A personal Facebook post of mine from 6th May 2021:
I know some people like that NSW doesn’t do lockdowns, and my personal dislike of their Premier aside, what I wish people understood about the value of lockdowns is that it protects at risk people. If the government says it’s safe, the at risk people don’t get accomodations they need EG working from home until an outbreak is over. You’re seen as expecting too much or not worth accomodating or an outlier. It makes the accomodations “unreasonable” because it’s only you who needs it. I’ll take short lockdowns all the way instead of “fuck the at risk people”.
This may be an example from a few years ago now, but it’s exactly this attitudinal problem that encourages employers to, for example, not want to learn about your disabilities and accomodate you.
Make sure that in your haste to rush through life, you’re not discarding people by the wayside.
