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petitepineux t1_jae26vb wrote

The medical system. If you were in it frequently as a patient with multiple health issues, everything went to shit. Doctors burned put and left or are checked out and unabailable, insurance reshiffled prices on medications to raise costs, hospital workers are still traumatized from the beginning surge and hospitals seem to give a lower quality of care than before (from what I've heard). A lot of people with issues other than COVID had to delay treatment bc during surges the hospitals filled up unnecessarily, now the anti-vaxx movement gained traction, there is more hostility about being germ-conscious and following public health protocol bc nobody trusts the CDC (for good reason), people have started this anti-science movement in earnest. For people with chronic conditions like myself it has become a nightmare because medical supplies increased about 200% in cost. And socially it is also a nightmare bc I feel threatened asking for medical accommodations now (I'm immunocompromised) because people think I'm making a political statement because I have to wear a mask. It's scary to go out in public because you may get harrassed but it's also uncomfortable trying to mention this to friends and potential partners bc they are either traumatized bc of the pandemic or they think you're political or even mentally ill.

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