Some people are canceling plans due to new COVID data.

Some people aren't canceling plans due to COVID because they're making unsafe choices.

Other people aren't canceling plans due to COVID because we just haven't made a single plan to do anything besides exist since 3/2020.

— Dr. Cait S. Kirby (she/her) (@caitskirby) December 12, 2021

You may be inclined to say “haha me”, but if you are not the sort of person whom news would describe the death of with “pre-existing conditions” or “comorbidities”, you are probably not thinking about this tweet right.

Overwhelmed, people have said, “I’m over this.” Out of sheer exhaustion, so many people have said “it’s time to get back to normal.”

This “normal” is one where many disabled people — including those who are vaccinated but especially those for whom the vaccine is less or ineffective — are supposed to choose between risking their lives or long term health and choosing social isolation.

“It’s time to get back to normal” has involved removing all of the accessibility features that became standard when ableds’ health was in greater jeopardy and needed such policies and technology, too.

More people in the USA will have died of Covid in 2021 than in 2020, and thus the pandemic is considered “over” only because we prefer that it would be. For millions who are actually normal (who are already disabled rather than pre-disabled), the future of cruel and wishful thinking looks even more grim.

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Twitter Dr Cait S Kirby @caitskirby
Some people are canceling plans due to new COVID data.

Some people aren’t canceling plans due to COVID because they’re making unsafe choices.

Other people aren’t canceling plans due to COVID because we just haven’t made a single plan to do anything besides exist since 3/2020