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ID in alt text and below!
ID: a 10-image black-and-white cartoony comic.
The 1st image is titled Pandemic Year 3 and dated January 2023. The drawing shows a masked boy with fluffy hair, Joey, surrounded by unmasked people. The text reads: At some point, the people around me decided that the price of me staying alive ā a few small inconveniences for them ā was too high.
In image 2, Joey sits at a table with his drawing tablet looking concerned. The text reads: The world, many loved ones included, is actively hostile to me continuing to live. How do I cope with that? I donāt have the answer. Iām just really alone.
Joey, stressed and frightened, clutches his laptop. The text reads: And I mean really alone. A figure on the laptop screen says: High-risk people will take care of themselves. Joey yells: How?
This image is split into two panels. The first one reads: How do I keep myself safe when the store, work, and school, is a death trap? For each word, a triangle displays that maskless environment. The second panel shows Joeyās sad face in a Zoom window. The text reads: Iām taking my final semester of undergrad online to the displeasure of many.
Joey lays face down in a pillow. The text reads: If youāve been following me for any time, you know I got Covid in February 2020 at 19 years old and have become disabled by long Covid. Everything smells and tastes like rotting meat, I canāt keep anything I eat down, and Iāve started randomly fainting after years of dizziness.
Joey is shirtless and masked and hooked up to an EKG. The text reads: Iām one of millions of Covid survivors for whom re-infection is much more dangerous. Not to mention everyone who was already high-risk.
Joey lays on the couch and looks at social media posts where people are posting photos of themselves maskless in crowds. The text reads: The general public is very happy to isolate high-risk people from society if it means never having to think about us ever again and continuing with the actions that kill us. Thatās eugenics, by the way.
This image is split into two panels. The first one shows Joey laying down, clutching his heart, and crying. The text reads: And itās not just the people who donāt see us. The second panel shows Joey looking disheveled. The text reads: The cognitive dissonance is unlike anything Iāve seen. A speech bubble says: Are you sure you wonāt do indoor dining?
Joey holds his hands lovingly under his face and raises his arms. Hearts are around his head. The text reads: If youāre here with me and isolated from the rest of society while being continually told that your life doesnāt matter and that youāre crazy, I see you. I love you. Youāre not alone.
Joey is shirtless and looking down at the portable EKG attached to his chest. The text reads: To the rest of you, Iām here asking for my life. Iām 22 and deserve to not only live but live joyfully. How much death and suffering is acceptable to you? The week of writing this, January 11th through 16th, at least 3,907 Americans have died of COVID. Recorded deaths have been over 2,500 weekly for months. Data from the Peopleās CDC. Recorded deaths are an undercount as many places stopped collecting or reporting data. End ID.
