How many times have you heard “Covid-19 isn’t that bad”, “Not a lot of people are dying”, “It’s just a flu, the government is being extra”. You have probably heard something along those lines at least said once.

Let’s talk about that second statement Not a lot of people are dying, as of right now 1.98 Million people have died while 51 Million are said to have recovered. Why do you say that isn’t a lot of people, I am sure if you were stuck in a room with 1.98 Million dead bodies you would say oh that is a lot of dead bodies, wouldn’t you?

As for some hearing about people dying may not phase them at all because they did not know them, and it does not affect them. Some people might be a little saddened hearing about people losing lives and others might just care for the moment.  Why is it we are growing more accustomed to being able to hear about any death unphased.

For one, Privilege

During 2020 a lot happened especially with the Black Lives Matter movements, and what bothers me about social media during all of this is how much black trauma was posted every day. To me it was different seeing it than to someone who is black. It was crazy seeing posts that didn’t have any Trigger Warnings on them, or people making “cute” and “fun” BLM posts to show their “support”.

With social media everything has become a trend even if it is something horrible, you do your quick little post and boom you did your part. For one it’s privilege and two it is how desensitised we are to watch real people get assaulted like that.

But as a society why are we growing more desensitized to the violence?  Why was it so common to hear about mass shootings in America like it was just their usual thing? Because in media we are shown these events that happen on the daily it just becomes a regular news day.

Just something to think about.