek Is Sunshine . . . I’m just disappointed in some of his recent actions. 

As long as that lil bean still sparks my joy and my muse, I’ll be here ☀️ This blog has been the best way I’ve found to manage my real-life stress, and most of that management is credited to the amazing souls in this fandom. Even if we don’t talk much or at all, I LOVE the creative spirit that possesses all of Rami’s fans. I adore you all so much, and I still think Rami would be tickled to know how his artistry sparks so much creativity in others. 

Back to the real-life horror show of the virus, do you know what is actually the scariest to me? I cannot stop seeing the parallels between the botched handling of the AIDS crisis and the Coronavirus. This article from Vox came out in MARCH. Imagine if it were updated after we learned about Trump’s intentional downplaying of the virus’s threat?

We absolutely, positively MUST vote that man out of office.

* * * Updated for the Anon who did not agree with the parallel being drawn between AIDS and the Coronavirus. Activists often try to wake people up by using past events to say, “HEY--we already went down this road once. Let’s not do it again.” However, I don’t think the current parallels are intended to diminish the horror of the AIDS crisis and its intentional stigmatization of gay folks. Remember the controversy surrounding the parallels drawn between the AIDS crisis and the Holocaust? The comparisons are inevitable, and I look at it as a way to draw attention to the horrors of the past, not as a way to diminish any atrocity. We should have learned from these events, yet . . . here we are. 

But it is my opinion that there are parallels between the handling of the AIDS crisis and the handling of the Coronovirus. I am not drawing parallels between groups affected or mortality rates, just between the government’s handling of each crisis. 

This article in the NY Times speaks to what I meant, and I think this excerpt sums up the article well:

When I read about how one of the early obstacles to manufacturing tests for the coronavirus was that drug companies feared there was no money in it, I remembered the many Act Up demonstrations demanding drug companies expand their research and make new drugs accessible, as their executives had feared there was no money in producing AIDS drugs.

And so I asked myself: Were these parallels in the nature of the viruses, or just an old story about America that had never changed?

Since this is such a heavy topic, I’d be happy to have a dialogue off of Anon.

[kyradonny11]

The world without Anarchy is a world without Peace.

[xmxisxforxmaybe]

I was reading somewhere that in Croatia that new cases of Covid has surged and there new cases due to tourists cause the place opened its borders for them. So that means Joe, Rami, Lucy and Ben are making the biggest error in judgement by going to the beach when new cases of Covid emerged and infect the locals with the virus germs.

I haven’t read anything new(ish), but the news was filled with what I call “oopsie--take it backs” for “safe” travel destinations. Let’s face it. There is NO such thing as “safe” travel right now and our (usually) lovable dumbfucks had to have known that.

What upsets me about folks throwing caution to the wind for their precious vacations is that human beings can be so ridiculously nearsighted. Sure, you’ve got the risk from the transportation to your destination, especially if flying. But then, you’ve got the risk of interacting with so many new people at your destination. And then, the risk that makes me really angry is the one where people bring the risk HOME, and seemingly do not care that they are endangering others:

Travellers arriving from Croatia will be required to undergo a 14-day quarantine, and media reported that Slovenians holidaying in Croatia will probably return home in large numbers on Monday in a bid to beat the deadline and avoid quarantine. [x]

I’m not saying our four dumbfucks will purposefully avoid quarantine because they have the financial means to stay inside for 14 days, but the fact that ANYONE would want to NOT quarantine tells me that people are still not taking this virus seriously.

As of 21 August, the BBC had published an article saying Croatia was off the “safe travel list,” and guess what language appears again:

Thousands of British holidaymakers are facing a scramble to get home to avoid quarantine after Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago were removed from the safe travel list. People returning from those countries will have to isolate for 14 days if they are not back by 04:00 BST on Saturday. [x]

I want to take a moment to drop some ideas about getting back to “normal” from my homegirl and homeguy (Dr. Fauci):

And if anyone in America is looking at the numbers right now and thinking YAY, please remember this:

PLEASE keep wearing masks. PLEASE keep practicing social distancing. PLEASE get your flu shots. PLEASE don’t travel outside of your community and infect people, then bring it back and infect the people in your community (like we’ve been seeing with college students in the US).

"It's the worst thing you could do," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said last week. "When you send them home, particularly when you're dealing with a university where people come from multiple different locations, you could be seeding the different places with infection." [x]

[xmxisxforxmaybe]

Soooooo we are relying on the honesty policy to prevent the spread of a highly infectious disease? 😬

[ahhhnorealnamesallowed]

The #1 best thing that has come out of me being stuck at home is that I am 100% hydrated because I can go pee any time I need to, so I can drink all the water I want

[vorselonarchive]

It's corona day apparently