For me, I've updated my views on this situation.
These are personal opinions.
When COVID first started, I camped at home for almost 3 months, stocking up 4 months' worth of food and maybe going to the supermarket to restock once every 2-3 weeks.
At the start, we didn't know much about the virus.
Italy was having a high death rate.
And it seemed like such high death rates could be experienced by other countries.
So I was super prudent, just stay at home and don't go out much.
And yet, one year later, that never happened. COVID death rates remained somewhat low.
So the question is rather. How the hell did Italy screw up so badly.
COVID is not a death sentence.
In SG, not many people know someone personally who got COVID.
In the US, that's not the case. I know people who've gotten COVID. And they just stayed at home and got well.
It's just flu-ish symptoms.
(NOTE: COVID is NOT the flu. I will never say that COVID is like the flu. COVID shows flu like symptoms. But it is NOT the flu.)
I look towards SG from where I am, and I personally feel that SG overreacted to it. And is still overreacting to it. *Personal opinion.
In the US, not many people care much about it. They take it into their stride. Life goes on.
If you're scared, YOU stay home. Let the one who is not afraid go out.
In SG there's a lot of controls, contact tracing, etc. Really, I feel that's overkill. Losing privacy and giving Gov unnecessary data.
I appreciated how the US handled the COVID situation.
Sure. They didn't handle it. They didn't do much. It's a stupid way to handle the situation.
BUT, it gives people a choice. Hahaha ... and I wrote about this in my previous post.
I appreciated that I didn't need to quarantine when I returned to the US.
I appreciated that I could choose what I felt was safe enough for myself.
If I feel afraid, I stay at home, if someone else feels afraid, then THEY should stay at home.
And I appreciate that I was given this choice in the US.
Now, is this the BEST way to have handled the situation? Maybe not. Cos COVID cases in the US are high.
But I appreciate the choice I was given.
After 1 year and more data has come out, based on the numbers, it appears that COVID isn't that serious.
Sure, I don't want to go get it unnecessarily. So it's not like I'll go and share food with friends and hang around places where people gather without masks.
But mathematically, most people get well from it. Over 99%.
Now, I go out more. I eat at restaurants, buffets, go to supermarkets once a week.
We are even trying to plan a trip over a weekend.
Things in the US probably aren't better than in SG. COVID cased in the US is still high.
But with more data and a better understanding of what happening.
Although nothing has really changed, things seem a lot more acceptable.
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