Saturday Stories: An Army Of COVID Viruses and COVID Hegemony
Hegemony "The dominance maintained by those in power to ensure that their preferred worldview is seen as natural, inevitable and beneficial to all"
Blair Williams, in Croakey Health Media, explains the concept of COVID hegemony as,
“the normalisation of widespread infection achieved by those with power through coercive persuasion, to gain our consent and even approval. Divorced from realities of widespread transmission, the media, politicians and certain experts have been pushing for a “return to normal”, to “live with COVID” and to move away from “COVID exceptionalism”.
The whole piece is a worthwhile read.
Andrew Nikonochuk, in The Tyee, takes his time to highlight six important implications of the evolution of the pandemic.
As to life in general? I’ve been spending more and more time in the woodshop and happily still have all my fingers and recently bought my first piece of sexy wood (a giant slab of walnut). I also realized that it’s almost our pandemic sourdough starter’s 3rd birthday.
Have a great weekend!