{"id":47363,"date":"2020-11-25T15:05:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T20:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=47363"},"modified":"2020-11-25T15:05:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T20:05:29","slug":"pandemic-fatigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=47363","title":{"rendered":"“Pandemic fatigue.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a peculiar phrase!<\/p>\n

Yes, yes, I realize it’s being used by very smart people as a warning to us. But no matter how you read it, it’s weird.<\/p>\n

The pandemic is not a TV series you can turn off when you get bored, or a football game with a gross disparity in the score going into the fourth quarter. Whether you’re bored or not is irrelevant to the virus. It doesn’t give a shit if you’re tired of being vigilant. Your boredom does not cause the virus to turn off, to give you a break.<\/p>\n

The virus is a relentless, invisible enemy of life. If we were in a war with perceptible enemies who’ve occupied our cities, you wouldn’t be bored enough to take a break from non-violent, rational coping (wearing a mask, keeping a distance, washing our hands) and go out to have a drink with enemy soldiers.<\/p>\n

You<\/em> may be bored. The virus is not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What a peculiar phrase! Yes, yes, I realize it’s being used by very smart people as a warning to us. But no matter how you read it, it’s weird. The pandemic is not a TV series you can turn off … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5369,1175],"tags":[5327,6493],"class_list":["post-47363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19","category-the-facts-of-life","tag-covid-19","tag-pandemic-fatigue"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t