2020 again

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I can't cope with another world lockdown. They'll probably get Christmas out of the way then start introducing lockdowns, and I can't go through all that again. I thought world pandemics only happened once every 100 years. Now they keep happening. Surely society isn't going to shut down AGAIN?!

Now I'm really anxious. I'm sure the f*****g government are letting these diseases out on purpose as a means of control. I just want out really. Suicide is the best way out, I am not suffering another 2020 again.

Well don't you go topping yourself or else

Though to be fair I'm not sure if I could handle a second one the same as I did with the first one

I dunno
I think it would have to be an absolute last resort before they did that again

I can't see the article but I can't find anything on Google about any plans ATM

My casual and uninformed impression is that they seem to be prioritising economic stuff at the moment = business as usual, no lock-downs. Personally I don't think we'll see a 2020-style lock-down in response to a disease outbreak again unless there is an actual zombie apocalypse.

What bad timing for that article. You've been under such a lot of stress, I was really hoping you'd get a stress-free Christmas break at least

Take care of yourself, Tamaya

It just came up in a list thing when I tapped on the Google search bar when trying to search something else (Foster related of course), and then I panicked.

It's just these days I assume everything I read anywhere on the internet as real until proven false. I remember in December 2019 when I first heard about COVID, I just brushed it off as another ebola or something, then what 2020 turned out to be was beyond all our wildest dreams.

I can understand why you would be haunted by the thought of 2020 returning, Tamaya. I think it is a normal sort of fear to have after experiencing something like that. I hope you will be kind to yourself.

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It certainly was a crazy arse time wasn't it

Thanks Kuen and Babybird.

I'm now having an anxiety attack, where I've lost my appetite and my stomach feels all weird. At least I hope it's an anxiety attack and not norovirus - which I had 8 years ago tonight.

I think I'd rather have that depression I had the other week, because at least with me depression doesn't come with physical issues other than excessive crying. Anxiety can make you believe you have norovirus, even if norovirus wasn't the trigger of your anxiety. So many germs out there, and washing my hands doesn't always reassure me that I'm germ-free. I clean my phone screen with antibacterial wipes, but I didn't the other day, and I ate crisps with my fingers after touching my phone screen. What if there was norovirus breeding on my phone screen from the last door handle I had touched and it's made it's way into my body, and the only way to get through it is to violently puke? It can't happen. It just can't happen.

Oh, wait, I think it's that 'disease X'.or whatever it is that I recall being mentioned last year or the year before, so yeah hopefully no actual pandemic.

Oh brill
Now you have a lovely next few days if you can and be kind to your little old self

BE KIND TO YOURSELF!! !! !! !!

We go through this nonsense every winter. NEW SUPER FLU SUPERBUG KILLER COLD FROM HELL. Are the general public's memories that bad that they forget that virtually everyone comes down with a respiratory illness every winter?? Scaremongering crap (not from you, I mean from the news.)

I knew what you meant.

My mother hasn't even had a cold for several years now. I don't know how she's so lucky. She does take good care of herself and has been very health conscious for as long as I can remember, but there must be more to it than that.

But I'm old and tired and done with life. If we have another lockdown or whatever, at least I won't have to go out. They tell you to go out and touch grass, but there are just so many things out there that are trying to kill you it's just not worth it anymore. Just going out with my brother last night and to my mother's house this afternoon and evening was tiring.

I very seldom get colds. I went 5 years without getting a cold (2019-2024). The only virus I got in that time was glandular fever.

Agree with the above.

1.Politicians who ordered lockdowns, paid a price and it helped with the careers of those who opposed them.

2. From going beyond the scary headline this disease is no zombie apocalypse, and no Covid. It is fairly typical for winter time outbreaks.

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I think it was the way the article was written: "Mystery virus" sweeping the world. Just sounded alarming, like a new major pandemic was on its way. It's the same time of the year as the time I first started hearing about covid at the end of 2019. That was a "mystery virus", although I didn't think too much of it then, because I thought it was just the media scaremongering and so decided not to panic. But now I find I assume everything in the media is true until proven otherwise. Getting reassurance also helps, as others might have a more logical approach on it than I do.

It's like when I first saw a thing on Facebook pop up saying Starmer is going to force digital IDs on everyone, I thought that was just made-up news, a bit of banter even. But that turned out to be real.

So yeah, I'm just going to assume everything is true until proven otherwise. So even if it said that blue 8-eyed aliens are going to land tomorrow and do a dance, I'm still going to assume it's true until proven otherwise.