Containment is collapsing around the world. I want to compile reader reports on local debates and the mood on the street. I am grateful for anything you can give me, but local information is golden. What your friends think, how local politicians are reacting, how mask rules and other regulations are received, what’s up with testing, how people feel about vaccine coercion, the difference between what the law demands and what is enforced – all of this can be hard to get from press reports, and is what I most value from you, my fantastic readers.
Life in South Carolina USA has been 98% normal for the last 2 years. I just got off the phone with the pre-op for upcoming surgery, and was not even asked if I have taken the shot. (I was grateful for the privacy, but also ready to explain that my 46-yr-old cousin dropped dead from a heart attack the day after he was coerced into the shot by his job)
Unfortunately, here in Washington State my college colleagues are still hypnotized. One of my co-workers this morning sheepishly told me (on Zoom) that she had gone to Seattle over the weekend and wasn't very "corona-responsible". She knows that I am banned from campus this year because I'm not vaxxed and she still acted like that. I then told her that my husband and 12 year old were refused service at a Seattle restaurant last night for not having vaxx cards and that it's like the Soviet Union down there. She just changed the subject. These people have been brain-washed.
I'm getting a kick out of shutting everyone down that tells me to "stay safe" by saying to them, "How come you didn't give crap about my safety 3 years ago?"
I travel between Silicon Valley and Sacramento suburbs - both in Northern California (150 miles apart). 2 different worlds. SV is fully masked, roads empty, vaccination booths (no appointment or paperwork needed) everywhere. Every message from the rulers is followed. 150 miles away all good - not many people pay any attention, maybe 10% masked in stores, nobody outdoors, life is (almost) normal with the exception of schools. Still child muzzling and quarantines and all the rest of the abuse there, since is the state-run schools
New Orleans, LA - mask requirement for indoor activities, vaccine mandate for indoor dining, sports events, etc; I am unvaxxed bc of Med reasons, but I have acquired immunity; I haven’t had Omicron although a large number of friends and family who are triply vaxxed have been sick - just mild though. I have some very supportive, understanding friends and family, but some of my “ former” friends believe I shouldn’t associate with them at group events and if I do, I should wear a mask. Also my doctor retired, and when I tried to sign on with another, I was asked if I was vaccinated and when I told them I wasn’t, I was informed the doctor wasn’t taking on unvaxxed patients. No questions as to why I wasn’t vaxxed. Kind of scary that a doctor can reject u on that basis because I am of age that I need a doctor - at the minimum- to prescribe a few prescriptions. I was also turned away from my long time bridge club ( not only to play) but to vote on new board members - I was told unvaxxed can’t vote. Crazy times.
I’m from Seattle. I’m not seeing much change here. We still have our vaccine passport system in place. I am seeing a few more people unmasked at the store.
I’m coming to the conclusion that there are some people who genuinely enjoy this and will not move on from it unless they’re pried off with a crowbar. I’m slowly coming to peace with the fact that I need some new friends. The old ones (who I still love dearly) are either never going to come out of their houses again, or they’ve been firmly on the side of the covid overlords and I’m realizing that we don’t have that much in common anymore. We don’t discuss politics or anything, but it hurts to know that they’re all fine with the fact that I could have lost my job due to the vaccine requirements and they would have been fine with that.
The one good thing I see is a real effort in our state legislator to curb the governor’s emergency powers. I’m hoping and praying that happens.
I will say that I’m seeing more and more triple-vaccinated people get sick with covid. I’m not wishing ill on anyone, but I’m interpreting this as a good sign. It’s finally slowly waking people up.
I met a new neighbor last month. We’ve been seeing each other quite a bit lately. She was sick with a cold all last week. She never even mentioned the possibility of it being covid. I didn’t say anything either. Although we don’t know each other well enough to discuss politics, I feel I probably have a new friend in this. Even though she’s still feeling down, we’ve been hanging out. No masks, no covid tests, nothing. It feels so good to be normal.
We stopped containment a while ago in North Texas. Dallas is still full of covidians, but they are mostly harmless now and stay in their bubble. Most of us just look at the masked and say, "bless your heart" while going about our unmasked business. I have only been asked to mask once by a business and that was over a year ago. I looked at them and said, "OK, I don't need to shop here after all", and left. Which probably hurt since there wasn't a soul in the place anyway. Most of the people in my town go about their business and ignore any signs that large retailers put up about recommending masks and such. My wife and I are unvaxxed, my children are not vaxxed we have no plans of getting it.
I live in Toronto. Canada is the most "locked up" country on the planet. Our "Truckers Convoy for Freedom" initiative is all over the news, internationally. It feels to me like our last hope.
Haven't worn a mask anywhere for 4 days now. Shops, banks, underground, bus, gym. Nobody said anything, even though there's still a mandate in force to go masked both indoors and outdoors. They were wearing their masks, but still didn't ask me to put one on. I felt a bit like Chuck Norris.
NYC IS NAZI NIGHTMARE LAWLESS JAB CROW 'SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS' DISCRIMINATION/APARTHEID/SEGREGATION HELL WHERE MY BODY, MY CHOICE MAKES YOU AN UNTERMENSCHEN TOTAL PARIAH WHERE YOU CAN ONLY GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND THE DRUG STORE. BANNED FROM ALL OTHER VENUES AND THE COVIDIOT CULTISTS ARE MUZZLED EVERYWHERE AND THE TYRANNICAL POLS DOUBLE DOWN ON THEIR INSANE POWER TRIPS!
In New England USA (Northeast), it's a mix of die hard Covidian strongholds, mostly in urban/suburban towns right next to pockets of resistance in the rural towns or areas where people actually work for a living. Still 75% Covidian faithful overall. I'm still facing a corporate poison needle mandate in a huge insurance company (50k+ employees). Supposedly by March 1st we've been ordered to "disclose our status" by attaching electronic proof of poisoning or be banned from physical buildings/meetings/people I've worked with for almost 25 years. I'm disclosing nothing, I'm not testing, and I refuse to wear a muzzle. Fuck them.
Rural New Zealand. Local volunteer firebrigade is down to two people and no one can legally drive the fire truck. Soon they will be down to one person as one of the two has had numb hands for 4 weeks post vaccination and he's not gonna get a booster.
The mandates have brought in conflict to every community. At least we know who the critical thinkers are now!
Unvaccinated living in the South of England here, I feel almost normal apart from seeing the odd covidian in a mask.
Mask mandate stopped last Thursday, not that I ever really wore one in the first place. Dined in a packed restaurant on Saturday night, the tables were so close together I could almost rub arms with the people sitting next to me!, not a mask in sight. Vaccine passports for nightclubs and large events are history, I am living as I did pre-pandemic. Vaccine mandates for NHS (health) workers have been scrapped, it is wonderful and I feel so lucky I live here compared to rest of Europe at the moment. I am hearing of the odd person getting Covid, but it's a 2 day nothing, most people I meet now say it's all over. Now I am hoping Spain relaxes it's rules so I can go on holiday in September.
Currently travelling through Croatia, but I am not from Croatia. Actually escaped from the Dark Ages Down Under 4 months ago and using some CDC documents when asked for paperwork. Seems very relaxed in Croatia after having spent the past 2 months in Italy. Never been asked for paperwork in Croatia. Masking is minimal inside some establishments and public transport but I don't usually wear one, and never been challenged. It seems to be a requirement that if you wear a mask at least your nose should be fully exposed!! Caught Omi a few days ago and nothing more than a head cold for a day or two. I remain vaccine free. Long live Croatia.
Went to Vegas for an industry trade show a couple weeks ago, held at the Venetian Convention and Expo Center. This was before Nevada just dropped their indoor mask mandate. All attendees (43,000 registered) were warned that strict mask enforcement would be the rule and the “authorities” would kick out anyone caught violating the order. Well, about half of the attendees seemed to be wearing mask, the rest of us did not comply. Roaming security officers, door monitors, and random law enforcement rather quickly gave up telling people to “put your mask on.” Most of us just walked on by and ignored them. By the second day of the four-day show, the authorities realized they had lost the battle. Ditto for the casino security types. Non-compliance won the day...
Wait, what? Containment? Oh, nevermind. I live in Florida. Sorry, can't help!
Life in South Carolina USA has been 98% normal for the last 2 years. I just got off the phone with the pre-op for upcoming surgery, and was not even asked if I have taken the shot. (I was grateful for the privacy, but also ready to explain that my 46-yr-old cousin dropped dead from a heart attack the day after he was coerced into the shot by his job)
Unfortunately, here in Washington State my college colleagues are still hypnotized. One of my co-workers this morning sheepishly told me (on Zoom) that she had gone to Seattle over the weekend and wasn't very "corona-responsible". She knows that I am banned from campus this year because I'm not vaxxed and she still acted like that. I then told her that my husband and 12 year old were refused service at a Seattle restaurant last night for not having vaxx cards and that it's like the Soviet Union down there. She just changed the subject. These people have been brain-washed.
I'm getting a kick out of shutting everyone down that tells me to "stay safe" by saying to them, "How come you didn't give crap about my safety 3 years ago?"
I travel between Silicon Valley and Sacramento suburbs - both in Northern California (150 miles apart). 2 different worlds. SV is fully masked, roads empty, vaccination booths (no appointment or paperwork needed) everywhere. Every message from the rulers is followed. 150 miles away all good - not many people pay any attention, maybe 10% masked in stores, nobody outdoors, life is (almost) normal with the exception of schools. Still child muzzling and quarantines and all the rest of the abuse there, since is the state-run schools
New Orleans, LA - mask requirement for indoor activities, vaccine mandate for indoor dining, sports events, etc; I am unvaxxed bc of Med reasons, but I have acquired immunity; I haven’t had Omicron although a large number of friends and family who are triply vaxxed have been sick - just mild though. I have some very supportive, understanding friends and family, but some of my “ former” friends believe I shouldn’t associate with them at group events and if I do, I should wear a mask. Also my doctor retired, and when I tried to sign on with another, I was asked if I was vaccinated and when I told them I wasn’t, I was informed the doctor wasn’t taking on unvaxxed patients. No questions as to why I wasn’t vaxxed. Kind of scary that a doctor can reject u on that basis because I am of age that I need a doctor - at the minimum- to prescribe a few prescriptions. I was also turned away from my long time bridge club ( not only to play) but to vote on new board members - I was told unvaxxed can’t vote. Crazy times.
I’m from Seattle. I’m not seeing much change here. We still have our vaccine passport system in place. I am seeing a few more people unmasked at the store.
I’m coming to the conclusion that there are some people who genuinely enjoy this and will not move on from it unless they’re pried off with a crowbar. I’m slowly coming to peace with the fact that I need some new friends. The old ones (who I still love dearly) are either never going to come out of their houses again, or they’ve been firmly on the side of the covid overlords and I’m realizing that we don’t have that much in common anymore. We don’t discuss politics or anything, but it hurts to know that they’re all fine with the fact that I could have lost my job due to the vaccine requirements and they would have been fine with that.
The one good thing I see is a real effort in our state legislator to curb the governor’s emergency powers. I’m hoping and praying that happens.
I will say that I’m seeing more and more triple-vaccinated people get sick with covid. I’m not wishing ill on anyone, but I’m interpreting this as a good sign. It’s finally slowly waking people up.
I met a new neighbor last month. We’ve been seeing each other quite a bit lately. She was sick with a cold all last week. She never even mentioned the possibility of it being covid. I didn’t say anything either. Although we don’t know each other well enough to discuss politics, I feel I probably have a new friend in this. Even though she’s still feeling down, we’ve been hanging out. No masks, no covid tests, nothing. It feels so good to be normal.
We stopped containment a while ago in North Texas. Dallas is still full of covidians, but they are mostly harmless now and stay in their bubble. Most of us just look at the masked and say, "bless your heart" while going about our unmasked business. I have only been asked to mask once by a business and that was over a year ago. I looked at them and said, "OK, I don't need to shop here after all", and left. Which probably hurt since there wasn't a soul in the place anyway. Most of the people in my town go about their business and ignore any signs that large retailers put up about recommending masks and such. My wife and I are unvaxxed, my children are not vaxxed we have no plans of getting it.
I live in Toronto. Canada is the most "locked up" country on the planet. Our "Truckers Convoy for Freedom" initiative is all over the news, internationally. It feels to me like our last hope.
Haven't worn a mask anywhere for 4 days now. Shops, banks, underground, bus, gym. Nobody said anything, even though there's still a mandate in force to go masked both indoors and outdoors. They were wearing their masks, but still didn't ask me to put one on. I felt a bit like Chuck Norris.
NYC IS NAZI NIGHTMARE LAWLESS JAB CROW 'SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS' DISCRIMINATION/APARTHEID/SEGREGATION HELL WHERE MY BODY, MY CHOICE MAKES YOU AN UNTERMENSCHEN TOTAL PARIAH WHERE YOU CAN ONLY GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND THE DRUG STORE. BANNED FROM ALL OTHER VENUES AND THE COVIDIOT CULTISTS ARE MUZZLED EVERYWHERE AND THE TYRANNICAL POLS DOUBLE DOWN ON THEIR INSANE POWER TRIPS!
In New England USA (Northeast), it's a mix of die hard Covidian strongholds, mostly in urban/suburban towns right next to pockets of resistance in the rural towns or areas where people actually work for a living. Still 75% Covidian faithful overall. I'm still facing a corporate poison needle mandate in a huge insurance company (50k+ employees). Supposedly by March 1st we've been ordered to "disclose our status" by attaching electronic proof of poisoning or be banned from physical buildings/meetings/people I've worked with for almost 25 years. I'm disclosing nothing, I'm not testing, and I refuse to wear a muzzle. Fuck them.
Rural New Zealand. Local volunteer firebrigade is down to two people and no one can legally drive the fire truck. Soon they will be down to one person as one of the two has had numb hands for 4 weeks post vaccination and he's not gonna get a booster.
The mandates have brought in conflict to every community. At least we know who the critical thinkers are now!
Unvaccinated living in the South of England here, I feel almost normal apart from seeing the odd covidian in a mask.
Mask mandate stopped last Thursday, not that I ever really wore one in the first place. Dined in a packed restaurant on Saturday night, the tables were so close together I could almost rub arms with the people sitting next to me!, not a mask in sight. Vaccine passports for nightclubs and large events are history, I am living as I did pre-pandemic. Vaccine mandates for NHS (health) workers have been scrapped, it is wonderful and I feel so lucky I live here compared to rest of Europe at the moment. I am hearing of the odd person getting Covid, but it's a 2 day nothing, most people I meet now say it's all over. Now I am hoping Spain relaxes it's rules so I can go on holiday in September.
Currently travelling through Croatia, but I am not from Croatia. Actually escaped from the Dark Ages Down Under 4 months ago and using some CDC documents when asked for paperwork. Seems very relaxed in Croatia after having spent the past 2 months in Italy. Never been asked for paperwork in Croatia. Masking is minimal inside some establishments and public transport but I don't usually wear one, and never been challenged. It seems to be a requirement that if you wear a mask at least your nose should be fully exposed!! Caught Omi a few days ago and nothing more than a head cold for a day or two. I remain vaccine free. Long live Croatia.
Went to Vegas for an industry trade show a couple weeks ago, held at the Venetian Convention and Expo Center. This was before Nevada just dropped their indoor mask mandate. All attendees (43,000 registered) were warned that strict mask enforcement would be the rule and the “authorities” would kick out anyone caught violating the order. Well, about half of the attendees seemed to be wearing mask, the rest of us did not comply. Roaming security officers, door monitors, and random law enforcement rather quickly gave up telling people to “put your mask on.” Most of us just walked on by and ignored them. By the second day of the four-day show, the authorities realized they had lost the battle. Ditto for the casino security types. Non-compliance won the day...