Her in the PRC (California) it was drastic. And some of the illegal, outrageous mandates were hard to ignore. Business closures, job elimination and "get jabbed or get fired" that resulted loss of firefighters and police officers, for example. Other things like the 10pm curfew were almost universally ignored.
Her in the PRC (California) it was drastic. And some of the illegal, outrageous mandates were hard to ignore. Business closures, job elimination and "get jabbed or get fired" that resulted loss of firefighters and police officers, for example. Other things like the 10pm curfew were almost universally ignored.
It was of course arbitrary. Some things made sense: gun stores were of course first and foremost "nonessential" - and of course liquor stores and pot shops are "essential" because a stoned population is more compliant. Sense in terms of the overall goals of The Party - the people should be disarmed and dulled.
And it was serious stuff in some places. My SO's company works for the US Navy. She was told her work was "essential" and her people were to continue to work, but lord Newsom did not agree. He ordered all offices closed except those he ordained and her company wasn't one. When getting off the freeway to drive to the office, the Santa Clara PD were blocking the road, telling people to go home or get arrested. Yup, right in the middle of silicon valley. She instructed her people to comply (no budget for lawyers or bail). She contacted her customer and received letters for every member of her team to carry - signed by the Secretary of the Navy - that they were "essential" and instructing LE to let them pass. Armed with "their papers" they were able to get to work.
That's when it became clear to me health had nothing whatever to do with the COVID response.
In my state (NM), the sane part in southeast NM put up all the signs for masks & distancing but didn’t enforce. Although early on did make people stand outside in the cold for “occupancy restrictions”. Sheriff refused to shut any “nonessential” businesses & restaurants w/out patios were creative.
But I will never, ever forget shivering in a f’ing line outside a store or on an outdoor restaurant patio w/ inadequate heat n the winter of 2020
In Montgomery County, MD when our office sent us home to work remotely back in 2020, it was understood that some of us would occasionally have to come to the office to do "essential" work. We were given authorization letters ("papers") to carry with us in case we were stopped and questioned. No, we never were stopped and questioned, but it was just the very assumption that this could happen, and that our HR department was clearly following some orders from somewhere to do this, that was so suddenly chilling.
I've kept the letter, stashed in my COVID-19 time capsule I've been adding to (which also includes masks, "no entry without a mask unless you are vaccinated!" signs, and so forth); my thought has always been that one day, perhaps 3 years into the future (but hopefully sooner), we would look back and marvel at the insanity. By "we," I mean everyone, including those who are still buying into it. It's not time to open the time capsule yet, sadly.
I pray that you are correct with the "someday" but my optimism is getting harder and harder to maintain. The consequences of non-compliance are growing, not fading. I don't travel far from the front door without my passport and my COVID card - just in case. I just broke open a new box of masks (black - in morning of the death of sanity and liberty). Need one for my ophthalmologist visit on Monday (gov't mandate, not the doc's). As the days get shorter the earth is indeed plunging back into darkness.
Your HR department was doing what they had to do. In other places people were being stopped and told to go home and even arrested and put in jail for violating the lockdown orders (parts of California). I'd say keep that letter and show it to kids as a warning - but I'm afraid most publicly educated would say "so?" and think that needing permission from the proper authorities to move about is reasonable. But keep trying to educate the kids - they are our only hope.
Her in the PRC (California) it was drastic. And some of the illegal, outrageous mandates were hard to ignore. Business closures, job elimination and "get jabbed or get fired" that resulted loss of firefighters and police officers, for example. Other things like the 10pm curfew were almost universally ignored.
It was of course arbitrary. Some things made sense: gun stores were of course first and foremost "nonessential" - and of course liquor stores and pot shops are "essential" because a stoned population is more compliant. Sense in terms of the overall goals of The Party - the people should be disarmed and dulled.
And it was serious stuff in some places. My SO's company works for the US Navy. She was told her work was "essential" and her people were to continue to work, but lord Newsom did not agree. He ordered all offices closed except those he ordained and her company wasn't one. When getting off the freeway to drive to the office, the Santa Clara PD were blocking the road, telling people to go home or get arrested. Yup, right in the middle of silicon valley. She instructed her people to comply (no budget for lawyers or bail). She contacted her customer and received letters for every member of her team to carry - signed by the Secretary of the Navy - that they were "essential" and instructing LE to let them pass. Armed with "their papers" they were able to get to work.
That's when it became clear to me health had nothing whatever to do with the COVID response.
In my state (NM), the sane part in southeast NM put up all the signs for masks & distancing but didn’t enforce. Although early on did make people stand outside in the cold for “occupancy restrictions”. Sheriff refused to shut any “nonessential” businesses & restaurants w/out patios were creative.
But I will never, ever forget shivering in a f’ing line outside a store or on an outdoor restaurant patio w/ inadequate heat n the winter of 2020
In Montgomery County, MD when our office sent us home to work remotely back in 2020, it was understood that some of us would occasionally have to come to the office to do "essential" work. We were given authorization letters ("papers") to carry with us in case we were stopped and questioned. No, we never were stopped and questioned, but it was just the very assumption that this could happen, and that our HR department was clearly following some orders from somewhere to do this, that was so suddenly chilling.
I've kept the letter, stashed in my COVID-19 time capsule I've been adding to (which also includes masks, "no entry without a mask unless you are vaccinated!" signs, and so forth); my thought has always been that one day, perhaps 3 years into the future (but hopefully sooner), we would look back and marvel at the insanity. By "we," I mean everyone, including those who are still buying into it. It's not time to open the time capsule yet, sadly.
There are already people Jones-ing for a replay
And it is here! A surge! Lock down, mask up, scurry under cover like cockroaches when the lights come on! I told the kids this was too good to let go.
I pray that you are correct with the "someday" but my optimism is getting harder and harder to maintain. The consequences of non-compliance are growing, not fading. I don't travel far from the front door without my passport and my COVID card - just in case. I just broke open a new box of masks (black - in morning of the death of sanity and liberty). Need one for my ophthalmologist visit on Monday (gov't mandate, not the doc's). As the days get shorter the earth is indeed plunging back into darkness.
Your HR department was doing what they had to do. In other places people were being stopped and told to go home and even arrested and put in jail for violating the lockdown orders (parts of California). I'd say keep that letter and show it to kids as a warning - but I'm afraid most publicly educated would say "so?" and think that needing permission from the proper authorities to move about is reasonable. But keep trying to educate the kids - they are our only hope.
that is disgusting. I have heard too many stories like this.
US is turning in to a cesspool, not just Washington DC anymore