Warning people about Covid-19 being much worse than the media, or provinces have told us isn't fear mongering. NOT warning people about it is endangering lives. Someone who thinks it's no big deal, catches it multiple times, then dies from heart failure 6 months later?
If they'd known Covid-19 attacks your heart, and taken precautions, worn masks, got the vaccine, or the booster? They'd probably be alive.
Person living in a perpetual brain fog after coming down with long Covid after the mask mandates were lifted and they thought it was safe?
If the media and provincial messaging were that Covid-19 can infect your heart and brain, and it was still spreading rapidly, maybe that person would have thought twice before taking off their mask, kept up to date on shots and boosters, and been okay today.
Covid is going to be with us for decades - even if it goes away in 3 or 4 years, the lasting damage it caused, the disability, the reduced life spans. Children won't have parents, parents will lose children. That kind of impact sticks with you. We gambled with lives, and we lost.
Remind your friends, your family - this virus is still spreading, it's NOT mild, and even a case that feels mild can leave lasting organ damage. Don't throw away 20, 30, 40, 50 years of a healthy life so you don't have to wear a mask today. Today is important, but tomorrow?
Tomorrow isn't guaranteed. YOU need to make the effort to ensure that you have a tomorrow, and the next day. YOU get to choose. Do you care about tomorrow? next week? Next year? Do you care about your health? Your family? Covid doesn't - it'll happily ruin your life. Don't let it
This is all spot on, but it's also so hard to remind friends and family that it's not mild when everyone else is telling them that it is. Most people I know believe I'm nuts and that's fine with me, but the average person finds it hard to be "the crazy one" amongst the group.
