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Are you in touch with family or friends in other parts of the country, or other parts of the world? If so, talk about how the pandemic has been affecting them.
A sign in Frankfurt airport after we arrived from the US ... ours was one of the only flights checking in, and there was NO ONE ahead of us at international security as we checked in for our flight. Felt really eerie. ... The UEFA European championship is going on right now, and seating apparently is really limited in some places like Munich, but tonight we saw footage from Hungary where the stadium was totally packed. Unsurprising with Orban in charge. Later this evening on TV we saw an hour of performances from the Elbjazz festival earlier this month, and one of the performers was quoted talking about how great it feels to finally be playing live again -- but we couldn't tell from the broadcast whether there was an audience there or not. I'm thinking no. ...
June 23, 2021
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We’re seeing wide variations in how different countries are handling the pandemic. What do you think about these differences?
... The way America has handled the lockdown is horrifying. By definition public health is never a matter of individual rights. It is one thing to have free choice of action if the only person included in the consequences is yourself. It is a total other ballgame if your choice not to wear a mask etc could lead to the deaths of many others. Right now in the news is the Maine wedding case. I think I heard that none of the people who died from the web of cases connected to the wedding guests meeting actually attended the wedding themselves. This is a prime case of how you can't make the choice not to distance/mask just for yourself. You are endangering other people's lives.
September 9, 2020