Its a Pandemic... Everyone's life has change and they either personally know someone that's been infected / sick or heard about someone that's a friend of a friend. Some people adapt to the restrictions after the lockdowns were lifted and others are not able to adapt...the latter use social media (e.g. Elitetrader.com) to bitch and whine about what's occurring in their country or wish they were in some other country. I've lived in a country (South Korea) in the 90's and wearing a face mask because of the pollution problems was normal in which most of the population wore a face mask. Now that I live in Québec, Canada while still maintaining residences in United States and France...I truly have no sympathy for people complaining about wearing a face mask and complaining about restrictions because a minority of people refuse to follow the health guidelines to have the restrictions removed. Maybe another reason for my lack of sympathy is due to my own hospitalization / coma / life support with a deadly airborne illness back in 2016 when I witness first hand before / after the hospitalization how easy it was to become ill from Pneumonia in a community that had no restrictions / no outbreaks... Many of the same idiots posting about their disbelief social media back in 2016 are the same ones posting their disbelief here in 2020 about the Pandemic. These people do not care about your illness. They create misinformation or disinformation about this Pandemic while complaining about restrictions. In fact, these are the people that must be restricted so that the vulnerable in the community can be protected from them. Those of us that are traders, self employed, retire or has survived a deadly illness / hospitalization / quarantine...we're the last people that should be bitching & whining. Yeah, I do have sympathy for my friends and few family members abroad that have lost their jobs but they do understand the need for restrictions especially after they saw what happen to me back in 2016... They understand that people are becoming sick because others don't want to wear a face mask, don't want to wash hands and don't want to social distance. They don't want to do what it takes to have the restrictions removed or minimized. Their governments sees it too which is why some did a full lockdown and others saw that their citizens are more responsible in a Pandemic...those countries decided to do only a lockdown lite because their citizens are more socially responsible and already doing something in the culture that's normal (e.g. wearing face mask because of pollution problems, staying home when not at work or very little multiple family dwellings). Same here...I wear a face mask when I am around others along with washing my hands as often as possible throughout the day and always have a hand sanitizer (small bottle) in my pocket for places that don't have one. I trade from home and we don't have any restrictions while driving but there's restrictions for those using public transportation (e.g. bus) and problematic restaurants / bars / cafes have been restricted due to their inability to manage their own capacity. The sad part is when hospitals reach capacity...this is when it really becomes a big problem because other people that need care while not Covid-19 positive are then pushed aside...back at the end of the line sort'uv speak and other to scare to go to the hospital to seek care for fear of catching Covid-19 because they know they are one of those with an underlying medical condition. Other than that, all the essential businesses are open in my area. That's the nature of a Pandemic...survival of the fittest. wrbtrader
You win the prize for the most information free post on ET today! Why bother to engage in a discussion when you're going in at the 3 year old level? What exactly do you think you're accomplishing?
I use these types of responses when the original poster is egregiously false or misleading in a purposeful way. They are the appropriate responses.
Sweden - no masks, no lockdowns. Interesting how they went for the old-school, unscientific 'herd' immunity nonsense and the second wave brought no increase in deaths. 'Retarded' Swedes.
You hold an opinion, apparently that social distancing and masks are either unnecessary or ineffective. That's a minority opinion here in the U.S. by far (https://thehill.com/changing-americ...s/508727-75-percent-of-americans-support-mask), but that doesn't mean you aren't entitled to hold it. The problem isn't necessarily that you're wrong, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you appear to be unwilling to provide anyone who disagrees with you. The problem is you appear to live in an alternate universe where anyone who disagrees with you is apparently by definition "egregiously false or misleading in a purposeful way." no matter what. And therefore beneath your contempt and worthy only of a "no" response typical of a 3 year old. Again, what exactly do you think you accomplish with that? You've convinced and will convince absolutely no-one with that approach, in fact you come off as an asshole and are quite effective at convincing everyone that your position is held by unreasonable people unable to form rational arguments for their position. You have to ask yourself, is that what you're hoping to do, and if not, maybe adjust your tactics?
Well thanks for confirming the asshole troll part of your motivations. At least that's clear to everyone now if it wasn't already.
Pardon me for throwing petrol on the fire... @luisHK +1 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2...ial-issues/suicide-mental-health-coronavirus/ @Sig +1 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54478320 Confession - I can relate to both points of view but live on a rural island, trade from my home office and home school my son. Life really hasn't changed much. I will say that of friends all over the globe, no matter what side of the fence they are on with this issue, the ones who live in cities definitely have complained the most.