I knew in an abstract way that all the NPI's - masking, closing down schools, churches, theaters, museums, festivals, restaurants, and even bars, and teaching people to see each other as viral vectors only - were profoundly anti-social and would not be good for people's psyche, but the complete social breakdown in my city of Portland, OR in such a brief time still surprised me.
I knew in an abstract way that all the NPI's - masking, closing down schools, churches, theaters, museums, festivals, restaurants, and even bars, and teaching people to see each other as viral vectors only - were profoundly anti-social and would not be good for people's psyche, but the complete social breakdown in my city of Portland, OR in such a brief time still surprised me.
I knew in an abstract way that all the NPI's - masking, closing down schools, churches, theaters, museums, festivals, restaurants, and even bars, and teaching people to see each other as viral vectors only - were profoundly anti-social and would not be good for people's psyche, but the complete social breakdown in my city of Portland, OR in such a brief time still surprised me.