Convicted by Conviction
It has been a constant stress. On my life, my marriage, my every waking moment. I’m reminded throughout the day by the change in my sense of smell that I was infected by a virus with long term consequences. I do consider myself lucky that this is the only lasting problem I have – so far. Except my real long covid ailment is psychological and persistent. Early in the pandemic I took a stance that aligned with the “all in this together” crowd that valued expert opinion and community responsibility. I sought information from accredited sources with evidence-based research. This quickly put me at odds with most of my community and indeed, my family who quickly jumped on the bandwagon that suspected Covid 19 was some sort of engineered hoax and that public health restrictions were government strategies to suppress freedom in order to forward some sort of authoritarian agenda. It doesn’t help that our current provincial government is on