COVID, five years on: memories of a strange and scary time

chicago.suntimes ^ | 01/12/2025 | Neil Steinberg

[ChicagoConservative27]

I was pissed the whole time. People losing businesses. being laid off, masks, empty grocery stores, covid Karen's, and teens taking their lifes.

[TheDon]

Happy New Year 2020 Part 5!

[nitzy]

I went to a college sporting event last night with a large group of my extended family.

My dad said, “Remember when we were here during COVID and they yelled at us when our masks were on our chins?”

They literally had “spotters” who would scan the crowd of 4000 people and scold those who masks were worn too low.

What a time to be alive...

[AndyJackson]

five years on? Covid responses are still rippling through the economy and the fabric of our politics and social life.

[ChicagoConservative27]

People lost their minds then

[mykroar]

Strange, yes. Scary, not so much.

[Tell It Right]

That was when sporting events and Trump rallies were decried as "super spreaders", but participating in "peaceful protest" mobs was said to be totally awesome Americana at its finest.

At least according to the "experts".

[Deaf Smith]

The propaganda vids coming out China were hilarious.

[maddog55]

I retired in 2018... Minimal impact from the COVID scam. No jabs for the wife and I, our kids families or grandkids.

I continued to state it was all bullshxt and took a little bit they all agreed.

Georgia opened up before Florida and everything here was pretty much back to normal when all businesses opened on 30 April 2020.

[kosciusko51]

You and me both. I saw what I thought were reasonable people turn into petty fascists at the drop of a hat.

[rlmorel]

I don’t remember it being scary, but I damn well remember it being strange as all get out, and annoying to the extreme.

Showed the worst side of people, especially the control freaks.

[ChicagoConservative27]

I lost many friends and family members because I was not going along with the program. I was told to STFU and do what the local and state government was telling me.

[RummyChick]

I have covid. Drs still don’t want you to come in if you have tested positive and have a fever.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Feel better soon

[kosciusko51]

I lost co-workers, some that I knew for more than 30 years. Fortunately, my close friends and family were sane about it.

I switched jobs in part of the COVID strong arm tactics.

[ChicagoConservative27]

These people I knew for years and years all of a sudden become these tyrannical tyrants overnight

[Sicon]

"I saw what I thought were reasonable people turn into petty fascists at the drop of a hat."

It was a sobering lesson. I learned that the vast majority of people are far more stupid, feckless, spineless, ignorant, gullible, and prone to engage in tyrannical behavior, than I ever could have imagined. This includes many family and friends, and no small number of people here on FR.

[Fuzz]

Became real for me when I lost my father in law to Covid in April 2020.

[Bigg Red]

15 days to flatten the curve....

[ChicagoConservative27]

RIP.