tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post8439879036959608453..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: COVID-19: Why We Still Don't Know How It's Killing UsSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-5300025783574507742020-04-30T17:35:33.895-04:002020-04-30T17:35:33.895-04:00Hi lagatta...l'm not mocking anybody either. I...Hi lagatta...l'm not mocking anybody either. I just want to scare the bejesus out of those who threaten us all by not following social distancing, or not spending enough time at home. And Ghana, where consensual gay relationships are punishable by three years in jail, is already a pretty scary place...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-91650460082421056662020-04-30T17:28:56.318-04:002020-04-30T17:28:56.318-04:00Hi Steve....I.m not sure what's going on in Qu...Hi Steve....I.m not sure what's going on in Quebec. I've never had much confidence in Premier Lego, and I find it bizarre that so many in my province are feeling so smug when it has the highest number of deaths in Canada. As I tried to make clear in this post we are still learning things about the virus, so we have to be very very careful....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-49317140017944079952020-04-30T17:22:44.608-04:002020-04-30T17:22:44.608-04:00Hi Simone....thank you, the more love and good tho...Hi Simone....thank you, the more love and good thoughts we can share in these grim times the better...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-21357702741575813572020-04-30T17:21:06.046-04:002020-04-30T17:21:06.046-04:00Hi Jackie...yes, good point. The mental health eff...Hi Jackie...yes, good point. The mental health effects are going to be brutal. Seb and I are already seeing signs of that, and it's going to require a massive response. As you may remember I have been very critical of our mental health services, which are clearly second-rate. I'm hopeful that the pandemic will help change that, as well as improve services in the death houses we call long term care homes. I hope you and your loved ones are keeping safe and well, This really is a nightmare, but we will come out of it together...<br />Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-56002792297674505622020-04-28T20:28:51.914-04:002020-04-28T20:28:51.914-04:00Actually, in a very different culture, I think tho...Actually, in a very different culture, I think those men are valuing the deceased, not mocking them. lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-30849324720519757562020-04-28T18:43:18.560-04:002020-04-28T18:43:18.560-04:00Hi Simon Quebec just surrendered, is this common s...Hi Simon Quebec just surrendered, is this common sense or mammon?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-83023169959615737062020-04-28T17:53:00.051-04:002020-04-28T17:53:00.051-04:00Hi Simon, woke up today with your name on my lips,...Hi Simon, woke up today with your name on my lips, for have dreamed of it..strange..am here to say kiked your blog, buddy!Simone Mourahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080779814764853683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-11973670326588959362020-04-28T14:16:24.125-04:002020-04-28T14:16:24.125-04:00And that's not even taking into account the me...And that's not even taking into account the mental health effects from surviving this illness or watching someone you love suffer from it or even die. There's going to be an explosion of PTSD just like every other war. Disability claims will skyrocket because people can only take so much. Some people will not be able to return to work, not only from the after effects of the physical virus but the emotional trauma of enduring it. Some people were already unable to work prior to the pandemic and will only feel left out further by their inability to take part in the re-emerging labor force as they hear the steady drumbeat from public officials to "re-open the economy!" Frontline health workers are dying from suicide because they can't bear the nonstop horror they're witnessing. And then there's the exacerbation of racism and scapegoating of Asians, immigrants and the LGBT community from the likes of Donald Trump, Derek Sloan and those of their ilk who follow them, that only adds further trauma to an already wounded or marginalized group of people.<br /><br />This crisis is really going to put society to the test and force a confrontation as to what we value as "work," how we form our identities around employment, and how those who can't be employed but really want to, are all too often discarded or demeaned as lazy shirkers or useless eaters. John Ivison penning an angry, privileged, Arbeit Macht Frei screed for the Irrational Post about "welfare slackers" and wards of the state is gross and unacceptable. It's that kind of selfish mindset, endemic to jerks like him and those protesters, that is just as insidious and detrimental to the public health as the virus itself. But while there doesn't seem to be a cure for ignorance, thankfully, he's not everybody. I wish Margaret Trudeau a full and speedy recovery after that awful fire at her apartment, and know that she would want us to be talking about how this virus affects not only our physical bodies, but our minds and hearts as well.Jackie Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05221859743498420491noreply@blogger.com