I had a stunning realization today. My grandfather and a few other very old people who seemed to last forever have died recently. But looking around, I realized I don't really see old people anymore, past about 70s. They used to be everywhere, cafes, streets, malls, just doing their thing, people watching, being old. But they just aren't around anymore.
Are they all terrified of COVID still? Did the vaccine kill them off? What is going on is it just me noticing this?
I've been noticing my peers disappearing for 20 or 30 years, and that's always seemed to be the way of the world. People get old and die. People in their teens and twenties dying suddenly all the time, that's another story.