Rant Is your area bouncing back from covid?

[Applebite Media]

So with covid still running amuck... new, stronger, more deadly strains, evolving... Are they lifting any bans in your area?

Things here in Minneapolis are starting to relax a little yet there is still NO vaccine and what we have is in low numbers and hard to get. For some with limited transportation options, getting to the places giving the vaccine is difficult especially if you are high risk.

Still no jobs here. Many still unemployed. Many jobs here are food related.... so jobs are as rare as the vaccine itself.... yet they are removing protections. Hell, they are even starting to force some students back to schools. (or at least talking about it... they are requiring that in school learning open for older students.)

So they make restrictions just to lower the numbers... remove restrictions and numbers go back up. If we would have just locked down the entire country for 2 months when this first started, we could be over this already.

Bite the bullet, make the sacrifice and have it done with quickly and not this prolonged agony we have been dealing with for the past year.

I find it funny how some people refuse to wear a mask but those same people will also complain about someone's 2nd hand smoke... claiming it's so unhealthy for them. HA!

2nd hand smoke, more feared that COVID!

Once I get this damn vaccine it's time to leave Minnesota. Summers are nice but winters are way toooo cold!!! Or maybe I am just getting too old for these temps. LOL

So... where are you? What's it like there as far as covid and restrictions?

Looking for an area with legal weed and low rents ;)

[CurrentlySober]

I just had an email saying when my vax apootment is. It also states I'm "Clinically Extremely Vulnerable" and its given me a code to get priority deliver slots from supermarkets etc... Bit late if you ask me - They could have done this last year...

[Applebite Media]

Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

I just had an email saying when my vax apootment is. It also states I'm "Clinically Extremely Vulnerable" and its given me a code to get priority deliver slots from supermarkets etc... Bit late if you ask me - They could have done this last year...

Congrats! I hope it goes well for you. I was talking with my neighbor yesterday asking if she had gotten hers yet... She works for the main hospital here.... she said she is waiting. There are still too many issues with this version of the vaccine.

A doctor with no pre-exisiting conditions died within 2 days. Another person had to have 3 fingers cut off as the vaccine messed with her circulation.

Honestly, at this point.. I'll chance it. If not covid or the vaccine.. it will be nicotine or something else that gets me LOL. Fuck it.

[CurrentlySober]

Originally Posted by Applebite Media

Congrats! I hope it goes well for you.

Thanks - I'll let you know how soon I'm able to get a supermarket delivery slot when I next order - ATM, its up to three weeks ahead, but with my new 'status' it should be quicker

[celandina]

Here in Czech republic it is fucked . The idiots here do not wear masks

[BaldBastard]

No covid in Sydney for the past 30 days, life's been relatively normal since September, there's been a few outbreaks from returned travellers 1-20 people range, a weeks lock down in targeted few specific suburbs seems to knock it on its ass. Only a matter of time until these mutants hit hard and then it will be more difficult. Most of the early deaths here were in Nursing homes.. same issue worldwide.

Most business is back or never went, tourism is fucked of course but local restaurants are ok depending on clientele.

Vaccinations are just starting, liberal hippies are all in paranoid mode of course but I think everyone else will go for the jab.

[NatalieK]

here in Spain, the guardia civil block roads, ask for ID most places, all places inc. the beach and parks, we wear masks. We have bans for bars and restaurants, 10k fines, and anyone breaking the laws get fined, then the fine is automatically taken from the bank unlike other countries, where people don´t pay their fines and are partying...

I love Spain and the way the police here are. They´re friendly and kind, helpful and appreciate the sex business, allowing girls on the street, turning a bling eye to a guy smoking a joint, but fuck with them or put people in harms way and you´re fucked

[Axzar]

Second hand smoke is good, you can see where the rona is going.

[candyflip]

My little village is the only village / town / city in the county with no recorded cases of covid. Though I hear the pub across the street from me is suspected by folks in the next town over as being the spot they all get sick in.

[hamiltonsteele]

Originally Posted by Applebite Media

So with covid still running amuck... new, stronger, more deadly strains, evolving... Are they lifting any bans in your area?

Did you not read?

They just discovered H5N8 bird flu has infected human beings
and is now running amuck. It's the new pandemic that's
going to be the next pandemic.

Face it... With or without a vaccine they're NEVER going to let
things go back to normal. This is the new normal and if they
can they will make it even worse.

[RyuLion]

Most SD restaurants have only closed off and on for a week so no real difference here, but Los Angeles is another story but I don't watch the news much so others can tell you more..

[Tasty1]

Everything relatively normal here. Some wear mask outside, some don´t. In restaurants the waiters have mostly mouthmask, but when people eat they can´t keep it up. Only 20% capacity allowed but i think 40% from tuesday. You can find full bars here, or in Tulum.

Beaches are open. You can just take a beach bed, enough space.

I thought they would weed legal here last month, but still working on it. Some started smoking already at the beach, i wouldn´t do that. But even if it is not legal (yet), the cops will rob you if you get the change anyway. They just steal the money from your wallet. More change you getting robed by a cop here than by a thief.

Studios starting at 600 usd, apartments around 1000 usd. Don't believe the airbnb prices.
Or our neighbours must be paying 2 times more than we do.
A friend is closeby, the apartments next to him are on airbnb for 2700 USD, he pays 800.

[just a punk]

Here in Moscow everything works as usually. Even circuses, restaurants and sex clubs ;)

[Spunky]

Average approx 400-600 new cases per day and deaths are low teens. no bars and open restaurants with restrictions. The variants haven't taken over yet in Vancouver. The vaccines are slow to arrive as I will get my first in August

[BaldBastard]

Originally Posted by hamiltonsteele

Did you not read?

They just discovered H5N8 bird flu has infected human beings
and is now running amuck. It's the new pandemic that's
going to be the next pandemic.

Face it... With or without a vaccine they're NEVER going to let
things go back to normal. This is the new normal and if they
can they will make it even worse.

Better hope they don't ignore it and let it spread like fuck so it mutates at light speed like some countries have done with covid.

[hamiltonsteele]

Originally Posted by MrBaldBastard

Better hope they don't ignore it and let it spread like fuck so it mutates at light speed like some countries have done with covid.

Oh trust me they're NOT going to ignore it.

The politicians and the media are going to
bang the fear mongering gong until it
breaks. They're going to incite people like
you into a frenzy of self-righteous hatred
towards everyone that does not behave
100% exactly like you believe they should.

There's a small group of people making tons
of money from this and they don't give a
damn about you or the economy or personal
freedoms.

Fascism has won.
This is the new normal.
This is the 4th Reich and I truly hope your proud of your behavior.

C'est la vie. Hopefully history plays out quickly and
it's not as violent as it normally is.

[Applebite Media]

Originally Posted by hamiltonsteele

Did you not read?

They just discovered H5N8 bird flu has infected human beings
and is now running amuck. It's the new pandemic that's
going to be the next pandemic.

Face it... With or without a vaccine they're NEVER going to let
things go back to normal. This is the new normal and if they
can they will make it even worse.

Did I miss something? What am I suppose to read?

I asked is if they were lifting restrictions in your area.... this is how America works... the numbers go up.. they restrict. Numbers go down, they loosen restrictions and the numbers go up again.

It's a game with our lives.

[Tasty1]

Originally Posted by Applebite Media

Did I miss something? What am I suppose to read?

I asked is if they were lifting restrictions in your area.... this is how America works... the numbers go up.. they restrict. Numbers go down, they loosen restrictions and the numbers go up again.

It's a game with our lives.

They don't even know if the restrictions work an how much. Neigbouring country no curfew and barbers and shops open and lower numbers.

That is because they don't investigate if it realy works. Shops closed, while that are not the superspreaders, but schools will be opened. Etcetra. So everyone get despearte and they break their will till they give up and go bankcrupt. The breaking their will part is important. They must know that if they protest the government will put them in prison and take all from them that is left.

And a minister went to indoor ice skating with a dutch champion and tweeted that we should all move more now with the corona. He forgot that he closed all sport facilities and gyms....

And it wouldn't be needed. If every 70+ fat men stayed home voluntary. But that is discrimination. The risk group want all to suffer, even if it is caused because of their own lifestyle. Under 65 only 200 people died in Holland. Most in nursing homes.

They get crazy again in Europe. I can get in if i go directly to Amsterdam (if there are flights). But that is it, they could even prevent leaving me. So they cancelled some directlines to Brazil, Mexico, etcetra. So they now fly first to a country where they can land and than fly further to the final destination. That is how ridicilous it is. As long as the flight isn't a direct flight from one of the risk countries.

Finally some people come with a plan to protect the elderly and weaker and open up for the rest. Cause there is a change corona is here to stay.

[adultchatpay]

Originally Posted by celandina

Here in Czech republic it is fucked . The idiots here do not wear masks

That is fucked up for sure.
No enforcement from your government whatsoever?

[pornlaw]

In the Netherlands we've been locked down since December... all shops, restaurants, gyms, salons closed. Only essential stores are open. Takeaway, pickup (retail sales) and delivery are available. But there is a 9pm to 4:30am curfew in place.

Seems like most people have adjusted to it. This weekend was unseasonable warm and the streets were packed with people just getting outside. Id say 33% wore masks in the crowds. No one stayed 1.5 meters away and the police didnt enforce anything.

[Applebite Media]

Originally Posted by Tasty1

They don't even know if the restrictions work an how much. Neigbouring country no curfew and barbers and shops open and lower numbers.

That is because they don't investigate if it realy works. Shops closed, while that are not the superspreaders, but schools will be opened. Etcetra. So everyone get despearte and they break their will till they give up and go bankcrupt. The breaking their will part is important. They must know that if they protest the government will put them in prison and take all from them that is left.

And a minister went to indoor ice skating with a dutch champion and tweeted that we should all move more now with the corona. He forgot that he closed all sport facilities and gyms....

And it wouldn't be needed. If every 70+ fat men stayed home voluntary. But that is discrimination. The risk group want all to suffer, even if it is caused because of their own lifestyle. Under 65 only 200 people died in Holland. Most in nursing homes.

They get crazy again in Europe. I can get in if i go directly to Amsterdam (if there are flights). But that is it, they could even prevent leaving me. So they cancelled some directlines to Brazil, Mexico, etcetra. So they now fly first to a country where they can land and than fly further to the final destination. That is how ridicilous it is. As long as the flight isn't a direct flight from one of the risk countries.

Finally some people come with a plan to protect the elderly and weaker and open up for the rest. Cause there is a change corona is here to stay.

Agreed... they don't know what they are doing.

Hell, we had restaurants here that refused to follow the masking orders. They refuse to mask but still followed the no smoking guidelines

Now, they are so gung ho about getting kids back to school... why? because it's safe? And if so, for who the children? Maybe, but what about staff and teachers?

But it's important for schools to open. NOT for the kids but so the parents can get back to their jobs and keep the machine running. Nothing more important than the economy, not even your health or the health of your child.

They say we may never get back to normal. That is a shame. What's worse is that this will all be forgotten and we will continue to over populate and pollute the planet to the point of our extinction.

I wonder at what point we will wake up and start taking the environment a little more serious and believe in science and not some magical being in the sky. Christ, there are people that still believe the world is flat for fucks sake.

[Scott McD]

Announcement being made today for UK which is basically saying schools back but pretty much everything else remains closed until prob end of April.


What a shit show...

[Tasty1]

Originally Posted by pornlaw

In the Netherlands we've been locked down since December... all shops, restaurants, gyms, salons closed. Only essential stores are open. Takeaway, pickup (retail sales) and delivery are available. But there is a 9pm to 4:30am curfew in place.

Seems like most people have adjusted to it. This weekend was unseasonable warm and the streets were packed with people just getting outside. Id say 33% wore masks in the crowds. No one stayed 1.5 meters away and the police didnt enforce anything.

I left just in time to Mexico. The gyms where closed here also cause we where 2 weeks in code orange. But a friend just go to the gym on the beach that is always open.

And those fuckers that went out are the same people who support the curfew and lockdowns and vote for the political parties that want a lockdown. But when it is nice weather they all gather together. And cause they do that people must stay home after 21:00 when it is quiet on the streets... And cheering when people that protest against the lockdowns get arrested.

It is simple; if you support lockdown stay inside voluntarily. If the polls are true, 80% will stay home. So no problem. I think you will see that 80% stops supporting lockdowns. But they must stop pushing their fear into others. I would never go where these crowds go out for a walk, cause i hate it. Just like i hate walking in a busy shopping street. But those fuckers like it, do it, but want everybody locked up after 21:00. Maybe cause it only spreads in the evening?

One month before the elections in Holland and you will see people vote for the lockdown parties. Or Geert Wilders and FvD must surprise everyone.

[hamiltonsteele]

Originally Posted by Applebite Media

I wonder at what point we will wake up and start taking the environment a little more serious and believe in science and not some magical being in the sky.

So who gave you the authority to decide what
someone is allowed and not allowed to believe?
Or for that matter, how someone chooses to
live their life?

Your attitude seems authoritarian and self-righteous.

[Klen]

Originally Posted by adultchatpay

That is fucked up for sure.
No enforcement from your government whatsoever?

There is enforcement but you cant really control 10 million people what they are doing. And there is also a lot of illegal parties.

[Applebite Media]

Originally Posted by hamiltonsteele

So who gave you the authority to decide what
someone is allowed and not allowed to believe?
Or for that matter, how someone chooses to
live their life?

Your attitude seems authoritarian and self-righteous.

You're joking right?

Saying "I wonder" is authority over what people think?

This is what is wrong with the world!

[Scott McD]

Originally Posted by Scott McD

Announcement being made today for UK which is basically saying schools back but pretty much everything else remains closed until prob end of April.


What a shit show...

Scotlands announcement was made today and yup it's basically May before we can do anything. Pubs, shops, gyms, salons, cinemas. Fuck all until May. And no idea on travel yet.


Utter bullshit...

[hamiltonsteele]

Originally Posted by Applebite Media

You're joking right?

Saying "I wonder" is authority over what people think?

This is what is wrong with the world!

1. No I'm not joking

2. Your comment comes from a position of condescension. It implies
that you believe that you are in possession of superior intelligence
or superior knowledge, which is demonstrated by your admonishment
and marginalization of anyone who does not share your point of view.

[Applebite Media]

Originally Posted by hamiltonsteele

1. No I'm not joking

2. Your comment comes from a position of condescension. It implies
that you believe that you are in possession of superior intelligence
or superior knowledge, which is demonstrated by your admonishment
and marginalization of anyone who does not share your point of view.

You're funny

However... if you are serious.... I will just say...

One is based on facts the other on belief and faith. So... if anything, what I said is just common sense.

[Denny]

Deep shit here in Czech Republic.

[CaptainHowdy]

Kinda, unfortunately ? ? I miss phase one.

[CurrentlySober]

Originally Posted by Denny

Deep shit here in Czech Republic.

*me makes mental note to book flight when travel becomes available...

[ruff]

Seattle's doing great, Miami Beach is a fuck town.

[Applebite Media]

Originally Posted by ruff

Seattle's doing great, Miami Beach is a fuck town.

You're in Seattle? OMG I love that city!

We moved to Belltown from Phoneix in 2010 and absolutely loved it!! Unfortunately, mom fell ill and we ended up back in PA to help out till her passing. We wanted to go back but after all the medical bills, home care that insurance does not cover... well, Minnesota was as far as we had gotten LMAO.

[celandina]

Originally Posted by adultchatpay

That is fucked up for sure.
No enforcement from your government whatsoever?

No. Nobody cares. We are fucked here completely, the Czechs are the biggest idiots

[Scott McD]

In the past few days the news here is reporting things completely differently to the past 12 months.

It's all 'positive' vibes now. Which actually makes me more suspicious considering what they were reporting just recently...