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Many find return to 'normal' after COVID-19 unsettling, experts say
UPI ^ | 18 May A.D. 2021 | Dennis Thompson

Posted on 05/18/2021 5:30:04 PM PDT by lightman

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I NEVER used the phrase "new normal" during anything that took place in 2020.

"New ABnormal" occasionally.

Call me a COVID-denier, call me a Neanderthal, I never bought into much less accepted this stinking sack of s***.

1 posted on 05/18/2021 5:30:04 PM PDT by lightman
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I don't have to "return" to normal because I never left it.

2 posted on 05/18/2021 5:33:41 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Mostly true for me as well, yes


3 posted on 05/18/2021 5:34:25 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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What does it take to convince you? The MSM screamed it night after night over and over. Everytime you turn on the news the fearporn oozed out as they told of the NEW cases. How many had it. How many had died from it (supposedly). But if someone dies of the vaccine - whoa! Hold the bus. Don’t jump to no conclusions. We need to make sure it was vaccine related (it wasn’t that way with Covid deaths - I wonder why). So if you’re still cornfused , just listen to Dr. Falsely. He’d never steer you wrong.


4 posted on 05/18/2021 5:35:19 PM PDT by BipolarBob (This is my chainsaw. There are many like it but this one is mine.)
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To: lightman

I find I now live in a sh*thole.


5 posted on 05/18/2021 5:35:24 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: lightman

6 posted on 05/18/2021 5:35:25 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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You are neither a denier nor are you a Neanderthal (at least only Joe Biden thinks you are). The fact of the matter is that a lot of people will have serious psychological trauma over this — PTSD / attachment injuries / chronic fear. People will return to normal, but given the 24/7 coverage which roughly translates to 24/7 worry that you are going to die (at least to those who delve into the media) it is easy to see. This will pass. And I agree there is no new normal.


7 posted on 05/18/2021 5:35:52 PM PDT by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will. )
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Bet she’s making bank with the neurotics. 🙄


8 posted on 05/18/2021 5:36:03 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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How did I know she’d be a psychotherapist based in NYC?

Probably because I grew up with her (or at any rate, her clones, who were legion and are probably all now psychotherapists) and I know that they were always self-centered, fearful and controlling.

I don’t care if they want to be crazy. Just leave the rest of us out of your craziness.


9 posted on 05/18/2021 5:37:15 PM PDT by livius
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"I don't have to "return" to normal because I never left it. "

Ditto here. I've been social distancing since I retired in 2003. The only thing I gave up was meeting my friends at the local casino once a month, and that's only because they require you to wear a mask. Screw that.

10 posted on 05/18/2021 5:37:17 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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It is truly sad how many people were their own jailkeepers.

Spoke last night with someone about 5 years older than me (I’m in the seventh decade) who basically did not see their own children and grandchildren for a year, except outdoor while wearing masks. Went to the grocery store every three weeks, only early in the morning in masks and gloves.

Pandemic paranoia put the OCD-inclined on megasteroids.


11 posted on 05/18/2021 5:37:39 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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There's actually such a thing as post-COVID-19 stress disorder, which is along the lines of PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder]”

Oh, goody, an actual named diagnosis that people can glom onto instead of their masks. Some people love and need to have a diagnosis to tell other people about.

"We lived for over a year with such fear and such uncertainty.

No, mostly frustrated and irritated at all the idiocy on parade.

12 posted on 05/18/2021 5:39:16 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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I know what you mean. The idea of quarantining the healthy is insane.


13 posted on 05/18/2021 5:39:33 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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"The fact of the matter is that a lot of people will have serious psychological trauma over this..."

Yeah, mentally and emotionally weak people, who never learned to be self-sufficient, accept responsibility for anything, and relied on others their whole lives. Sucks to be them.

14 posted on 05/18/2021 5:39:58 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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Oh, goody, an actual named diagnosis that people can glom onto instead of their masks. Some people love and need to have a diagnosis to tell other people about.

That's nothing. Ask them about their diets or vitamin supplements. You'll get plenty of "sharing".

15 posted on 05/18/2021 5:41:10 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: lightman

I was never afraid of the virus. Even after I got it.


16 posted on 05/18/2021 5:41:21 PM PDT by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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You and me both, I have not even put a mask on once. I’ve had a few guys want to fight. Today I had some lady try to get on my case rudely. I simply told her she lacks the intelligence to hold a coherent conversation, and anything I say as simple as it may be, will be so far over head an 8 year degree wouldn’t cover it. She ran off lol.

This whole thing has stunk to high heaven from the onset.

Perhaps the most disappointment I’ve had though is with the people on this site who I thought were conservative patriots. There are so many balless window lickers here, it’s depressing. Some even call themselves doctors. Either extremely ignorant or complicit. Either way, no friend of mine.

It’s going to get worse yet though.


17 posted on 05/18/2021 5:44:38 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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Well, that may be a judgment, but it does not change the fact. While I am glad you are strong, we must have some degree of compassion for others who may be struggling.


18 posted on 05/18/2021 5:45:10 PM PDT by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will. )
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The Media needs to be hel accountable for the constant 24/7/365 hysterics and scaring the hell out of people.

The batflu exposed the lack of common sense and faith in God in this nation.

19 posted on 05/18/2021 5:50:01 PM PDT by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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How many had it. How many had died from it (supposedly). But if someone dies of the vaccine - whoa! Hold the bus. Don’t jump to no conclusions. We need to make sure it was vaccine related (it wasn’t that way with Covid deaths - I wonder why)

Spot on.

20 posted on 05/18/2021 5:52:41 PM PDT by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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