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Sep 05, 2022, 03:02 PM
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Desert Kitty hates titles
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Member Since: Jul 2008
Location: TARDIS
Posts: 12,620
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Originally Posted by hvert
It is really weird that your country still has some QR code system when it seems like the rest of the world is over it. How are elderly people or people who can't afford phones even supposed to comply with that stuff?
People stick to themselves more and stay wrapped up in their phone.
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I think staying on your phone or computer all the time is isolating. I wouldn't want to do it even if I could. This is one of my peeves and it's problem in many countries. The "digital divide" I've heard it called.  People are expected to have these phones and know how to use them. You're right they are expensive and not everyone has someone to teach them. We don't all have tech-savvy, loving grandchildren to help us. Also they keep "updating" the software and older phones may not accept the update. So you have to buy a new one.
If you want financial assistance getting these things, they have all kinds of draconian requirements you have to meet and sometimes age requirements. Like there's a non-profit that will assist seniors in applying for this program for low-income, but you have to be 65.
At this stage, the Internet should be considered a UTILITY, as necessary as water or power.
During lockdowns, the stupid senior center started mailing the newsletters (usually picked up from the front desk) with PAGES and PAGES of "fun virtual classes." Nothing addressing people who don't have the tech, know how to use it, or can't afford it. I expected better from them, of all places.
If I had a bird, I'd use it to line the cage. I ended up throwing them out, with nothing but online classes and smiley faces everywhere. They told us we "must be optimistic" about COVID.
The back and forth on masks, closures, reopenings, etc. got to me more than the actual doing of those things. It was the lack of uniformity. It made me crazy.
I'm just joining this thread now and won't read through all the previous posts because it's too daunting!  Sorry folks.
Hardest part for me was change. I hate change and COVID kept changing, along with the guidelines. And that depended on where you are. Everyone was/is doing something different. Even within the US, states do what they want. And each county, etc.
I'm still recovering from 2020. I didn't have Internet access as I relied on the library, which promptly shut down all locations before retailers, etc. did it. I got cut off from someone who's my anchor. I still remember how not even FedEx would let me in to use the computer, even with gloves and a mask.
I'll be getting the Omicron vaccine and am glad I don't have to be over 65 or immocompromised to get it. Everyone should be "allowed" to get it since COVID doesn't care how old you are.
I'm still anxious about new variants and sub-variants. I panic easily. "What if ___?" Or "Oh no, ______." Being a worrywart by nature and "overthinking" which is what people accuse me of, this whole COVID nightmare has been brutal.....
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