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Its a short term sacrifice to help save potentially millions of lives globally, and people are just botching it up. The vaccine will be here in time, soon in the grand scheme of things, and than life will return to normal. What this pandemic has shown us is that when real shit hits the fan, some places are not ready AT ALL. Quote:
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I like to have a clear separation between both. On friday afternnon it wasn't so unusual for me to walk from my office to my home, a healthy two hours walk (it could be faster but I often took some detours). I find working from home is quite unbearable (hyperbole :D), I'm doing work related thing much later than I usually do because the separation between work and home isn't there anymore. |
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yes, this has not been the easiest, most comfortable season of life for many, many people, but when has whining ever made a situation better? i'm still jobless going on 7 months now, and i do worry about if/when i might ever find permanent employment in my field again, but i'm still ever so grateful for all of the many blessings in my life. It's about perspective; try to acquire some. |
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Never in my life would I have justified working these kinds of hours but like I said, most of us don't really have a choice. Whatever we have to do to keep health insurance and a paycheck right now...I only have $1500 in savings (after paying off credit card debt for years...luckily free of it now). My goal is to save $1500 for the next 6 months so I can finally have some peace of mind. |
The St. Louis metro area is completely trifurcated in terms what restrictions, if any, are in place.
The city and St. Louis County are some of the only places in the entire State of Missouri even attempting to somewhat take things seriously. Bars and restaurants are currently capped at 50% capacity with a 11 pm curfew for them in the city and 10 pm in the county. Some places have closed for the winter, but others are trying to make the most out of their patios while they still can. It feels somewhat normal. The rest of the Missouri counties in metro St. Louis are a free for all. Over in the Illinois, the Metro East just slipped back a phase for the second time, so indoor dining is banned by order of the governor. This time, however, many bars and restaurants aren't following the orders, and some of the State's Attorney's Offices are dismissing the citations issued by the State Police. Whether Illinois goes to the next level and starts pulling liquor licenses remains to be seen. Finally our area hospitals are reaching capacity again because when people get sick in rural Missouri they come here since we have the "good" hospitals, so that's great. The medical community is currently in full panic mode because of the increases. So in short, things are open but it's starting to feel like we're on a rollercoaster nearing the top right before the drop. |
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Even if a vaccine is approved early next year, there will be a very cautious approach taken given unclear effectiveness. This social distancing bullshit is going to ruin 2021 as well. |
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I’m with most of the others here that 10023 is complaining way too much, but there is one distinct matter where I think his concerns may have merit: Our Governors have been doing a lot of goal post moving over the past 7 months. It is frustrating, and they are playing with people’s livelihoods and mental well being. I think it is very unfortunate. For example, in Illinois the final phase is “Illinois restored” defined by a vaccine being available, and hence an end to the pandemic (and these emergency powers that Governors have so readily taken unto themselves). Mark my words that even after the FDA approves a vaccine, Governor Pritzker is going to be out with “Well, our own State health authorities need to review the data” followed by “We can’t back down my measures until X number of people receive the vaccine” and Lord knows what other new criteria. It will drag on and on, and if everything isn’t spik or span perfect, the emergency pandemic orders will continue to drag out. Business owners and shopkeepers will continue to be held under, and I suspect the public will grow increasingly frustrated and angry over the uncertainty of it all. |
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people are wearing masks but also i think covid is on track to be normalized as another occupational hazard of modern life like automobile accidents, with an asterisk. |
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there are some people in government that are saying we won't return to normalcy until there are zero cases. zero cases?! there is a good possibility that a vaccine if and when it arrives, won't be a cure all. everybody is banking on a vaccine that may or may not be effective. the best situation is that this virus mutates out of existence and burns out after a year or two, like the Spanish flu, honk kong flu, asian flu, swine flu have done. |
So have any of you seen NEW businesses open in your area since covid started? I have...
I say area since I don't live in a city. |
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A life that it not worth living for tens or hundreds of millions, in exchange for adding at most a few years to the lives of the very old. It’s not a good trade. And it will be another six months or year, unless the consensus view shifts toward what I have been suggesting. There will not be a clearly effective, widely available vaccine that will make the experts comfortable with normal social interaction in less than a year, or even two. |
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What I personally despise is the belief that some people's lives are worth more than others, and acting like that gives them the right to satiate their whims and pleasures at the expense of everyone else who isn't as fortunate, socioeconomically and physically. There's more to people than their insurance's actuarial assessments/risks. It also assumes that there's a "right way" to be fulfilled in life and the pursuit of enjoyment, as if whatever everyone else does that they consider to be fulfilling and enjoyable is wrong. I'm thinking of Steely and his kids, as one example. Me? I'm just grateful to have a job (for now). Jesus fuck, I sound like a goddamn college freshman in a fucking philosophy 101 class. I'm sorry. |
^^10023 is wrong on every count.
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