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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where exactly is this op living?![/quote]

New Mexico [/quote]
So out of 2 million people they have less than 20K cases? Sounds like a place we should all praise for handling the pandemic.[/quote]

New Mexico has done an amazing job after being dealt a terrible hand. When the outbreak occurred on the Navajo reservation, I was really worried because that area is historically very underserviced. But through a combination of mutual aid, community, and state assistance they have done a great job getting things under control. I'm not surprised to hear they have a travel quarantine -- they want to protect the work they've put in, especially from travelers from Arizona and Texas, where state and local governments ignored the virus for months and are now paying for it. I get OP's frustration, but I'm sure the quarantine will be lifted once Arizona and Texas are in a better place (barring a re-emergence of the virus in the fall/winter).

Actually, I wonder if OP is in either Arizona or Texas. That would actually explain both the severity of the restrictions where she is (many cities and counties have locked down hard in those states because the virus was out of control under their "reopening" plans) and her weird belief that it will never end. A lot of people in the Southwest are super libertarian and suspicious of government actions and have a hard to time accepting collective action as a solution to collective problems. See also: guns, helmet laws, seatbelt laws, etc. (I grew up in Colorado and New Mexico and have a ton of family in Texas, so I know of what I speak)[/quote]

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