... crazy that they're keeping covid restrictions in place for so long in the u.s. what the fuck are they expecting to still happen?
There's a bunch of places that have already forgot about that bullshit. I live in a southern state, and it's an anomaly to see somebody wearing a mask anymore. Haven't even seen a "mask required" sign here since the first few months when everybody was all riled up. I've never seen a "vaccination required" sign. I've been to a few doctor's appointments recently, neither the staff, nor the patients were wearing masks (except for the inevitable few sick old folks that always have on them on, regardless of COVID). The doctors didn't ask me a single question about if I had COVID, or was vaccinated. There's never been any sort of vaccination requirement, as far as I'm aware of, businesses didn't shut down, and nobody even talks about it anymore. And get this, my friends and neighbors aren't dying, there's no extra obituaries, and the hospitals are far from full. The newspapers talk about "normal" things.
I moved here from a northern state, and it couldn't be more opposite. At least 75% of people still wear masks, there's signs of signs on doors that require them. If you go within 100 ft of a medical facility there's going to be somebody running up to you to give you a mask. It's all people want to talk about. I know people that haven't left their homes in years. "COVID" deaths are front page news on every paper, ever day. I hate going back to visit, it's fucking miserable, you can't even smile in public. I've been confronted multiple times without not wearing a mask outdoors there. Funny though, all my friends and family there aren't (at a faster rate than usual, other than the dozen or so fentanyl overdoses) dead either.
Yeah, yeah, I know somebody's going to say somebody they know died of "COVID", but see my previous theory about them rerouting flu, and other deaths. It sucks that you lost a family member or friend, but I don't believe it was from some new virus. People get sick and die all the time, it's just life.
My new southern state might be a little backwards with drugs, but I fucking love it here. It was like moving off the sheep farm.