I Miss Movies

I love movies. They are one of my favorite things in the world. But it isn’t just the screen time I enjoy, I love the experience of going to see a movie. I love the creaky seats, the over buttered to the point of dripping popcorn, the overpriced candy, the young kids laughing at juvenile jokes, the employees that look like they rather be anywhere else but there. I know this is a first world problem and that there are much more serious things to be complaining about during a pandemic, but I am bored! Not only do I not get the movie theater experience anymore, I don't get the movies. Movies already made had their premiere date pushed back indefinitely so they can make box-office profits and no movies are being currently filmed due to social distancing guidelines. I knew Covid would change they way we did things but I had no idea it would completely take away my favorite. 

Politics Effect Covid

 If for some reason China produced a vaccine that was superior to everyone else’s, global politics would greatly change. Core countries more than peripheral, because of the everyday travel and advancements made in them, would have to somehow become friendly with China. For the US, this means dropping the trade war and being talked into helping out China in exchange for a steady supply of Covid vaccines . Without this, whatever country has the vaccine will suddenly become a world superpower. This can go to the heads of the leaders in charge very fast and may pose health and security threats. A country that becomes Covid free would not be able to have in-person interactions with countries that are still being ravished by the virus, and it would ultimately be the fault of the country with the best virus for not working out a deal to supply it. Vaccine politics can play a large role in global politics.

Covid Fatigue

 Thousands and thousands of people are dying everyday from Covid-19. Those who survive it are still left with lasting effects that who knows when they will go away, if ever. As time goes on, cases are only rising. So I should be more frightened than I was in the spring, right? 

Except I’m not. 

It’s sad to say and hurts me a little to admit that I don’t care that much anymore. This idea is known as cognitive dissonance; I know it can hurt but I simply look the other way. Now don’t get me wrong, I still wear my mask in public and with friends and I still avoid large gatherings and frat parties because I care about not getting other people sick. However, I am in a position where I am healthy enough and at the right age range where if I got Covid, chances are it wouldn’t effect me that much. This pandemic and country-wide shut downs have been going on for almost 8 months now and there comes a point where I just can’t stress over it anymore. I will do what I can to protect myself and others, but at the end of the day I am losing motivation and interest. I try getting away from the world headlines on advancements with the virus through my schoolwork, but as a geography major, a majority of my schoolwork and discussions in class tends to gravitate towards it as well. At the beginning of the pandemic in March and April I remember being frightened to walk down the street with someone on the other side of it. Now, I feel desensitized as I can only do so much to protect myself and others. At the end of the day, whatever happens, happens and I just have to go with it.