Malaise? Ennui? I'm not sure what word describes the vague depression funk that seems to pervade everything and infect everyone after 9 months of COVID insanity.

The knee-jerk reactions back in March and the doubling down all summer have had severe effects economically and psychologically, but no one wants to acknowledge it. Instead, those of us who raised questions are blamed now that the entirely predictable winter spike has hit. Everyone is on edge, and the noisiest people are demanding either a total quarantine lockdown or open revolution.

Finding calm and motivation is no easy thing in such trying times as we try to sort the wheat from the chaff on social and mainstream media alike.