• Shard@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    A quick image search returned this

    https://mothership.sg/2020/06/milieu-survey-sunday-times-essential/

    So many commenters are missing crucial context to this infographic.

    This was released during peak covid and I mean PEAK as in June 2020, global lockdowns, high mortality rates, shortages of essentials. In case anyone has a short memory, the world as we knew it practically ground to a halt.

    Not to take away anything from artists but essential in this context meant essential to the basic human needs. Health, Nutrition, Sanitation.

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      1 day ago

      The world you knew ground to a halt.

      I was working in healthcare at the time. I was doing 60 hours a week, home, work, home, work, home, work. Nonstop.

      The world did not stop because you couldn’t go into an office to sit and work.