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   Masonic Cowgirl (julieofthespirits@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 02:47:42 JST Masonic Cowgirl

   Is it just me or is there a large part of the still-coviding movement that has a strong charge of victim-blaming around people who have had covid? That is very smug about having never had it? I just saw a post about someone bragging about how they never got it because they masked, but oh buddy. Honey. The first time I got it I hadn't left the house in a year except for the most absolutely necessary things (signing contracts with clients so I could get paid, paying bills, etc.), and we're pretty sure my wife got it when she left the house to pay the water bill, because that was the only time any of us had human contact in the previous week. So maybe if you're bragging about how you never got it because you do know how to follow instructions, maybe you just got lucky, and on top of that are a bit of an asshole

   Social movements around diseases should be led by those who have it, not those who are smug about having avoided it, and as someone with long covid I don't actually feel comfortable around a lot of still-coviding people because of their victim-blaming attitudes

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     Masonic Cowgirl (julieofthespirits@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 02:50:46 JST Masonic Cowgirl

     • Håkan Geijer

     @hakan_geijer yeah, and part of doing health outreach is meeting people where they are at, understanding the reasons they take certain personal decisions, and then working from there through a harm reduction framework. you can't just preach at people