Return to Normalcy

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Anonymous wrote:This is the new normal. Get used to it. Wear your mask. Shop in person infrequently. Get take out. Homeschool your children. Work from Home.

Nope. Wearing mask only to grocery shop and I don’t really do any other kind of store related activities. I’m going to gym and yoga and restaurants and movies and visiting friends etc. lots of walks in this lovely weather. Things will be back to normal.

You don’t wear a mask for any of these activities?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m perfectly fine with the way things are now. Love it in fact. I’ll take “now” as normal from here on out.

You are just oozing with privilege.

I guess I’m oozing with privilege as well cause I feel the same way as the PP.

+2

Keep hiding in your basements and hoarding yeast then.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, according to Fauci, end of 2021.

Unpopular opinion: IDGAF about what he says anymore.

TOTALLY. He also said at beginning of the year that this was no big deal. The guy does NOT know what he is talking about. Just because he has a title does not mean he is the all knowing on healthcare in US.

I'm suggesting 3-5 years. 3 yrs min for public schools to go back in-class 100% for all the states and 3 years min for masks to be voluntary. It's another product to market and make money off so def going to be hard to take the mandatory off it even if we don't really all need. It's all about money. Festivals, cultural events like MET, plays, that's all small money and that's going to probably not happen. Pro sports will come back before and even for pro sports I think will be some time before things are running at 100% across the board - 3- 5 years.

This makes no sense. If it's all about money, economic interests would demand the big money making events come back: biz travel, conferences, huge events, concerts, etc.

Masks are dirt cheap. Masks are not fueling the economy LOL.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in central Florida, and frankly things are pretty normal here. Schools are back in, kid sports are all back on, indoor dining open, malls open, movie theaters open, buffets open, theme parks open. People are living their lives, just wearing masks indoors.

So you’ll be in the midst of a massive surge again in about 4 weeks.

Cool cool.

Florida has been open and back to school for weeks. Since August. I don’t see any massive surges in their numbers since then.

[Anonymous]

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When HIV was spreading we didn’t lock people out from having sex - you made your own decisions based on your risk tolerance and accepted the consequences of your actions. This lockdown nonsense has gone too far. Whether we like it or not, the only way we return to any semblance of normal is to accept the virus as part of our lives. A vaccine doesn’t make covid go away - having some damn common sense and taking sensible precautions is what works. Go to work, go to school, live your lives. If you are susceptible or high risk, act accordingly.

The comparison to HIV is not logical since people can control if they do/don't have sex. But I can't control what my co-workers do and no matter how hard I protect myself, I can get covid from them. Let's say I'm someone at high risk for covid, what do you suggest I do to act accordingly? Unless people at high risk for serious covid issues start to receive disability from the government, how do you suggest they live their lives when they have to work and pay their bills like everyone else?

If I'm high risk do I need to "find something new" and switch to a career in which I can 100% telework? Sure, ok, I can probably do that. But I'm a college-educated, white, upper class lady with a world of options and opportunities. Funny how often the people in this country who are at high risk for covid death have these high risk health conditions because their socioeconomic condition in life have made them more susceptible to them. This is the same group of people with less options to "act accordingly."

Do we need to be in lockdown forever? No, absolutely not. I live in state where schools have been open for nearly two months now and the numbers keep getting better in my county. So clearly there are ways to work with covid. But we as a society and our government need to do better for the higher risk folk before we say everyone needs to just live their lives and screw the people who are the collateral damage from that because hey, they didn't act accordingly to protect themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m perfectly fine with the way things are now. Love it in fact. I’ll take “now” as normal from here on out.

You are just oozing with privilege.

I guess I’m oozing with privilege as well cause I feel the same way as the PP.

+2

Keep hiding in your basements and hoarding yeast then.

Sure, screw all of the poor sods who have lost jobs, homes and businesses, and screw the poor kids who are getting no social services or education. You are all cozy holed up in the home offices of your garish urban farmhouses sipping coffee while teleworking your BS nonprofit jobs and loving every second of hiding from the unwashed masses. Hooray!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m perfectly fine with the way things are now. Love it in fact. I’ll take “now” as normal from here on out.

You are just oozing with privilege.

I guess I’m oozing with privilege as well cause I feel the same way as the PP.

+2

Keep hiding in your basements and hoarding yeast then.

Sure, screw all of the poor sods who have lost jobs, homes and businesses, and screw the poor kids who are getting no social services or education. You are all cozy holed up in the home offices of your garish urban farmhouses sipping coffee while teleworking your BS nonprofit jobs and loving every second of hiding from the unwashed masses. Hooray!

This is pretty accurate. I wonder when this economy will start to impact white collar jobs. I think people will feel differently when it does.

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Wow. The anger on here is just sad. No one said this doesn’t suck but it is what it is. Getting all wound up with envy or obsession with what others are doing is not a good look and probably pretty bad for your well-being. If you are upset, direct your rage to the local leaders who decide on masks, schools, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. The anger on here is just sad. No one said this doesn’t suck but it is what it is. Getting all wound up with envy or obsession with what others are doing is not a good look and probably pretty bad for your well-being. If you are upset, direct your rage to the local leaders who decide on masks, schools, etc.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Random benign questions I have:

- when will Trader Joe's allow baskets again?
- How long are all the SOCIAL DISTANCING!!!!1111 signs going to remain? We know. But how long are the signs going to be everywhere?
- when will the Whole Foods hot food bar come back? Will it ever come back?
- who bought stock in plexiglass, and can you share?

Hot food bar at our local Whole Foods is back!!

Which Whole Foods??

Tysons, in the "Boro" Lunch and dinner for certain hours. Will see if it lasts.