16 Oct 2020, 2:40 pm
The UK is heading towards another severe lockdown, and they're saying that more businesses are going to be affected. It's so scary. What if we lose our precious high street shops? I hate the thought of doing everything online for the rest of my life. I hate online. I wish the f*****g internet never existed, then society will have to learn to deal with the dumb virus and save our economy. The high street gives us a sense of community. I love shops. Losing shops to the internet is so depressing and would be a huge loss. They'll probably turn all those shops and restaurants into houses and apartments, and the high street will be no more. Then that will be it. Computers, androids, robots, call it what you like, would have taken over. Humans will be slaves to screens. Do we really want that to happen?
And what about if they don't find a vaccine? It took 4 years to find a vaccine for mumps. And will a vaccine work? A few years ago a 70-year-old had a flu shot, and about a month later she still caught a flu that was going around and died from pneumonia that was caused by the flu. But does society shut down every time someone has the flu? No. They have never found a vaccine for the common cold, which is actually a coronavirus, so will this new coronavirus (COVID19) also be impossible to be cured? Will we have to go on living like this forever? Maybe Aspies are the wrong people to vent to about this because some of you are reserved anyway and like all these social restrictions, but I HATE it. We are now all just existing. And before anyone says the clichéd "if you caught COVID then you won't even be existing" because it's not like COVID is killing 99% of the population. 
More like 0.1%. I think just over 1 million right now have died globally, but 1 million is only a small fraction compared to the whole population, which is over 7 billion. Correct me if I'm wrong here but apparently it would take about 285 days to count to 7 billion. That's a HUGE number.
Sorry if this post sounds harsh but I am in the middle of a meltdown right now and I feel helpless and just angry. Even people I know who are in the high risk group and were terrified and self-isolating back in the spring are actually now getting fed up and want to get out and live their lives. My boyfriend is high risk but we've been going out since June, going to the shops and seeing family, but still practicing social distancing, hygiene and the wearing of face masks, and every time we got tested we've been tested negative so far, and so have the people we've been visiting. So all it takes is common sense and careful distancing and hygiene practice, and we needn't shut the economy down.
16 Oct 2020, 2:45 pm
16 Oct 2020, 3:50 pm
16 Oct 2020, 5:20 pm
Yep, because of the selfish idiots who hosted big parties. One even happened in my own town last week. So now the rest of us have to suffer.
I'm not saying that they're the cause of COVID cases rising but I am saying that they're the cause of more lockdowns. If I lose my job out of this I will go insane.
