...and you know what? I'm glad. I'd much rather miss out on what would have certainly been a very enjoyable and exciting experience for the three of us, than continue to live in fear for a much longer time as this country goes through a greater collapse caused by not taking the pandemic risk seriously. Or, even worse, potentially lose a loved one because the larger spread managed to reach them.
I wish more people here agreed with you Kagus. So far a large number of my friends, even ones who work in biomedical research or medicine, still believe that the corona is not something to be worried about. I even had a distressing conversation with a lab technician at my local kebab vendor who said corona wasn't a virus, but was a bacteria. One of my good friends who works in medical research butt heads with me constantly over this very issue - saying it was stupid to lockdown and wreck the economy over a few deaths. I kept trying to explain that if we locked down and controlled the pandemic, we would spend less time in lockdown than if we did nothing, and there would be less completely preventable deaths. So fixated on the economy, yet how on earth did he expect people to continue to work when going to work runs the risk of dying? In the end you get no economy, countries that did lockdown close their borders with you, and you sacrificed many of your own people for benefits that never materialised. This doesn't have to be an issue if people take it seriously but... Well, there are always exceptions
I walk the middle road. Since bars and pubs re-opened, I've been out to my home pub 3 times.
I will not go inside, but sitting outside on the terrace and having a beer at 1.5m distance seems reasonably safe, with most medical experts agreeing now that there are no signs that the virus spreads easily, or at all in the outside air unless someone coughs you in the face on purpose at point blank range. If it gets too crowded for my liking I go home.
Going to the supermarket, or to your indoor job is a much bigger risk, but hey, we all still do that cause we need to get paid, eat and wipe our arses.
I do totally agree though that mass events and concerts with 100s or 1000s of people remain forbidden for now.
But, there really should be compensation for the theatres, concert halls and artists though, or they will all go bankrupt.
I am totally appalled that our air travel industries get billions of financial aid, as well as have all restrictions on social distancing in airplanes lifted (the only thing you need is a facemask, then it's okay to be stuffed into an aluminum can like sardines), while our art and entertainment sectors get scraps.
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