Obviously some restrictions are necessary. What I think here, is that they are excessive for the number of cases in most areas, like these weekend lockdowns. Yesterday we had 2,616 new cases for a population of 19 million, but most of the country is in full lockdown or phase 2, which is still very strict. I'm fully behind other public health measures like masks, distancing, etc. and I think we need to close the border again. There are imported cases from travelers and while they are supposed to quarantine, there's no way to closely monitor them all. I also don't know why they initiated the permit for vacations either, which is contributing to spread. Shut down those things first before putting me in house arrest over the weekends.

My friends and family here and in the US are generally careful people, so there's little conflict as far as that goes. I have a MAGA cousin who kept traveling, going to bars and whining about masks, but she's only a contact on social media and I got sick of it and hid her posts.


TunedOut, yeah, I agree about the walks. I live in a small gated community and you never see too many people out and about at once. It's easy to keep distance and people are very respectful of that. Still, our municipality has a stricter mask ordinance than the national one, so I have to mask up just to go out for a walk, as annoying as it is. Municipal security and the police do pass through every so often and I would face a fine, so I do it.