Do You Think We Will Ever Get To “Normal” Again?

by minimus 28 Replies latest jw friends

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  LongHairGal

  PHIZZY:

  I am totally in agreement with you about people’s filthy habits...Hopefully, with advice with the Covid epidemic, people have learned or relearned essential things..such as washing hands.

  So pathetic that so many people don’t want to wash their hands! I’m like a surgeon with washing my hands...I wondered if it was a part of dumbing-down of US culture along with bad grammar and other lazy habits over the last few decades OR if it was the influence of people who have come recently?? ..All I can say is that I felt we were going backwards in this direction of sanitation - and this was before Covid.

  In any case, I hope some of the better advice sticks around in our new ‘normal’.
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  minimus

  New York City has no plans to reopen indoor dining. Say goodbye to NYC as we know it. It’s turning into a real shithole . Too bad and very sad.
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  just fine

  I’m getting back to normal as much as Is permitted. There is no mask mandate in my area. In the past month, I’ve been out to eat, to the salon, to a casino, a car show, a concert, on a trip (airplane/hotel/rental car), a fair, and various other places.

  i am not in a high risk group and do not have contact with anyone in a high risk group. I did wear a mask as required when traveling and carried Clorox wipes/hand sanitizer.

  I’m over it - I stayed locked up for 6 months and it about drove me nuts.
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  pistolpete

  LongHairGal

  I am totally in agreement with you about people’s filthy habits...Hopefully, with advice with the Covid epidemic, people have learned or relearned essential things..such as washing hands.

  I have to admit, this Covid has helped me to relearned essential things, like watch people in front of me how they look and act. I remember before this pandemic and people didn't have to wear masks, there was people spitting everywhere, on the ground, on a wall, on someone's car, sneezing without covering their mouth, blowing their nose on the street. Some people are just plain dirty and disgusting and now I keep far away from them and have written off acquaintances and friends who just didn't shower for days because they were just plain lazy.
  

  I also am more cognizant of washing everything down and keep every thing pristine clean. From my auto, to my home, to my clothes, to myself. And I guarantee that these new habits of being meticulously clean is something I will not set aside ever again.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x621RNkce-k
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  Pete Zahut

  I fear that all the x-tra hand washing and sanitizing may be making our immune systems weak or lazy and more susceptible to the regular germs and bacteria that we were once able to fight off because we were exposed to them on a day to day basis.

  I remember a few years ago I was going on winter vacation to a sunny tropical place and I wanted to make sure I didn't catch a cold or the flu before we left and ruin the vacation. A few weeks before we left I was super diligent about washing my hands and using hand sanitizers and not touching my face. I even went so far as to wipe down the armrests and tray table on the plane with a antibacterial wipe.

  Two days after we arrived, I got some sort of flu and it just about knocked me out. I have never been so sick before or since. My wife, who is in the medical field, says it was because I had weakened my immune system by killing every germ and bacteria instead of having built up a resistance to them.

  Who knows ?
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  minimus

  Pete, I totally agree with you. It’s weird but you need germs to stay healthy.
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  LongHairGal

  PETE ZAHUT & MINIMUS:

  I agree with you that going overboard with hand sanitizers and insanely wiping everything down with chemicals every step of the way is unnecessary and possibly harmful..as we DO need some bacteria to keep our immune systems healthy.

  What I was referring to in my post is the general disregard and lazy habits that TOO many people have fallen into. The Covid crisis has simply reintroduced something like simple hand washing with plain old soap and water (especially after using the toilet). Too bad this became a lost art to certain lazy people!
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  geodude

  Nearly 3,000 people died in 9/11, but almost 80 percent had preexisting conditions, therefore only 600 people ACTUALLY died from the terrorist attacks. :)
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  minimus

  Lhg there are dirty people who regularly don’t wash their hands! It’s shocking how many times you see a well-dressed man go into the men’s room use the toilet and come back and never wash his hands