>be me
>20 yo Essential Worker™
>being essential, seeing hundreds of people a day
>it must be a miracle I haven't shot my lungs out my urethra yet
>maybeimjustbuiltdifferent.neville
>vaccines start to roll out
>not being too afraid of taking random drugs i sign up
>lots of time passes
>call up my mole in the medical system
>hey, are you vaccinated?
>yeah, everyone is
>management got it first, even though i work covid
>this provoked some thoughts
>ask my management
>they be vaccinated
>tell me i must just be classified as low risk
>told that im young, healthy, and dont have preexisting conditons
>that feeling when i am suddenly not as heroic and brave and essential now that the chips are down
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I always knew this was a nonsense overreaction and moral panic, but I'm just wondering how many other young dudes have been reaching absurd amounts of anger and nihilism directed at those who fucked them, both politicians and civilians. No matter how soon this passes, we will see the impact of this for a very long time.