Fuckery is right. It's sneaky and dirty and downright evil. What's worse is the number of people who show such rage against people with different circumstances. THAT is what people should feel guilt about, not for doing what is best for them in their individual circumstances. I heard today that the UK is reversing mandates, but I haven't done any research to know if it's true. Been too busy trying to figure out what Michel and I are going to do over here across the pond.
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It's such a time of uncertainty. Wow.. reversing mandates? Must look into that. We are going to
need to download the government app on phone to eat out etc. No way. Looks like we won't be eating out much. The increased surveillance is insane and I can't believe we are all participating in this.
To be honest, I was worried about COVID.. I was hospitalised in Bath once with pneumonia and blowing 10 on the peak flow meter when it should have been 470. I stayed for a week.. it was intense. So I was worried about getting a virus that was going to affect my already poor lung function. But I still believe we need to take our own risks and make our own educated choices and not be part of a bloody dictatorship and worse.
I hope you guys are okay. Its hard to believe anything will be okay ever again sometimes.
So very astute, all of the things you've said here. I am definitely worried about covid. I've lost many friends to it, Michel was sick with it of course, and I am pretty sure I would have a very bad time with it were I to catch it. In the early days of the pandemic when people were calling it a hoax and attributing it to biological warfare, I found myself in quite a few debates about this. People were encouraging others to "get on with life" and "forget the masks," because it was all a big government ploy to take away our freedoms. Well--I never disagreed with that point. However, I would often say that traditional warfare involved weapons of mass destruction and other deadly things, and it as well is always a big government ploy to take away someone's freedoms. (Meaning that in every war, there are bad actors trying to do bad things and lives are lost trying to stop them.) But just because traditional war is the result of government ploys by crazy-ass dictators making a power grab doesn't mean you stand up in front of the surface to air missles and go "nah nah nah boo boo." I mean, come on. Machine guns fire real bullets. The covid virus really makes people sick. Doesn't matter where it came from or who sent it.
So yeah, I'm with you on every point. It's a tough world to navigate right now. I'll be dining at home myself, @riverflows, for quite some time to come.