@mrshsaxon Yes. There are two things happening here to make Covid seem invisible:
1. Concerted widespread effort to push Covid issues and effects under the rug and say it's "behind us" since we started getting vaccinated in 2021. Which in itself was an extension of the "push aside the fallen and get back to your stations!" back-to-work propaganda campaign in 2020, prioritizing "the economy" over human lives. (It's been off-keel ever since, because real "economy" is made of people, not stocks.)
2. The Facebook effect, where people publicize life highlights, but don't bring up struggles nearly as much, and withdraw from public AND private life when ill or disabled, largely because of how we treat illness, disability, and poverty in this country.
So you'll see people posting about their new job or new baby, but not so much new chronic fatigue / autoimmune symptoms, loss of employment and eviction notice. You'll get an invitation to a wedding, but not to the hospital. Etc.
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