Isolated

   The biggest problem from COVID isn't how easily it may spread.   It's not how many people it may kill.  It definitely isn't what kind of impact there may be to our health care system.

   The real problem with COVID is how it's been used to keep us isolated from others.

   Social distancing is a nonsense name for separating us from different opinions and viewpoints needed to maintain perspective.

   The watercoolers where people bumped into one another are gone.  Just getting close enough to someone where politeness can kickstart a conversation is all but illegal.

   We also lose things that many people depend on others for:

• Emotional support (phone calls are a poor replacement)
• Social support (also called a social life)
• Another opinion on something being "out of character".

   And is everyone aware that CDC Guidance (those are recommendations) have been overruled by state and local government as inadequate?

   I'm not finding many businesses that still recommend wearing a mask.  What I do find are mandates to wear them - there are no exceptions I know of.  And there's no option to refuse.

   CDC COVID guidance link: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/communication/guidance-list.html

   When did state and local government find national health experts that know so much more than the CDC?  I'm interested in taking advantage of that kind of pay scale as much as anything (potential career change).

   Call me crazy... but something in all that seems backwards.

     

The people I know with answers won't give them when asked.  So I have a few Questions.