advanced Western nation. But, yes, it is a horrid, massive gamble. I will say this, the government and the heath officials have been incredibly consistent and on message, and there has been almost zero panic, the food supply is very strong, we have had zero issues buying anything, hell even the aisles of toilet paper are ful (we are VERY self sufficient there, due to our tremendous natural resources. I could walk out now, and do find multiple stores with masks (both cheap and full-stop N-95 and even N-100's, at almost no extra markups.
Almost no one here wears masks, other than in the suburbs (the suburbs meaning the ghetto ones, Europe is sorta the reverse often of the US, as the worst neighbours are almost never inner city) and the lower class, immigrant/refugee suburbs are (other than elderly homes) the only really hotspots of infection. If you took away the hotspot suburbs and elderly home cases and deaths, I wager 60 to 75% lower for the nation, overall, especially deaths.
I am actually far less freaked out by far than I was 2 or 3 weeks ago, BUT, I do hasten to add, this could instantly change. By freaked out I do not mean for us personally, per se, but for the city, and the nation, for the lives lost, and for the potential breakdown crises.
My wife is rather placid, has been the whole time. I am hard to rattle, but she is damn near impossible. I am deffo the hot head between the two of us, and she is as stubborn as a bull (which can be good at many times, it keeps me tethered.) I am pretty much the only person she will compromise for, and it is not a fun task if it is something I am not truly prepared to go to the wall for, lololol. It works for us though, it's sort of a yin/yang thing, although we are both alphas to the bone as well, just manifested in different ways.
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