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Post by standardUser »

schwartzworld wrote: post #123
_uwiz wrote: post #50

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Different countries, and different situations. Living in a big old house in the country with your family? Your life is probably basically the same as it always was. Potentially better, depending on the work situation. Okay, sure, you're not going on as many holidays, and depending on how strict the rules are where you are, dinner parties are off the cards. Living in a flat as a single person in the big exciting city?…

What a weird comment. You think people with families don't miss their social lives? You think it has been easy? People aren't meant to spend so much time together. Not to mention work and full-time child care don't really go together. I'd say if anything, I considered maintaining a social life to be a form of self-care, one I was already struggling to get enough of. > A month or two more and I'm going to be in the 'p…

The idea that nothing will change in the next two months is absurd because things are already changing. There's already been an easing of restrictions over the last few weeks as the rate of new cases declines. And this is before the vaccine has had a chance to make much of an impact. Because of the vaccines, we have very reason to believe the rate of hospitalizations and deaths will only go down, which will inevitably lead to a further easing of restrictions.

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Post by soared »

e67f70028a46fba wrote: post #144
RalfWausE wrote: post #31

I think the psychological toll of the lockdowns in different countries is highly underestimated. I myself have no real economical shortcomings due to the lockdown, but even as a person who is normaly a total loner and who can spend weeks completely alone on a excessive hiking trip i am slowly going crazy... For my wife, who is a highly social character, its even worse. And i am not the only one in this mindset... wha…

Even the term: lockdown Free societies don’t have lockdowns. Prisons do. One would think that the government would come up with a better term, if only out of self interest. But then perhaps that’s the point.

“Safer at home” was commonly used in my state.

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Post by eybbus »

ersii wrote: post #64
_uwiz wrote: post #27

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Vaccination has literally fuck all to do with this. Our restrictions are randomly generated. It's illegal for me to have a friend over because they made it illegal. We have adverts trying to scare people into working from home, as if that's a choice. The government is literally trolling us, just showing us that we'll do whatever as long as there's propaganda backing it. Fuck this reality.

Come over to Sweden, things are quite dandy here. Never thought I'd say that in a positive manner though. Wish you the better and best.

isn't Sweden proposing to shut down businesses, limiting time spent at some places and adding new rules regarding gatherings and public event?

Thats at least I gather from a Norwegian news site, but my Norwegian is not up to snuff.

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Post by [deleted] »

globular-toast wrote: post #196
corobo wrote: post #111

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You guys know people lost their jobs during the pandemic right?

Of course I do, but what does that have to do with this? Are you suggesting bar owners or workers will be on here seeking some kind of comfort? This is clearly for people that go to hang out in bars as customers.

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Post by CydeWeys »

_uwiz wrote: post #50
RalfWausE wrote: post #31

I think the psychological toll of the lockdowns in different countries is highly underestimated. I myself have no real economical shortcomings due to the lockdown, but even as a person who is normaly a total loner and who can spend weeks completely alone on a excessive hiking trip i am slowly going crazy... For my wife, who is a highly social character, its even worse. And i am not the only one in this mindset... wha…

Different countries, and different situations. Living in a big old house in the country with your family? Your life is probably basically the same as it always was. Potentially better, depending on the work situation. Okay, sure, you're not going on as many holidays, and depending on how strict the rules are where you are, dinner parties are off the cards. Living in a flat as a single person in the big exciting city?…

> Living in a flat as a single person in the big exciting city? Literally everything you do has been illegal or restricted in some form for almost a year now.

And unsafe, too. I'm not not going to restaurants because I'm not allowed to (they're actually opening back up a little bit here now), but because under the present circumstances it's not safe to do so.

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Post by yao420 »

74d-fe6-2c6 wrote: post #74
Doctor_Fegg wrote: post #60

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Also the highest Covid rate in Europe right now, I believe?

My s/o is Estonian. The thing is - yes, rates are high - but ... that's about it. There is not much going on beyond incidence rates being high. Which makes me question the panic.

I feel the same in Texas, we don’t have strict lockdowns and I’ve been going to gym, restaurants, and bars since June.

Sure our rates are ‘high’ but are on par with places like California and New York who have very strict lockdowns.

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Post by samgranieri »

Thank you for posting this. I've missed the spontaneous social interaction of meeting up with friends at a bar after work with this pandemic going on.

Things are starting to open up a bit in Chicago, but it won't be the same for a long time.

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Post by leesalminen »

standardUser wrote: post #207
Mediterraneo10 wrote: post #199

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It is worth reading what the epidemologists advising Western governments actually think. Many of them are arguing for social distancing and border closures to continue until the entire world is vaccinated, regardless of how many people are vaccinated within your own country. That is expected to take probably until 2026, so the OP's worries about five years are founded. Some outliers among those advisors are even argu…

Thank god the epidemiologists are not the ones making policy. Most state and local governments in the US have not shown a willingness to follow such a hardline approach, and we're already seeing reopenings as numbers drop, long before the vaccine has even had a major impact.

Pretty sure one of Biden’s main talking points of his election campaign was that America would start listening to the scientists more closely.

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Post by woutr_be »

brodouevencode wrote: post #198

Me being a meathead thought this was about lifting weights.

The only time I felt the pandemic affected me was when they closed the gyms. I was on a 5 day workout routine before, and suddenly being without that was the moment I started struggling.

The gyms have finally opened up again two days ago, and while most of my body is hurting now, my mental well-being is going up again.

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