“We need to start living with this virus, a similar way we live with the flu.” Tony Blakely. ‘Living with’…

“We need to start living with this virus, a similar way we live with the flu.” Tony Blakely. ‘Living with’ other infectious diseases was always about avoiding catching them. Like living with your dog’s farts, it’s not about shoving your nose into its anus. /1

Language is politics. ‘Living with’ is ‘putting up with’, not ‘embracing’. Tolerating something you may not be able to get rid of entirely, but which you will do everything to avoid. Traffic, tinea, toxic bosses. Not chocolate, beer, swimming at the beach. /end