I keep hearing North Americans saying, over and over, “It’s inevitable, everyone’s going to catch this.”

I do not keep hearing people in Korea saying this. Probably because an effort is still being made at containment here, for which I’m grateful. But this is sort of like…

When you call people back home and it’s night for them and day for you, over years and years? That just feels like a disconnect. You visit and learn new words are common place. (“Superfood?”)

This is like that, but bigger and deeper and… sigh.