A bit late this.
Also posted my reply to the wrong thread at first because tired.
But here we go, it was my last day of my summer work today and am a bit bummed out that an able-bodied co-worker announced midday that they have a very sore throat. After spending hours in my space. Made a joke about how everyone now gets a holiday (sick) thanks to her. She is also a racist, have noticed over the summer how she talks about minorities and is kind of ok with the alt-right government we now have. This person has power over the lives of folks that already in a very tough spot, that is the nature of our work.
I have been doing remote mostly because last time I got sick was last April when I had to do a lot of in person work and had a week off. So now I have a week off before my studies start in my unmasked university that got me sick last autumn. I did mask then but got it anyway, I am middle aged and at the uni with all the young folks.
One would think people doing social care work would know better or care more, but turns out the ableism in these spaces is the worst.
Have done so well at work too after I have realized I am audhd mid-pandemic and am better with my needs these days. But this you do you pandemic is wearing me out, have long hauled every time I got it. My partner is high risk and my everything so I am also scared of losing him.
Did not mask in the office because it is so stigmatized here, I did until last spring, but mentally could not anymore. Nobody here has masked since summer 2022.
Also my countrys government is looking to ban the symbols of communism and a liberal on Mastodon told me this is good because "the stuff from the black book of communism" basically. So just feeling a bit down today.