For what it's worth, thank you for being this way.

I didn't think that it would be this hard of a lift for people (10-15 minutes of mask wearing at the grocery store/pharmacy/unavoidable-indoor-space).

I have lost family from covid in multiple ways. Some have passed from the disease itself, other's have shown very clearly that their convenience is more important than my ability to draw breath.

I would "stay inside forever" as many have suggested I do since the beginning of covid, but unfortunately that's impossible to accomplish without being independently wealthy.

Yes, thank you for saying this.

We've all known for some time that covid causes damage to the immune system, yet some feel the need to craft ludicrous explanations for unprecedented illness among young people (who experienced massive exposure to covid).

The immune system "gap" discourse is absolute nonsense anyway. Those types of population level changes take generations, not say-- 2.5 years.

This is a very nice story and the comments are reflective of that, but is no one else infuriated by the fact that so many people are struggling so that a few can line their pockets?

Inflation is one thing, but taking even a cursory glance at the economic situation atm would show that greed is driving much of the price increases seen at the grocery store.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/25/inflation-price-controls-robert-reich

The executive branch has taken steps to curb rising costs in the past via price controls, why isn't that being considered (or even discussed) currently ?