The worst part of this chart so far is the realization that I don't know what green feels like. https://twitter.com/SilverLiningCos/status/1331281607764836352

I don't just mean during the pandemic.

I mean ever, in my 38+ years on this Earth.

I spent the first 33ish years of my life assuming orange was normal and red was "you're an overdramatic lil shit, get back to work."

(Fun fact: After my third (of 4) hospitalization for burnout I went back to work SIX FULL MONTHS before the docs "released" me to do so.)

After the last round of hospitalization, I've spent five years (a) amazed yellow exists and isn't just a bad mischaracterization of red made by doctors who want you to shut tf up and (b) able to spend just enough time there to wonder what it'd be like if that were my "normal"

My brain refuses to believe green actually exists.

At best, it will accept green is an unattainable level of privilege reserved for the pampered and oblivious few. Certainly never for me.