“Before I get trolled, let me just start off by saying that by NO MEANS do I wish another lockdown or deadly COVID wave upon anyone,” writes Leah Goulis, lifestyle editor of Kidspot. Wouldn’t it be great, though, to be locked down again?
Why I'm hoping for another COVID lockdown https://t.co/dyqHFfBIv1 pic.twitter.com/NP3DSHxNWX
— New York Post (@nypost) November 16, 2022
She has her reasons. Working from home was great, she got to catch up on home projects, and she could “bust open that bottle of gin” before 4 p.m. Being locked down was pretty great, actually, except for the incalculable damage to the economy and dictators like Gov. Gretchen Whitmer partitioning off seed packets and other non-necessities.
But as more and more talk about a fourth wave keeps creeping into our daily conversations and news updates, I can’t help but be a little bit excited about the idea of being “locked down” again. As horrible and confusing as it was when COVID hit our communities hard, there were plenty of lovely moments during lockdown that we should look back on fondly. And personally, if they happened to me again, I wouldn’t be that mad about it.
Lockdown provided some really great opportunities to connect and slow down. It was the ultimate reminder to not sweat the small stuff and just be present. Here’s what I wouldn’t mind revisiting because it was truly awesome…
Truly awesome. She also talked about taking the kids to “hit the local park for some sport” every day at 3 p.m. Didn’t they fence in the park? Chain it up? Fill the skate park with sand? Didn’t wanting to take her kids outside brand her a “grandma killer” like Bethany Mandel?
just here for the ratio
— Tim Hicks (@UnchartedFather) November 16, 2022
Nice try.
— Corin Nemec (@imcorinnemec) November 16, 2022
The story essentially boils down to day-drinking without consequence.
— Jamie Maloney (@jamiemaloney) November 16, 2022
Leah, no one is stopping you from going into your own lockdown so you can finish up painting the spare room.
— Hey JUDE (@HeyJUDE65796242) November 16, 2022
"I am hoping for another lockdown so I can get permission to be a homemaker again"
— DiscerningJoe ✝️ (@DiscerningJ) November 16, 2022
Alt Title… Covid: The Rich White Perspective
— Jimmy Colwater (@fishandwhistles) November 16, 2022
You realize you can just do these things without the government forcing you out of a job and life. Right?
— David Fite (@DavidFite) November 16, 2022
It literally never dawns on them that you can do things without compulsion.
— Ohms13 (@ohms133) November 16, 2022
https://twitter.com/PrettyGoodDude2/status/1592958249686675456
https://twitter.com/kevin_piro/status/1592960581510000640
Oh yes, mandatory masks, restricted movement, people at odds with each other, such fun. Or are you talking about something else?
— Russ_Frasca 🇺🇸🇮🇹🇵🇱 (@RussFrasca) November 16, 2022
Flippantly hoping for lockdowns to enjoy yourself while those who rely on in-person businesses are forced out of jobs, isn’t a good look.
— Jonathan S. Kingston (@JS_Kingston) November 16, 2022
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one. And many were very much hurt by the lockdowns.
— Stan Fichtman (@PoliticsHI) November 16, 2022
This is the only lockdown you and people like you need pic.twitter.com/9mrR04Dlkj
— Awaken_The_Nation🇺🇲 (@Trust_The_PlanQ) November 16, 2022
The writer Leah Goulis doesn’t even live in the US. She’s based out of Australia.
— IF YOU ONLY KNEW RICHARD (@IFYOUONLYKNEWRB) November 16, 2022
Australia? Really? Because they really locked down, HARD. They built fenced-in quarantine camps for people who might have been exposed to COVID. Cops would harass you for stepping outside your house for a cigarette. You’d get pulled over if they thought you were traveling unnecessarily. It was … awesome.
Related:
PoliMath OWNS teacher shaming his students for writing the TRUTH about govt. lockdowns in thread SO brutal teach ‘locks’ his accounthttps://t.co/AVGdxFEAIt
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 24, 2022
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