Year Three: Covid Is Not Over

Dani Bethea
12 min readSep 20, 2022

Updating the rant.

Content/trigger warning: discussions of self-harm, disordered eating, suicide.

Scott Pelley: Mr. President, the first Detroit Auto Show in three years…is the pandemic over?

Joe Biden: The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID, we’re still doing a lot of work on it, but uhh the pandemic is over. If you notice, no one is wearing masks. Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape…and so I think it’s changing and I think this is a perfect example of it.

Oof, well, where to start with unpacking this one? First of all, hi everyone, long time no type. Second, this is going to be a run-on train of thought attempt at writing like you wouldn’t believe, so get ready for this acapella piece of writing eh? Third, I hope you all have been navigating the quagmire of our impending doom…

--

--

Dani Bethea

Horror Sommelier & Pop Culture Pontificator. Prev EIC: We Are Horror. Published: Studies In the Fantastic + Women of Jenji Kohan + Montréal Monstrum Society .