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It's sad to see some people so bound to keep everybody inside. Please, go outside, but do it responsibly. Same for seeing at least some people, humans are social animals so make sure you have a support group of people you do see (a bubble of sorts) if you are in a heavily affect region with low vaccination rate.
Comment by solidpenguin at 30/08/2021 at 23:56 UTC
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I don't think that's the sad part personally. A lot of people have died, a lot of people have lost loved ones, and some are getting a strong feeling of deja vu with the delta variant. People are advocating something as admittedly extreme as keeping everyone isolated because some of the countries that have handled it the best have been those that have had some of the strictest lockdowns. And it does make sense that the best way to stop a virus would be to limit possible transmission as much as possible.
I do agree that it sucks to be stuck inside and humans are social animals, and it would be alright as long as people are responsible, but in America's case for sure I don't feel we can trust the general public to be responsible. We've seen delta on the rise, we're worried about other variants, and hospitals are overflowing again and people are being *turned away*. This should not be happening, *again*. There are multiple factors involved, of course, but there's certainly an argument that America could have/be focused more on eliminating the threat of the virus to prevent more deaths than focusing on returning to normalcy and risk having a rise in cases and deaths.
I'm not saying those who wish to return to normalcy are a problem, or even those that have been going outside for recreational reasons are too. But to do so everyone needs to be responsible and as we can see, that's not happening.
That being said, do I think America has a political climate that would support a lockdown that severe? No, I really don't. I think any attempt to force that would be met with hostility and it's just not realistic anymore, especially with how they've handled the pandemic thus far.
As someone who's high-risk for complications with COVID-19, along with a majority of my family and loved ones who are as well, I would have been on board with longer lockdowns at the very least. Everybody I knew felt the lockdown was ending too early for us and hoping people would be responsible, but hey, people need to go to Disneyland I guess.