Opus 2025-582: Different Worlds

I was reading another post and the author threw in a comment about the “lockdown”.  She was writing from Colorado.  That reminded me of a video interview I had recently watched where they made a big deal about the “lockdown”.  They were meeting in Virginia.  I find myself wondering, “What lockdown”?  I live in Texas.

When people bring it up I remind myself I now live in Texas and we tend to react differently here.  The only issue I remember was the inconvenience of having to change my shopping routines in an effort to avoid mask mandates.  I was mostly successful.  I think our church may have shut down for a couple of weeks but I was traveling at the time and didn’t notice much on the road between San Antonio and Yorktown.  Truck stops in Arkansas are not known for their slavish obedience to the Federal government.  I avoid doctors as much as possible and had no brushes with hospitals during the key time.  I remember being extremely irritated but I never felt like I was being isolated from humanity because I am surrounded by rational people who ignored it all as much as possible.

I have friends in California so I understand there are parts to the country that are brain dead.  I still see people who are wearing masks in their car, even in Texas but they usually generate looks of sympathy.  We have a lady in our church who wears a mask on Sunday but it because she is on heavy chemo and her immune system is bonkers.  She would be doing it before Covid.  I personally think that much of the nation ignored the lockdown mandates unless forced to comply by frantic neighbors.  

I can sense the dark forces trying to get us into another panic.  If they go public I think we will see the same pattern except there will be even fewer who will comply.

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