Gregory's Server@64 @hannu_ikonen at least for me, the trauma was about us doing a few things:
- Relying on the police state
- Prioritizing individual behaviour and sacrifice while ignoring anything systemic, because clean indoor air would cost landlords money
- Watching us still not fix air quality
- Fear of the consequences of catching the virus itself
Now I admit, a previous line of work has unfortunately left me somewhat inured to mass casualties, and if it didn't I would likely have trauma about that too.
@64 @hannu_ikonen that's not about whiteness. It is about privilege a bit though; we are all denied the privilege of being safe participating in society without needing to worry about masks, and we have all had to watch our society flail around with shaming and use of force around quarantines and masks followed by denial, exposing the probability that the next time our collective safety is threatened, our society will again leave us to bear the consequences, while maybe punishing us too.