despair and hopelessness.

The incessant brow beating from almost every element in power in our society is just exhausting. The outright deception and politicization used in effecting those brow beatings simply exacerbates the situation.

I guess I would call my long haul symptom, Chronic Covid Fatigue Syndrome. The disease has nothing to do with it. It's the "never let a crisis go to waste," and its corollary, "never let a pandemic end" that gets to me.

And it would seem I'm not alone.