Relevant to your aside on Covid and folk horror, early in the pandemic I was remarking to people how the situation felt like being thrown into the biblical story of the plagues passing over Egypt. Like I was an Israelite sitting at home praying for the angel of death to pass over my house. The rapid advancements in testing and potential vaccines on the horizon have somewhat ameliorated that feeling but it creeps in on the fringes still.
Relevant to your aside on Covid and folk horror, early in the pandemic I was remarking to people how the situation felt like being thrown into the biblical story of the plagues passing over Egypt. Like I was an Israelite sitting at home praying for the angel of death to pass over my house. The rapid advancements in testing and potential vaccines on the horizon have somewhat ameliorated that feeling but it creeps in on the fringes still.