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Reading online about the weekend pub openings it sounds like it was a disaster but that may just be media hyde. People haven't been able to go to a pub for months so on day 1 a cabal of critters descended on pubs quaffing euro lager and generally behaving like 16 year olds who don't have experience drinking alcohol.

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The 14 day period of isolation upon return ... even if I cut the trip short to accommodate it I wouldn't have enough time without eating into my studies. And i've been told I will have some on campus obligations when it comes to school.

I am not really a home body so the thought of not being able to leave the house for 14 days doesn't sit too well, though I do know people who could do it no problem.

As I said in an earlier post if the restrictions keep getting extended it will be something I have to weigh the desire to travel vs the dislike of the self isolation period. As you say there are plenty of places you can go not having to self isolate upon arrival (actively encouraging tourism) but it is the restriction coming back that is the problem.

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:goodpost:

I had to give up seeing my family this year, as have many others. For all I know depending on how COVID goes in California, my visit last year in 2019 could be the last time I see one of my parents. If my mom catches it, I am not entirely confident she would survive due to health issues she has, my dad probably more likely to survive as he is in better health but still high risk age group, and chances are I wont be able to visit family until at least 2021 possibly 2022 depending on how things go, regardless of age group we have all more or less given up things in our life we can never get back.

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Agreed.

I'm not exactly sure what the answer is. It does suck for everyone and for those of us who feel an intense anger and are less passive about the situation it is very hard to place the misplaced anger, especially when people respond with "Well people are dying so we need to focus on that." which only makes people more upset as their issues aren't being validated.

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Exactly, ..... and me too. My father died 14 years ago, but mother is of an age where she could quite possibly die in the next 18 months even if she doesn't get cononavirus, especially as she has a heart condition necessitating a pacemaker. And in the event of her catching coronavirus and things heating up again in the UK (enough cases to put the hospital under stress for bed space), she is also in the age range where she would likely not be placed in an ICU if someone younger needed the bed.
Maybe when you are 30 years older, you will come to see that your "issues" really aren't. They are, in the grand scheme of things, trivial annoyances, and were it not that we are all living in an unprecedented period of peace, when there is no risk of you being conscripted and sent to fight, and generally a low risk of you otherwise dying prematurely, I think you would already realise that.

So how about you look at it this way: 30+ years from now nobody will care about what happened at your prom or graduation (or whatever event you currently think is "important"), or whether you had one, or not, but they might ask you what you did during the 2020-21 coronavirus pandemic? I hope you can say more than "I had a tantrum because I wasn't allowed to go to the beach". :lol:

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It's definitely hard for young people. Perhaps not those milestone events specifically, but life in general. It's hard to know how the pandemic will progress. I don't have any answers but, personally, I don't find your frustration mis-placed.

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Luuuxury.

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Probably one of my favourite skits along with this one:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2q1ojy

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Ok I’m pissed off and probably will regret writing this but Gozit, while you are bleating about your previous lost opportunities and inability to travel because of those pesky quarantine rules. Some of us are facing the real possibility that we will NEVER get to see close family members again because selfish idiots can’t bring themselves to stay indoors.
if everyone just stayed at fricken home for a few weeks this would be OVER. But all the special snowflakes who can’t possibly do that mean this will go on and on

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The reason it keeps getting extended is because there are so many exceptions and people ignoring the requirements and putting others at risk. The answer is to for everyone to lockdown for 2 weeks and stop with the me, me, me attitude

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:goodpost:

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Oh yeah because that worked so well the first time didn't it? Just stay home for 2 weeks they said, it will be all over before you know it! Poppycock unless you are inferring all 37 million Canadians stay home for as long as it takes, no ifs or buts, no excuses, no food shopping, medical trips, no essential work trips, nadda! And then when we are done and have erradicated it completely from CANADA lets open up everything and let out friends south of the border in.

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It will be interesting to see where things go regarding Canada and international travel over the next few months. Right now we have this strange situation whereby Covid in Canada has passed its peak and looks more like the current state of affairs in Europe but America seems to be getting worse. As a result, Canada has extended its travel ban for visitors until 21/07 and quarantine regulations until the end of August.

The question is, would Trudeau's government have the guts to act more like Europe and begin relaxing travel restrictions for certain countries but not the US or will the current acts be perpetually renewed until America gets its shit together and the US/Canadian borders can finally return to normal?

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IMO Trudeau would show guts by continuing the lockdown, not lifting it. Canada hasn’t been hit by the virus as badly as many other countries per % of population. IMO the borders should be kept closed for the foreseeable future.

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You can do that by all means and that certainly seems to be the route that Australia and New Zealand are taking but I think you then need to be very well prepared for the number of jobs and livelihoods that will be destroyed as a direct result.

Additionally, unless you want to be the next North Korea, it generally isn't feasible to wall yourself off from the outside world forever. The 'nobody ever goes in, nobody ever goes out' policy might have worked for Willy Wonka but it's rarely the way forward in a modern and globalist economy.