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They’re Loosening The Pandemic Rules
Are we ready for the roaring 20s?
Where I live is just coming out of another wave of covid. Let’s hope it’s the last one.
I go out about once a week to the grocery store. Things are slowly changing. There’s a different feeling in the air. It’s been over a year now, since the grocery stores put in directional arrows, and limit the amount of people in the store. Hand sanitizer and plexiglass dividers at the cash registers.
People seem to be complying with the rules better than ever it seems, except the odd outliers. Now that the rules have been in place for a year, they’ve become a habit. I hate the mask, but love the anonymity.
I think we’re ready for this to be over. But with so many “waves” and lockdowns, and now with some troubling variants, can we trust that we’ll be okay? Can we trust that if there’s a fourth wave, it won’t be even worse? Some people are still getting sick again, even after being vaccinated.
Safety nets need fixing
What about the people who fell through the cracks? All the systems put in for unemployment were from decades ago. The times have changed, people sometimes have multiple part time jobs. Some of these people weren’t eligible for any assistance of any kind, and were told to go home, sit it…
