Friday, August 6, 2021

No Lockdowns, No Masks, No Vaccine - An Alternate History Novel

 


It's interesting how it went, first, "I'm against lockdowns!" And then, "And I'm against wearing masks!" And then, "And I'm against the vaccine!" OK, cool. You're against lockdowns, masks and the vaccine. All three. Quite a trifecta. Think of an alternate history novel where no countries did any of those things and all schools, all businesses, all public areas continued as normal, full steam ahead. What would it look like? Who would and would not be here? Would I be typing this? Would you be reading this? Would you or I be on month number six or nine or twelve of the hell slog of Long Covid? How about doctors and nurses and healthcare workers, EMT's? Who is alive and who is dead among them? How many more have PTSD, have quit, have shattered relationships, shattered lives? Where would each of us be at psychologically and emotionally with no shutdowns, no fabric masks & no immunizations to block this thing? No shut downs, no masks and no vaccines. Let 'er rip. How does that alternate history novel read?

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