It shouldn't take a relative suffering in the hospital to finally think about #COVID19 and #PostCovidComplications.

I wish my family would #MaskUp in public.

However, the #VaxxedAndRelaxed propaganda has been VERY effective, and getting through to folks that #CovidIsntACold can take time and many conversations.

I'm hopeful that this means my parents and I can have more conversations on this in the future, and I hope my relative recovers soon.

I have a relative who is in ICU right now.

She's had #COVID twice (unsure of when her second infection was).

She has always had health issues (immunocompromised etc) - but now she is having seizures, and they can't get them under control.

Yesterday, while on the phone, my Dad pointed out how careful she had been prior to the #LetItRip approach.

It wasn't the #VaxxedAndRelaxed campaign that she stopped being so cautious.

I can't confirm that her covid infections caused this - but I can say she's never had seizures before now - and she's not even 50 years old.

Would she still be here if she had never had COVID?

Maybe.

Is taking of your mask worth risking COVID - which is proven to put everyone at risk of serious complications during the acute phase and after?

Absolutely not.

She doesn't deserve this reality. No one does.

However, things began changing as mask mandates began dropping and the Biden administration began their #vaxxedandrelaxed / #letitrip approach to the pandemic.

My family stopped being as consistent with masking. I visited home in summer of 2021. I took a pcr before I left, masked on the plane, and took a pcr when I arrived.

I walked inside the house with a mask on (I wanted to wait until I got test results) and my mom told me not to worry about it.

I was definitely worried about it. Later in my trip she seemed confused when I put on a mask to go to the store.

It became clear my family and I were diverging on #COVIDsafety.