Nazi culture was infinitely worse than COVID culture—but the lessons from Nazism should be deeply internalized so that we can stay safe from totalitarianism.
Thank you for sharing your work. I am a non-clinical hospital worker living in Ottawa and trying to examine my own biases about our COVID culture. So far I have been supportive of vaccine mandates and I have denounced the Convoy, but also feel grateful that a protest of that nature and magnitude was allowed to manifest for as long as it did in front of Parliament. The last 2 years have been chaotic, not only at work but also among friends and family. COVID culture has created / exposed divisions that have destabilized and politicized even the most personal relationships. Your insights are helpful as I reflect on what has happened, what I may have accepted blindy out of a sense of duty, and try to separate truth from propaganda in every aspect of my life.
Thanks so much, Erin. I feel that the kind of openness to ideas and critical thinking that you are showing is exactly what we need right now in our society. A sense of duty is a noble thing, and sometimes we are given the incorrect message that working dutifully within institutions should also mean not thinking critically. I believe that the opposite is true: to heal the divides in our society, we need to work dutifully and at the same time think and speak freely and peacefully.
Thank you for sharing your work. I am a non-clinical hospital worker living in Ottawa and trying to examine my own biases about our COVID culture. So far I have been supportive of vaccine mandates and I have denounced the Convoy, but also feel grateful that a protest of that nature and magnitude was allowed to manifest for as long as it did in front of Parliament. The last 2 years have been chaotic, not only at work but also among friends and family. COVID culture has created / exposed divisions that have destabilized and politicized even the most personal relationships. Your insights are helpful as I reflect on what has happened, what I may have accepted blindy out of a sense of duty, and try to separate truth from propaganda in every aspect of my life.
Thanks so much, Erin. I feel that the kind of openness to ideas and critical thinking that you are showing is exactly what we need right now in our society. A sense of duty is a noble thing, and sometimes we are given the incorrect message that working dutifully within institutions should also mean not thinking critically. I believe that the opposite is true: to heal the divides in our society, we need to work dutifully and at the same time think and speak freely and peacefully.