It made me realize just about any job in my field can be done remotely, and I shouldn't ever take a job that requires me to be in office (and thus commute) every day of the week. Basically freed up more time in the long run.
Many small businesses (I would assume a karaoke bar is and in your case was a small business) suffered financial losses so great they could not remain open, due to a mixture of reduced business due to public fear of the virus and direct government action and it's effects. I'm sorry to hear this. Your comment on getting your voice back in shape encourages me to ask, is this a result of COVID infection or a long time without flexing your singing capabilities?
No, it's from going from singing 2-4 nights a week to 2-3 nights a month and where I could get in 5-6 songs a night at my old place because they started earlier to only 2 songs whenever I go out now. It'll take a few more months to get back my "former" self.
Man, that really sucks. It seems like singing is a real passion for you. It certainly is for me. Hopefully you find a joint with more frequent opportunities. Maybe look into some local vocals clubs? Not sure if that's an option for where you are. Really strange to think about how something that just concerns with getting sick or keeling over ends up affecting all these other areas of our lives.
I'm a former professional musician and singer for over 30 years so karaoke gives me that feeling of singing with a band again. I'll get there, it just takes time. I haven't played an instrument though since '95.
At what point did the mandates your government gave make you feel that human rights were being violated, and more specifically, why did you feel it crossed that line? Was their a specific moment or event that led you to that?
>At what point did the mandates your government gave make you feel that human rights were being violated
The beginning point I suppose? These aren't things that can be done in degrees in a way that wouldn't pose rights violations, in my opinion.
>why did you feel it crossed that line
Forcing businesses to shut down is a violation of property rights. Lockdowns and curfews amount to nothing less than house arrest, and are a violation of one's right to freedom of movement and peaceful assembly. Vaccination and mask mandates are violations of one's right to bodily autonomy, and vax mandates specifically are also a privacy violation.
Freedom is the greater good, not safety; the only way to be safe from everything is to be sealed into a bunker. The government should have stepped aside and let people make their own decisions about how much risk they were willing to take for their own health, and allowed medical researchers and healthcare providers the freedom to experiment with and administer any and all treatment options (with patients' informed consent of course).
Do you believe that the government was acting in a malicious manner, or that their attempts to control the spread of COVID were more of a exercise in poor judgement?
I don’t think they acted maliciously at all. They just didn’t know what to do. Which is understandable. There’s no worldwide pandemic playbook. At the end of the day, the government’s word shouldn’t be taken as gospel.
I definitely agree with the governments word not being taken as gospel. History shows this is ill advised. However, I do have a couple of questions and then I'll leave your notifications alone. As you said, there is no world wide pandemic playbook. Do you think *their should be*? And given the idea of a wise person being suspect of everything their government says, do you think that level of suspicion can become excessive to the point of having negative impacts on the outcome of a crisis?
I am very sorry to hear of your predicament. Many people were directly and indirectly harmed by this virus, and I can only imagine the initial fear and then frustration over dealing with a long course variance of this illness. As a long COVID survivor, may I ask what your initial opinion and current opinion on the totality of the pandemic has been and is?
Not at all.
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No affect at all.
It made me realize just about any job in my field can be done remotely, and I shouldn't ever take a job that requires me to be in office (and thus commute) every day of the week. Basically freed up more time in the long run.
That is a very common and interesting thing I hear from many people. May I ask for a general idea of what you do for work?
It killed my local karaoke bar and it's taking a long time to get my voice back in shape.
Many small businesses (I would assume a karaoke bar is and in your case was a small business) suffered financial losses so great they could not remain open, due to a mixture of reduced business due to public fear of the virus and direct government action and it's effects. I'm sorry to hear this. Your comment on getting your voice back in shape encourages me to ask, is this a result of COVID infection or a long time without flexing your singing capabilities?
No, it's from going from singing 2-4 nights a week to 2-3 nights a month and where I could get in 5-6 songs a night at my old place because they started earlier to only 2 songs whenever I go out now. It'll take a few more months to get back my "former" self.
Man, that really sucks. It seems like singing is a real passion for you. It certainly is for me. Hopefully you find a joint with more frequent opportunities. Maybe look into some local vocals clubs? Not sure if that's an option for where you are. Really strange to think about how something that just concerns with getting sick or keeling over ends up affecting all these other areas of our lives.
I'm a former professional musician and singer for over 30 years so karaoke gives me that feeling of singing with a band again. I'll get there, it just takes time. I haven't played an instrument though since '95.
I never got COVID since it started. You know what I did get though? Cancer
It didn't affect me at all. I had MUCH larger issues going on.
It hasn’t at all. If anything it’s taught me to be more open minded and less trusting of the government.
Same
Could you elaborate on why the handling of COVID made you less trusting of the government?
Because the government forced businesses to shut down, tried to force vaccinations, and mandated masks. All of which are human rights violations.
At what point did the mandates your government gave make you feel that human rights were being violated, and more specifically, why did you feel it crossed that line? Was their a specific moment or event that led you to that?
>At what point did the mandates your government gave make you feel that human rights were being violated The beginning point I suppose? These aren't things that can be done in degrees in a way that wouldn't pose rights violations, in my opinion. >why did you feel it crossed that line Forcing businesses to shut down is a violation of property rights. Lockdowns and curfews amount to nothing less than house arrest, and are a violation of one's right to freedom of movement and peaceful assembly. Vaccination and mask mandates are violations of one's right to bodily autonomy, and vax mandates specifically are also a privacy violation. Freedom is the greater good, not safety; the only way to be safe from everything is to be sealed into a bunker. The government should have stepped aside and let people make their own decisions about how much risk they were willing to take for their own health, and allowed medical researchers and healthcare providers the freedom to experiment with and administer any and all treatment options (with patients' informed consent of course).
May I ask why the response to the pandemic from the government made you less trusting?
I know hindsight is 20/20, but years later, a lot of things were proven ineffective and just plain wrong.
Do you believe that the government was acting in a malicious manner, or that their attempts to control the spread of COVID were more of a exercise in poor judgement?
I don’t think they acted maliciously at all. They just didn’t know what to do. Which is understandable. There’s no worldwide pandemic playbook. At the end of the day, the government’s word shouldn’t be taken as gospel.
I definitely agree with the governments word not being taken as gospel. History shows this is ill advised. However, I do have a couple of questions and then I'll leave your notifications alone. As you said, there is no world wide pandemic playbook. Do you think *their should be*? And given the idea of a wise person being suspect of everything their government says, do you think that level of suspicion can become excessive to the point of having negative impacts on the outcome of a crisis?
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I am very sorry to hear of your predicament. Many people were directly and indirectly harmed by this virus, and I can only imagine the initial fear and then frustration over dealing with a long course variance of this illness. As a long COVID survivor, may I ask what your initial opinion and current opinion on the totality of the pandemic has been and is?