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A record of the plague years. Z”L.
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The good people know the pandemic is over, they tested, masked, stayed in if ill for they are good people, but that was long ago they no longer do those things if it weren’t over good people might be expected to do something so the pandemic must be over for they are good people.
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When they tell you
(and they will tell you)
that, yes, they are sick
but it isn’t covid
just know
they aren’t trying
to convince you
they are trying
to convince themselves.
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A compendium of the 224th week of plague poems…
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New research has found that whales were less stressed during the first year of the pandemic, so when you are stressed by your unwell coworkers by news about mask bans by your friends insisting that the pandemic is over, remind yourself you are not alone you are with the whales.
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I remember the verses and so I know that we are dust and someday to the dust we shall return, but I have just learned that in Finland infective SARS-CoV-2 had been found in skull sawdust, and so now I know that we are dust and the dust is infectious.
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I have heard it said that one of the symptoms of the latest variants is overwhelming fatigue but I have tested and I have tested again so I am confident my overwhelming fatigue is not from an infection but from trying to survive this unending pandemic.
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If you attend a gathering today at which you handle fireworks and tomorrow your hands feel odd then remember to count your fingers. If you attend a gathering today at which everyone seems ill and next week you still feel fine then remember to count your blessings.
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With infections rising the WHO official recommended being up to date on vaccinations, taking precautions, and to “Be safe, stay safe. Be kind” and I am trying, really I am trying, but it is hard to be kind when surrounded by people who are making it difficult to be and stay safe.
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Quietly and calmly without fanfare or fireworks the CDC noted “COVID-19 can surge throughout the year” but this admission was made quietly and calmly without fanfare or fireworks so as not to discourage anyone from attending a barbecue.
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Expectations are low you are not required to be a saint or a martyr, none of us (including you) can defeat this pandemic alone so it does not fall to you and to you alone to do everything, but it is in your power to do something so you might as well try to at least do that.
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I apologize, I know that you are probably overwhelmed by the bad news by the worrisome news by the terrible news so I apologize for adding to your anxiety but even in the midst of all the other wretched news you should know that another dairy worker has contracted avian influenza.
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Do not worry about the numerous attempts to ban masks all you need to do to circumvent such bans is get elected president and then declare that you are wearing a mask as an official act.
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My friends keep telling me they are ready to change the world, but when I ask them if they are ready to wear a mask they tell me to move on, yes, my friends keep telling me they are ready to change the world just so long as they do not have to change themselves.
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We tell ourselves that nobody could have seen this coming that nobody could have seen any of this coming as it is easier to believe that than it is to admit that we were not looking.
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My brother-in-law asks me why all the advertisements on his social media feeds are for medication to treat erectile dysfunction and so I calmly tell him that the virus can cause erectile dysfunction and I can immediately tell he does not like this explanation.
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Doctors are increasingly worried that this virus can cause full-body inflammation and while I suppose that this helps to explain why I so often feel like my body is on fire it still only partially explains why the whole world is going up in flames.
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A clarification: It is not the case that it is too late though sadly it is the case that it is later than you think.
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Apologies to you, my friend, for I am certain your anger and fear are quite genuine but it is difficult to believe you when you say you are ready to resist the dark times ahead, when wearing a mask is too much to ask of you in the dark times at hand.
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My friend I know it seems that things right now are very bad, but even as you worry please remember we are all of us still in a pandemic, so try to keep a little perspective, it’s not that things right now are very bad, it’s that things right now are worse than that.
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Without sufficient data it is very difficult to know it is very difficult to really know precisely how bad this summer covid wave truly is but considering that we have already reached the point at which news outlets are reporting on this summer covid wave it must be pretty bad.
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Only those who suffer from paranoid delusions truly believe that everyone else is out to get them but I must confess that there are days when I am surrounded entirely by unmasked faces and I can’t help but feel that everyone else is out to get me sick.
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According to my sister I worry too much just look around (she says) nobody else is worried so you don't need to either, and I am not sure how exactly to tell her that the fact that no one else seems particularly worried is one of the things that I find so worrisome.
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Please, my friends, choose your words with care it is not advisable to say “this is a disaster” such a comment will only lead to confusion please do not say “this is a disaster” for there are too many things for there are far too many things to which your “this” could apply.
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I had always heard
that someday
the meek will inherit the earth
but I often worry
that the powerful
have heard this as well
and so they’re ensuring
that there won’t be much left
for the meek to inherit.
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The 223rd week of plague poems collected…
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2024/06/28/p...
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Do not say that last night you heard nothing nothing at all about the ongoing pandemic you must go back and listen listen carefully listen not to the words but to the rasp in the voice and then you will realize that you heard quite a lot about the ongoing pandemic.
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It is said that if it is repeated often enough a lie can become accepted as truth and thus we barely shrug when we hear how a politician “just has a cold” for we are so accustomed to hearing how everyone around us, also, “just has a cold.”
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When you hear them say (and you will hear them say) “during the pandemic” in the past tense just know that they understand on some level that the pandemic isn’t over that the pandemic isn’t really over they are just convinced that the pandemic is over for them.
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I agree it was quite unconscionable when that candidate showed up to a debate while knowingly infected with the virus, I only wish that you also found it unconscionable that so many people shop maskless for groceries and go out to eat while knowingly infected with the same virus.
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On the side of the postal box a sticker boldly declared "wear a mask save a life" and as I stared at it I found myself wondering if perhaps the problem is that people see the message "wear a mask save a life" and fail to realize that the life they wind up saving may be their own.
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Listen those who know about politics have been clear about this the virus just isn't a winning political issue, the voters do not want to hear about how the pandemic isn't over, the virus just isn't a winning political issue, which helps explain why the virus keeps winning.
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I keep telling myself that I have walked away from worse than this before didn’t I walk away from that car crash in college? didn’t I walk away when that truck hit my bike? yes, I tell myself I have walked away from worse than this before yet this virus just keep following me.
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When they get angry (and they will get angry) with the sight of your mask know that they feel that with your mask you are sticking the pandemic in their face, which is rather ironic seeing as with your mask you are literally trying not to stick the virus in their face.
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The editorial board warned “Long covid might presage a wave of disability claims. Get ready.” and I just wish that the editorial board was as concerned about preventing the infections that can lead to long covid as they are about the possible cost of people needing assistance.
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I’ve been told by wearing a mask I’m admitting that I am afraid of everyone and everything. I’ve been told by wearing a mask I’m declaring that everyone and everything should be afraid of me. And I just wish I knew whether this week I’m meant to be terrified or terrifying.
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When they tell you (and they will tell you) that, yes, they are sick but it isn’t covid they’re sure it isn’t covid just know they aren’t trying to convince you they are trying to convince themselves.
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Please do not worry about avian influenza after all the CDC has tests at the ready: “roughly a million available now… 1.2 million more in the next two months,” which sounds good just so long that is as you do not think about the size of this country’s population.
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The other day I read an article in which a doctor warned: "The effects of repeatedly getting this throughout our lives is going to be much more significant than people are thinking” and I worry that on some level people do know this and that is why they refuse to think about it.
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The only thing spreading faster than mask bans is the virus itself.
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Why is this still happening I asked myself while reading an article about this summer’s surge of covid cases but then I made the mistake of reading the article’s comments and I was immediately reminded exactly why this is still happening.
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The question of why there's so much avian influenza in Michigan’s wastewater is a mystery scientists are trying to unravel and though I know this is not a scientific answer it seems one clear explanation for this is that we are in deep shit.
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The CDC’s graphic explained how H5N1 is spreading: Wild bird-to-cow probable Cow-to-cow probable Cow-to-poultry probable Cow-to-cat probable Cow-to human probable Human-to-human none reported And I had to remind myself this graphic was meant to be reassuring.
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You’ve probably heard that in the summer when someone tells you to put on sunscreen what they are saying is that they care about you. So please hear me when I say that in a pandemic when someone tells you to put on a mask what they are saying is that they care about you.
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When the old punk told me about the importance of saving for retirement, I replied that it’s pointless everything will have collapsed long before I can retire, and instead of sadly laughing the old punk said: in the dark times it is a radical act to still believe in a future.
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Please note: I am going to be spending next week in the woods. I plan on posting these as normal, but I appreciate your patience and understanding if there are any problems or delays. Thank you all for your support. Stay safe. Take care of each other.
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Having concluded
that it is impossible
to try to ban the virus
our leaders have decided
to instead ban masks
the sight of which
may remind people
of the virus.
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A compendium of the 222nd week of plague poems…
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2024/06/21/p...
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I had always heard that someday the meek will inherit the earth but I often worry that the powerful have heard this as well and so they’re ensuring that there won’t be much left for the meek to inherit.
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I thought I’d heard them all, every single term people use to describe how what they are sick with is something other than the virus yes, I thought I’d heard them all, but I just heard someone describe their sickness as “air-conditioner cold,” so I’ll add that one to the list.
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After reading the headline: “Infectious bird flu survived milk pasteurization” I have decided that for the foreseeable future I am going to try to survive without milk.
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This virus damages taste so maybe that is why everything tastes bitter This virus damages smell so maybe that is why we smell smoke This virus damages vision so maybe that is why we don’t see each other This virus damages the heart so maybe that is why we have become so numb
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This summer heat is much too hot and wearing a mask will only make you hotter yes, wearing a mask will only make you hotter, but keep things in perspective that is still much better than winding up with a fever in this summer heat.
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We all know the term “biweekly” (as in biweekly meeting) can denote something that happens every other week or twice a week, and here in this pandemic it seems the term “seasonal” (as in seasonal wave) now denotes something that happens only in certain seasons or in every season.
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