PacificNic, There's a common pattern people follow as they abandon COVID-caution.
- They start attending more risky events.
- They may or may it catch COVID from attending said events.
- They start talking about "balance" and mental health as if caution and mental health are incompatible.
- They start blaming NOVIDs for their own choice to protect themselves until recently, claiming the NOVIDs made them do it and that it "destroyed" their mental health.
- They project onto NOVIDs, saying they are hopelessly unhappy and nobody could possibly live like that and be mentally well. Often this is where the mental illness accusations come in.
- They get angry that people call them out on their minimization.
- They completely abandon precaution, often while harboring resentment and hostility towards NOVIDs.
The next step is where they get mad we "didn't warn them".